My first pano..

TammiG

I can't believe I'm just finding this place! This is my first cs5 panoramic including 6 images. C&C welcome.

Cowboydoug

are ya ready?
Are ya sitting down and ready? Good...
1st off... welcome, I'm a nube to Dgrin and SmugMug too. I think both are the perfect place for
you, me... all of us to be... it's like church without the sore knees and is a great learning Institution.

For your 1st pano I think you did great... Having said that... In this case you got lucky...
Let me explain what I see... Your camera did not spin level. How do I know?

The only question is... did you mean for that to happen? I think the result is very nice and certainly acceptable but in
the same breath, not being level can be a death nail in panoramas. Don't get me wrong, it's ok to have the camera
tilted but great care should be taken to always be level.

The only thing I would like to see is a little more saturation... and remove what might be the moon
(a tiny white dot in the center of the image that caught my eye right away).

I'd like to see more 2 thumb

wolf911

yea, the sky is nice, but the uneven ground horizon is a bit distracting

aj986s

I think its a very good 1st attempt. The lack of clarity caught my attention. But I like to sky & colors.

As far as the horizon, I'm seeing it as rolling terrain, so the lack of level line isn't distracting to me. As it would be if the horizon was over water. I've only attempted a few pano's, so don't have alot of experience. Technically, I guess the gurus may be seeing something I don't. But aesthetically, I think the horizon is fine.

TammiG

Thank you! You are correct - the camera wasn't level....it was hand held.
The tiny dot in the center is a star....now that you mention it, it is a little distracting because you cant' really tell what it is.

Next one, I will try a tripod.

Question - How do you manage the enormous file size when working on a pano? In this case, I had to reduce the file size of each image prior to merging. I guess I will need to beef up my computer memory if I plan on doing many of these!

Cowboydoug

Tell us about...
Tell us about your PC, what are you running & shooting with?
I shoot a 5d II and have pushed huge fills through less than stellar PC's and
yes, it can become "a bit slow" :deadhorse but I wouldn't chop your file size to
accommodate your computer, unless it's a shot you can easily recreate or one
you don't really care about.

Show us some more of your stuff

dbd

TammiG wrote: »

... This is my first cs5 panoramic including 6 images. C&C welcome.

You might consider using cylindrical projection ("layout" in CS5-speak) for a more natural presentation of wide panoramas.

Dale B. Dalrymple