playing with panoramic

Do tell, some of us might be interested.

The Photomonk

I posted a link to the download on the previous page of this thread. Here is another example of a recent panorama stitched with ICE. This is a three image panorama, hand held, locked exposure and manual focus.

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Edit: If you click on it you'll see a larger version.

Great! Thanks!

The Photomonk

Huw, Those are great panoramas. Pre K7, I imagine. Seamlessly stitched and the exposure is so consistent. Did you get them printed?

Regards,

Andrew

Thanks Andrew, actually they are all taken with the K-7 and 16-50 combination.
Sadly I was rather chomping at the bit when the K-7 arrived on the scene so I picked up one of the first to arrive at SRS (July last year).

With regard to prints, yes I have but only small ones so far I must get organised and maybe get a couple done. My only reservation with those panoramas was the time of day they were taken (sun position).

Here's one done without software, taken with my Pentax X70 with the inbuilt camera panoramic setting 3 photos.

Jack.

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Here's a couple taken around Dulwich woods, using Canon G10 and stitched together using photomerge in Photoshop Elements (dead easy):

Is this a Pentax forum, I have a G11 but would never put photos from it on the Pentax User site MMMMMMM!!!

Does a photo taking with a Pentax need a different kind of stitching?
It's just for the purpose of showing how well it can be done with a certain program and as far as I know only the gallery and my photo section are Pentax photo only

As Stefan says I think Jon is just demonstrating what can be done Photoshop Elements.

If I'm honest a few Olympus shots slipped into my Gallery just before I got my Pentax gear but at that stage I certainly had the intention to go ahead with Pentax

The general rule is Pentax images only, for obvious reasons.

Huw, those panoramas are great. There is no sign of overlap, even on the waves. Did you do a lot of cloning or is the software just that good? (I got a book of Peak District panoramic photos a couple of years ago for xmas. Apart from the fact most of the shots were taken in boring light, with uninteresting skies etc, they showed obvious signs of photostitching and I would have rejected them as falures. I won't mention the photographers name!)

Thanks Will, the amazing thing is that almost every time no cloning is needed. In the Boscastle Harbour inlet (above) it's straight from ICE with a resize and slight highlight adjustment. There can be the odd occasion where you would need to clone for a slight mismatch if you were shooting wide for example but generally ICE does a pretty convincing job.

Sorry for stretching the rules guys - as Huw and Stefan noted, I was just trying to show that even PSE can do a pretty decent job with stitching.

Now one thing Pentax could learn from my little Canon is to incorporate a panoramic mode that freezes the exposure and helps you to frame your shots accurately using the live view.....

Will try never to mention Canon again (does it help if I say that I always consider them to be a competent manufacturer of compact point and shoots?)

Wow great information on the thread, Cant wait to get to thailand, as we are staying on a very small island just of phuket, And this is going to be my first project, We have no electeric or hot water so must find something to do