printing pictures, how to?

Hi, imintending to go and take a twilight shot of hong kong islands skyline today or tomorrow.......the idea is to take a nice panoramic shot, then crop the bottom and top off (to create this panoramic look) and place it in my frame.

i got th frame (dont ask me why) and its about 48 inches wide and 18 inches high

my question now is, taking a picture with tyhe 350 D and the kit lens, will i get enough detail and sharpness to enlarge it to 48x18

and how do i need to crop this to ensure the camera shop doesnt look at me like im a fool when i tell thewm i want it printed at 48x18 inches?

any help appreciated

Marco

you probably won't have enough detail if you're cropping but if you stitch several shots together very carefully you would have plenty. you'll need a tripod though.

any camera shop that thinks you're a fool for wanting a panorama isn't a shop worth patronizing, assuming they offer custom sizes in the first place.

To get a taller picture, shoot in the portrait orientation. That will give you more margin to crop.

CRE@TE wrote in post #2250073
To get a taller picture, shoot in the portrait orientation. That will give you more margin to crop.

? Why shoot portrait if you're wanting a wide panorama?

Hi cdi-ink.....hmm stitching several pics together, soundss very scary to me.....sounds like it involves photoshhop and the likes..........that program creates a shiver in me.......dont know why but it seems iu just dont get the hang of it.

Marco

I've never done one myself but there are panoramic tools/software out there. Not my cup of tea though so I haven't researched it enough to download/purchase anything.

Because, I myself can never get a straight horizon and get a very narrow photo. After you lose all the edges that don't line up, you end up with very little left.

Your Canon camera comes with panorama software.

CRE@TE wrote in post #2250091
Because, I myself can never get a straight horizon and get a very narrow photo. After you lose all the edges that don't line up, you end up with very little left.

Oh you meant for stitching. IE shoot more frames in portrait vs less horizontal. I thought you were telling him to crop a single portrait. I was like...whoa. Crackpot alert!

CRE@TE wrote in post #2250097
Your Canon camera comes with panorama software.

Do they? I never even looked.

cdi-ink.com wrote in post #2250099
Oh you meant for stitching. IE shoot more frames in portrait vs less horizontal. I thought you were telling him to crop a single portrait. I was like...whoa. Crackpot alert!

hahaha....sometimes i'm a crackpot....but, not this time

cdi-ink.com wrote in post #2250102
Do they? I never even looked.

Yes, it's in there.

Removed picture. I don't want to get in trouble for such a wide shot...

woah thats exactly what i want but then with the hong kong skyline Create.......so how to go about this? shoot panoramic or shoot portrait style? and how much u must overlap the pictures?

it will be night time shots, so lens will be open long time.......dang so this is not possible, because the passing ships have lights......

i worry about getting them stitched without any lines visible to show in between them.

i do have a very stable and strong tripod to use

this was posted a earlier. try to look at the exif and the information on the left. many are done using the 300d and kit lens. mostly panoramic with up to 5 images. http://robertmekis.com …photos&subkateg​=landscape hth

You'd have to use manual exposures or lock the camera in one setting. So that the exposure doesn't vary on the photos. I've never really shot many night shots. So, I'm not sure how they will look.

I'd go for maybe 25% overlap. It's mostly guessing on where I overlap, so I just shoot a lot of frames.

The Canon software will attempt to stitch the frames that you have picked. Make sure you pick them in the proper order.