My First Attempt at a Panorama

[col4bin]

I took this picture on Sunday at Golden Gate Canyon State Park in Colorado. This is 4 RAW's processed in LR and combined in CS3. I know it is a bit small but my only means of sharing pictures right now is via smugmug and I could not get a big file uploaded.

http://fsquared.smugmug.com/photos/152449421-L.jpg

[kenyc]

Nice job Frank. Doesn't look like it was horribly hazy. I'm going to have to try this some time. I'm sure the full size one looks great!

KAC

[problemchild]

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[col4bin]

Want some tips for next time?

Your subject is too far away.
Shoot in portrait so its not loooooooooooooooong and thin
Dont shoot mid-day the light is horrible.
Pick an interesting subjet.
Shoot two thirds one third land/sky
Use an ND filter on the sky if its too bright
Dont be afraid to shoot double row (overlap 20% top/bottom and 25% sides)

A few samples
http://208.112.37.136/gallery2/main.php

Thanks for the tips. Those are very useful and I will incorporate them into my next try.

[StewartR]

I know it is a bit small but my only means of sharing pictures right now is via smugmug and I could not get a big file uploaded.Actually Frank, what you can do with SmugMug is make the small picture a link to the larger version.

The way you do it is that instead of inserting <img>URL</img> in your post, you insert <URL=BigURL><img>SmallURL</img></URL>. (And of course you have to use "[" and "]" instead of "<" and ">", but if I did that you wouldn't be able to see the syntax.)

Like this:
http://fsquared.smugmug.com/photos/152449421-M.jpg (http://fsquared.smugmug.com/photos/152449421-O.jpg)
Click on image for larger version.

Your original is 8034x1895 pixels, which is a bit cumbersome to view; on a standard 1024x768 screen it's about 8 screens wide and 2½ screens high. If you resized it so that the height was around 800 pixels (hence about 3400 pixels wide) then it woud make a great viewing experience - about 3 screens wide and 1 screen high.

Good luck!

[col4bin]

Thanks for the tip.