Philly City Hall pano

I'm getting a bit better at this pano gig. I know when I'm taking the shot what to avoid, but there is always something you forget or miss. Practise makes perfect - eventually.

Enjoy my learning curve:

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That is very NICE, Jason!! Love the lighting and colors. Beautiful!

Nice pano! What are you trying to avoid when doing panos?

Bad overlaps, tilting buildings, too far between shots, a dead flat ball head to kill off barrel distortion, proper parallax adjustment, even exposure (vignetting is the devil), and items appearing twice in your shot.*

*I had a jogger appear twice in one of my panos. He was facing me on the left, and by the time I had gotten to the far right he was running away from me. An easter egg was included in the shot too. A building in the shot had POTN on the top of it like a banner.

I try to put them in but recently I've skipped them

I see. I can understand the difficulties considering all those elements with a 1Ds MK II & UWA lens. I have a Bogen Pano head myself and lugging that thing is a pain but, it takes some and not all the guess work of doing panos. I like how you captured the motion of the oncoming traffic and your stitching is real clean. Nice work!

Thanks everyone.

You're quite brave for being out in that area at night. Whenever I'm down around that area, I have a shooting partner with me. There are a lot of homeless people in that vicinity, so I try not to stay too long, especially with $3k worth of equipment.

Very good shot. Although my only issue is that the building to right (about where your cropped the photo) is tilted a little. If you look at the lines of the building, you will see how they are not totally straight (I hope I'm making sense). I know it's a minor thing, but I just thought I would bring it up. Otherwise, a very nice job. How many shots is this stitched together?

Awesome job, Jason. I'm not used to seeing this type of shot from you but I love it!

I live in a city of 200,000 - very small compared to Philly - and I won't even shoot downtown at night due to all the street people. You must have balls o' steel, my friend.

Nice shot man!!

SBCmetroguy wrote in post #4978224
Awesome job, Jason. I'm not used to seeing this type of shot from you but I love it!

I live in a city of 200,000 - very small compared to Philly - and I won't even shoot downtown at night due to all the street people. You must have balls o' steel, my friend.

Meh, downtown is fairly safe. Plus, when im down there at night im always ready to break sombody off with my tripod. Now, shots in areas like this are dangerous/stupid, but im stubborn.

Beautiful image. ... Spent some time in Philly last year, but didn't get a chance to visit that part of the city at night. -- Gorgeous!!

I felt pretty safe down there. I was quite sure I was in the safe part of town. Not that I'd worry too much but I know bad parts of town when I see them. This was tame by my standards.

StopSweatinMe wrote in post #4978942
Nice shot man!!



Meh, downtown is fairly safe. Plus, when im down there at night im always ready to break sombody off with my tripod. Now, shots in areas like this are dangerous/stupid, but im stubborn.

Wasn't this the cover of last year's Temple Yearbook?

(Spent several years in the Philly area. A little while in Primos, some time in Havertown and then about two years out in suburbia: West Chester...)

cosworth wrote in post #4976342
I'm getting a bit better at this pano gig. I know when I'm taking the shot what to avoid, but there is always something you forget or miss. Practise makes perfect - eventually.

Enjoy my learning curve:

Very nice effort Cos... Very nice, indeed!!

I really like the 1st photo Jason...

I'd only suggest one thing... And that is to crop just 1/8th of an inch off the right side. Leave the vertical column of windows cropped through the glass, so the right side of the window frame is not visible any more... It will make the building look straighter... What do you think? Cheers.

It's a good suggestion, I've cropped it about 20 different ways trying to keep a decent ratio going. I'll give it a shot again.