Pano from Sydney observatory

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Pano from Sydney observatory

Postby Onyx on Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:34 pm

http://www.pixspot.com/albums/userpics/ ... ridge1.jpg
56k warning: 1200x478, 277kb.

It goes against all the rules. No tripod, no exposure lock, no consistent overlap. Shot NEF and "normal" tone curve too.

Panorama Factory did an impressive job IMHO. Your thoughts?
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Re: Pano from Sydney observatory

Postby birddog114 on Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:37 pm

Onyx wrote:http://www.pixspot.com/albums/userpics/observ-
Shot NEF and "normal" tone curve too.


First time I saw you shot NEF! that why we did not have storm today as weather forecast :lol: :lol:

Are we going to have a pano workshop soon?
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Postby JordanP on Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:40 pm

I particularly like your breaking of all the rules....... 8) very cool.

:roll: I'm gunna have to try a panno shot one of these days.
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Postby Nicole on Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:06 pm

Really cool. I like panos. Don't think I've tried it yet with the D70 yet! I couldn't see any joins. As you say impressive.
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Postby W00DY on Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:11 pm

Ok,

Here I go showing all my Pano novity (is that a word?).

In the case of this image it looks just like a normal image to me? Like you were standig there with a wide angle lens and took the photo.

I was always under the impression that Pano's were short and wide :lol: but a lot of the Pano's I see here are almost normal size?

Birdy - I think I really need that workshop :oops:

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:23 pm

Onyx - well done but I can see where the join is coz’ you cut an ant in half

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Postby Raydar on Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:39 pm

JordanP wrote:I particularly like your breaking of all the rules....... 8) very cool.

:roll: I'm gunna have to try a panno shot one of these days.


I could help you with that thought mate!!!! :wink:

Great stuff Onxy well stitched not a blemish any were!!!! 8)

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Postby boxerboy on Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:50 pm

Great job!

Panorama Factory is a great bit of software IMHO.

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Postby MHD on Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:53 pm

nice!

Some times you just find your self without the equipment!

There are a fair few products to sort through so far as panos go....
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Postby Onyx on Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:11 am

Thanks for your comments everyone. I was surprised that it turned out as well as it did. Maybe I can go back and review my pics of the Grand Canyon and make a massive pano montage. :D

There were some slight parallax errors - ie. bits in foreground joined up well, but background items showed slight misalignment - due to the non-optimal axis of rotation (I just swung the camera around as much as I felt like, just keeping an eye on the viewfinder gridlines lining up the horizon). I guess the resized/presented version was small enough to hide the 'seams'.

On second glance, Woody I'd have to agree with you - it does look like a single ultra-wide angle shot. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing... I'm relatively new to this panorama arena.
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Postby birddog114 on Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:55 am

W00DY wrote:Ok,

Here I go showing all my Pano novity (is that a word?).

In the case of this image it looks just like a normal image to me? Like you were standig there with a wide angle lens and took the photo.

I was always under the impression that Pano's were short and wide :lol: but a lot of the Pano's I see here are almost normal size?

Birdy - I think I really need that workshop :oops:

W00DY


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hehehehehe!you want too much! :lol: :lol: QLD trip or Pano workshop? one or the other choice mate :lol: :lol:
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Postby Killakoala on Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:21 am

It looks great Onyx.

Nice use of distortion too. It adds depth to the image.

It's also a very nice spot to shoot from.
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