Panorama help

Hi, i've still not learned how to take panoramas properly (vertically!!) so have ended up with white space after cropping, is there any way i could save it? or is it a lost cause?

Thanks if anyone can help

Sky is pretty forgiving in cases like this...if you have photoshop just use the transfrom>warp to "pull it up" over the gap.

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sancho1983 wrote in post #7678266
Hi, i've still not learned how to take panoramas properly (vertically!!) so have ended up with white space after cropping, is there any way i could save it? or is it a lost cause?

Yes, one way is to copy the entire image and use the transform tool to stretch it upward until the white space is covered. Then invert that mask and paint with white (soft brush) to restore the "stretched" sky to cover the white.

One problem with that approach is that it preserves the vertical light and dark bands where the images were stitched together. I would just replace the whole sky with a gradient, dark blue to light blue. Sample the blues from the original.

That's amazing, thanks, the wife wanted to print out the shot and was disappointed with the way it was.

I'll have a go, if i can't do it would one of you fine fellows be willing to have a go on the original for me?

Give a man a fish, teach a man to fish... I'll be glad to help along the way.

Peano, I continue to be impressed with your "photoshopping". Just visited your website and am intrigued by your day-to-night pictures. Very nice!

Above, I like your sky gradient. I've been working on a beach/ocean/sky panorama that is stitched together from three shots I took on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. The overlap is obvious in the sky. Your solution above is an option I'll try.

At the suggestion of an article I recently read, I've also been taking "nice blue sky" shots for use when replacing bad whitewashed sky. White overcast sky is common in our area and I'm hoping to become somewhat proficient at creating warm blue skies in those blah-shots.

Have you made any tutorials or do you have any "how to's" posted elsewhere from which I can learn more?

sue.t wrote in post #7686261
Peano, I continue to be impressed with your "photoshopping". Just visited your website and am intrigued by your day-to-night pictures. Very nice!

Above, I like your sky gradient. I've been working on a beach/ocean/sky panorama that is stitched together from three shots I took on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. The overlap is obvious in the sky. Your solution above is an option I'll try.

At the suggestion of an article I recently read, I've also been taking "nice blue sky" shots for use when replacing bad whitewashed sky. White overcast sky is common in our area and I'm hoping to become somewhat proficient at creating warm blue skies in those blah-shots.

Have you made any tutorials or do you have any "how to's" posted elsewhere from which I can learn more?

Thank you. Yes, I've posted short tutorials from time to time on various forums. Here are some links:

Relighting a family portrait with s/h and hue/sat
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=31221041

Selection using Quick Select and Quick Mask
https://photography-on-the.net …0708&posted=1#p​ost7090708

Layer mask – basic principle
http://www.nikoncafe.c​om …php?p=2242381#p​ost2242381

About contrast:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=21228863

Blurring a background:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=23239450

Clone out a background shadow:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=21203616

Fix background shadow by copy/paste:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=21489646

Copy/paste instead of cloning:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=21489646

Building a basic edge mask for sharpening:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1019&messag​e=22066131

Turn gray hair to black:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=21499370

Using a hue/sat adjustment layer to build a mask:
http://www.nikoncafe.c​om …php?p=1176596#p​ost1176596

Painting instead of cloning:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=21149051

Brighten skin tones with soft light:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=20717164

Fixing a blown sky with selective color:
http://www.nikoncafe.c​om …php?p=1231069#p​ost1231069

Fixing blown highlights on skin
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=30564120

Day-to-night tutorials:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …orum=1006&threa​d=18550924
http://forums.dpreview​.com …orum=1006&threa​d=18581140

Links to various eye tutorials here:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=23770779

Fixing moiré with noise reduction:
http://www.nikoncafe.c​om …php?p=1111105#p​ost1111105

Making a high-key sketch:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1006&messag​e=19116397

Thanks peano, will definitely check out some of those, any cover the method you used on my pic? You were right and the banding is still quite obvious.

Thanks though neumanns, am always learning on here, will definitely use the method you said in other situations

sancho1983 wrote in post #7686668
Thanks peano, will definitely check out some of those, any cover the method you used on my pic?

All I did with your pano is select the sky and apply the gradient on a blank layer to cover the original sky. Then painted clouds on another blank layer.

For making white skies blue, this little tutorial describes the method I generally use: Fixing a blown sky with selective color:
http://www.nikoncafe.c​om …php?p=1231069#p​ost1231069

Here's a better illustration of the result you can get with that method:

That's amazing, will be using that a lot i think, all of my skies always seem really washed out