They said it couldn't be done

A while ago I posted a thread about the possibility of being able to do a panorama of long exposure shots, which I didn't think would be possible, neither did anybody else!!

The fair has finally arrived so had a go tonight, I was pretty impressed with the outcome. Can't work out how to upload it somewhere so it's big enough to see the whole thing. I know the edges are tatty but cropping it would remove some of the detail on the right, need to have a think about how best to tidy it up.

Will probably go and have another attempt later in the week when it's not gale force winds and raining!!

Here we go, this is 9 images, stitched together in PS

Very nice!

You can tidy it up by using Photoshop to straighten the horizon, then cloning in some black sky to make the top level.

Be sure to show us the final result.

It's only a guess, but it looks to me like you shot this pano while holding the camera in a horizontal position. If so, shoot panos while holding the camera vertically.

CannedHeat wrote in post #7593661
It's only a guess, but it looks to me like you shot this pano while holding the camera in a horizontal position. If so, shoot panos while holding the camera vertically.

Why?

Roy Mathers wrote in post #7593711
Why?

So he has more room to crop in the vertical direction. The way it's done now, he might have to crop off some of the spinning lights on the right to get rid of the jagged edges.

Roy Mathers wrote in post #7593711
Why?

Because it's the way to properly do it. In addition to creating cropping margins (as he does not have here), putting the camera in vertical format and pulling back a little on the focal length helps reduce distortion.

Yeah thanks, i was holding it vertically, i cropped it slightly to straighten the bottom up and it removed quite a bit of the grass, for a first attempt i was pretty pleased, when i have another go i will definitely do it vertically.

Also i have a really rubbish tripod, it was quite heavy wind and light rain, not the best conditions really. Hopefully when i try again it will be much better.

Over on the left hand side there's a few bits of light above the rides, i thought that was due to the stitching together not being lined up properly, but i've looked at the originals and thy are on there, any ideas why?

Those are ghosts (photographic ghosts, not spirits). They occur often in dark scenes containing bright objects. Ghosts are caused by reflections within the camera, especially if filters or other flat elements are present.

Search for ghosts on this forum for more details.