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[Barr1e]

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Stephen -

Re your post No. 74.

That had Anne and I quite excited. What an incredible stitch up.

Regards. Barr1e (+A)

[John Houghton]

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Stephen, CS3 has done a good job with the stitch, but the buildings have a slight (but noticeable) lean to the right, particularly on the left hand side of the panorama. Reflections in the water should align vertically. Stitchers like PTGui and Autopano Pro have special tools for getting the verticals accurately aligned. Also, it may be my imagination, but the top of the pink skyscraper on the right seems smudgy (to use a technical term). Is it so in the full size version?

John

[Stephen]

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Stephen, CS3 has done a good job with the stitch, but the buildings have a slight (but noticeable) lean to the right, particularly on the left hand side of the panorama. Reflections in the water should align vertically. Stitchers like PTGui and Autopano Pro have special tools for getting the verticals accurately aligned. Also, it may be my imagination, but the top of the pink skyscraper on the right seems smudgy (to use a technical term). Is it so in the full size version?

John

John, you are a perfectionist, and I admire you for that, but this was simply an excercise to see how the new LR2 integration with CS3 performed and frankly I never intended that it should be more than the software taking control and doing the best it could with little or no input for me. However I have to admit that I never spotted the smudgy bit you mention on the rather titchy version I posted. It is on the large version, but as you no doubt suspected not on the original images, so I'm not really sure how it materialised.

I sometimes wish I had a better understanding and knowledge of the sort of pano progs you mention. The truth is I don't think I have the patience for more manual stitching. I've seen some of your own stuff and am in awe of it, but I find it hard to bring myself to spend the time on the amount of work it surely needs to get such results.

[Horacio]

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here is a new composite of 3 pictures taken looking directly to the sun

[WILT]

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[John Houghton]

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That's a nice panorama, but there's a noticeable green cast to it. I tried making some adjustments to the colour balance and came up with the attached version, which you might find an improvement.

John

[John Houghton]

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If you like spherical (VR) panoramas, you might take a look at this one I took at Ely Cathedral recently. My first sttempt was made a few years ago with a handheld camera and I was keen to see what improvement my current equipment would make: a Canon 40D + Tokina 10-17mm fisheye mouned on a Nodal Ninja 5 spherical panorama head. There was a huge brightness range to cope with and mixed lighting, so it wasn't easy. (It's on the large side so a broadband connection is needed).

http://www.johnhpanos.com/ely40d.htm

John

[Stephen]

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If you like spherical (VR) panoramas, you might take a look at this one I took at Ely Cathedral recently. My first sttempt was made a few years ago with a handheld camera and I was keen to see what improvement my current equipment would make: a Canon 40D + Tokina 10-17mm fisheye mouned on a Nodal Ninja 5 spherical panorama head. There was a huge brightness range to cope with and mixed lighting, so it wasn't easy. (It's on the large side so a broadband connection is needed).

http://www.johnhpanos.com/ely40d.htm

John

Brilliant stuff John.
I notice in the current issue of Digital Photo Magazine the Nodal Ninja is tested with 2 other panorama heads. It came out top, essentially due to its value for money.

[jojo]

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Absolutely A1 cracking John , would love to see more of this caliber

jo

[Ian]

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If you like spherical (VR) panoramas, you might take a look at this one I took at Ely Cathedral recently. My first sttempt was made a few years ago with a handheld camera and I was keen to see what improvement my current equipment would make: a Canon 40D + Tokina 10-17mm fisheye mouned on a Nodal Ninja 5 spherical panorama head. There was a huge brightness range to cope with and mixed lighting, so it wasn't easy. (It's on the large side so a broadband connection is needed).

http://www.johnhpanos.com/ely40d.htm

John

Hi John, it's always a great pleasure to see you here on the DPNow forum.

The Ely VR experience is magical so I tread with some trepidation with this - a question that points to an imperfection, perhaps?!

Anyway - the upward view shows that the camera wasn't directly underneath the central part pf the dome. It looks a little strange after the winder if everything else. Was this an oversight or simply a limitation of the space available to place your camera inside the cathedral?

Hope you don't mind me asking!

Ian

[John Houghton]

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Ian, On my visit a few years ago, the floor space below the lantern window was completely open, which allowed the camera to be positioned directly below. I was therefore disappointed to find that the ideal position for the camera was no longer available, the roped off central area being occupied by an alter. I don't think this is a fixture. Probably it can be fairly easily moved to accommodate various events that are held there. It's disappointing for ordinary visitors too, who would probably like to look upwards from the exact centre.

John

[Ian]

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Ian, On my visit a few years ago, the floor space below the lantern window was completely open, which allowed the camera to be positioned directly below. I was therefore disappointed to find that the ideal position for the camera was no longer available, the roped off central area being occupied by an alter. I don't think this is a fixture. Probably it can be fairly easily moved to accommodate various events that are held there. It's disappointing for ordinary visitors too, who would probably like to look upwards from the exact centre.

John

Thanks John, that explains it!

Ian

[Autumn]

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Absolutely marvellous John. Each movement brought a gasp from me. I didn't know such software existed.

[WILT]

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I used to use one of those ! Drum?

[WILT]

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Dylan Thomas had this to look upon whilst writing "Under Milk Wood" and the like.Pity about the "blown" clouds.It made a nice painting though and sold.