Right, I had a go at this panoramic nonsense, and came up with this:
Huge 20MB version here
Now, I've got a few questions. First thing is that I need to lop the right bit off, as it's still got a bit of window frame in it, also there's something seriously wrong going on with the border at the top that needs to be sorted out. But anyway. Stiched with PS CS2, taken with a Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 EX DG macro on a 350d. F4 at about 1/600 (can't remember offhand) on a 350d.
1) I took about 6 shots, but actually only ended up using 4. Generally, do people leave out shots, or is it best to try and use all of them?
2) Originally, I tried to do this pointing more at the sky, but I found that if the camera is not absolutely horizonal, there's problems stiching it together because of incorrect directions straight lines go in at the edge of the photo. Therefore buildings don't line up. But even with it as horizontal as I could, there was still some distortion. Is there anything I can do to each shot to remove the distortion first so they line up better? I did it this time by stiching it together in perspective mode and then chopping off lots of the picture.
3) Even though each shot had the same focus, and settings, sometimes the skies didn't match, different colour. Is this going to be because of using AWB?
Any other tips or pointers would be great
Bonus points for anyone who can guess the hotel and floor without looking at the filename.........
Huge 20MB version here
Now, I've got a few questions. First thing is that I need to lop the right bit off, as it's still got a bit of window frame in it, also there's something seriously wrong going on with the border at the top that needs to be sorted out. But anyway. Stiched with PS CS2, taken with a Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 EX DG macro on a 350d. F4 at about 1/600 (can't remember offhand) on a 350d.
1) I took about 6 shots, but actually only ended up using 4. Generally, do people leave out shots, or is it best to try and use all of them?
2) Originally, I tried to do this pointing more at the sky, but I found that if the camera is not absolutely horizonal, there's problems stiching it together because of incorrect directions straight lines go in at the edge of the photo. Therefore buildings don't line up. But even with it as horizontal as I could, there was still some distortion. Is there anything I can do to each shot to remove the distortion first so they line up better? I did it this time by stiching it together in perspective mode and then chopping off lots of the picture.
3) Even though each shot had the same focus, and settings, sometimes the skies didn't match, different colour. Is this going to be because of using AWB?
Any other tips or pointers would be great
Bonus points for anyone who can guess the hotel and floor without looking at the filename.........