This one is pretty small here, but the original is 36 inches long and quite detailed. You need to stop by to see it.
Here is one that is not so ambitious - many fewer frames were used in this one - only nine images were used in this pano. The one above has 30 images stitched and melded together.
Those are both very nice. That second one I would hang on my wall in a New York Minute. You should sell that. You can open a gallery on the Las Vegas Blvd and I will move down there and sell your photos..(just a thought)=)
ReplyDeleteThanks Josh. These were tests really. I wanted to wring out the new 5D MKII at some higher ISO settings. I trotted out the pano head for my tripod and snapped away. I took so many shots (3 for each angle using AEB) that it was tricky putting the series back together once it was on the computer.
ReplyDeleteThe software I use for stitching panos also does HDR, and I wanted to try it out. I was a little disappointed and think your tool is better for HDR, but it doesn't stitch images. I did all sorts of things to try and get the best result, including tone mapping each 3 shot sequence in Photomatix and then stitching the resulting images in my tool (PTGui), but that wasn't the best. In the end, I just did it in PTGui.
This area, Las Sendas, is where we ride our bikes from time to time. In fact, I'll be right at this spot in about 9 hours.
All I can say is WOW!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOne day I hiked up a peak near Salt Lake City and did a huge pano shot with 11 sections each having 3 exposures then I made each section an HDR and stitched them in photoshop.....it did not turn well at all. But at least I only spent about six hours on it counting the drive, the hike, and processing time....sigh
ReplyDeleteYeah, I did the same thing, both stitching three separate panos (with 8 or 9 sections) then tone mapping the three resulting panos. I also tried it the other way, tone mapping each section's three exposures and then stitching the resulting tone mapped images.
ReplyDeleteThe top image above is the one I experimented with. Not incredibly impressed, either with the work involved or the outcome, but it was usable.
I suggested to Photomatix that they just add stitching to their superior tone mapping product - how hard can it be?