Ok guys tell me your secrets - how to take good really good panos ;) Well i'm talking about technic and stuff like that.
Goodnight for now! :) :goodnight

Hmm..

Well... I guess it always help if you have a panorama mode on your camera. This is what I got by using the Panorama mode (Canon A80, without a tripod):

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/7003/dsad3lt.png

...And this is what I got without the Panorama mode (Panasonic FZ5, without a tripod):

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/8946/dsa4wy.png

Well... I'm only 14 years old and my parents gave me around $600 dollars CDN to buy a new camera as a birthday present. I went way over budget with the FZ5, so I currently don't have enough money to purchase a tripod. However, this is what I got with my "homemade" tripod:

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/7585/stitched0022gh.png

My "homemade" tripod ;):

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/2455/thin0115ws.jpg

As you can see, there are hardly any messups visible on the last pic, even without the panorama mode. This is because I didn't have to worry about messing up the height differentials between each picture.

To conclude, I guess a tripod does help when taking panoramas. I usually end each picture with some kind of a landmark so its easier when I'm taking the following picture to find where the preceding picture ended.

^^ Well... thats my amateur opinion right there. I hope it helped you a bit.

Hey, I'm 14 too! Here is a panorama I made with PAINT on my computer. My 3.2 mega pixel camera has no panorama mode :(

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/4817/untitled28wo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

visit my thread please!

Of course it helps with a tripod, but you dont "need" it... I took quite a few good panorama pics without any tripod:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/canadausatrip1/IMGP0116.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b186/DLL2/toronto2/IMGP0197.jpg
With or without a tripod, make sure you get atleast 20% of the "image" in the same picture.. that way its a lot easier when they get overlapped.. also, the best way to make panos is with panorama programs, like The Panorama Factory, which is extremely easy and works very well. There really is no specific technique to use.. just practice! :)

This is probably obvious....but dont use automatic mode on your camera...or the photos will come out being different colours. Use manual mode if you have one

^^ Yeah thats my problem - pics come out in different colors.Hmm thanks everyone!:)
BTW Dll where can i get that program?

I use Panorama Maker 3 to make my panoramas, download a trial here (http://www.arcsoft.com/support/downloads/demoversion.asp?title=7).

Some exemples, all panoramas is taken and made by me with Panorama Maker 3.

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/6326/bormio3000panorama17nw.jpg

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/8603/panoramaleksvik18jr.jpg

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/1227/lomtjonna2ah.jpg

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7637/stormyra19zm.jpg

^^ Wow really good panos! ;) Thanks for the link i'll try that program :)

http://acidmind.iespana.es/Delante-cortes.jpg

http://acidmind.iespana.es/Detras-cortes.jpg

http://acidmind.iespana.es/ademuz.jpg

^^ Yeah thats my problem - pics come out in different colors.Hmm thanks everyone!:)
BTW Dll where can i get that program?
You can download the trial here (http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tag=srch&qt=Panorama+Factory&tg=dl-2001&search.x=16&search.y=19)

Panorama Maker is wonderful!!
:yes:
http://tinypic.com/dnyh5f.jpg
^^Mercat del Born, Barcelona, 11/9/2005^^
:wink2:

The human months

The human moths?

Thanks all!

Just found out how to use my cam's pano mode - I'm gonna try it out in a bit.

First try... didn't use a tripod:

http://www.urbancanada.com/hillis/photos/backyard_pano1.jpg

^ Nice, though you really should have a panorama program. Its just as easy, and make as lot better panoramas!

Wow, Panorama Maker is great.

Reuploaded.

I suck at panos, for some reason, it might be my shaky hands :D. I'll try to get myself a tripod in the future.

My brother took this picture, but it came from my camera. I used some other Panorama program that I forgot but it wasn't a Panorama Maker because the result is more distorted when I reuploaded.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/Alkemist09/manhattanpano001.jpg

My attempt at vertical panorama, just taken about an hour ago.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/Alkemist09/nightshot001.jpg

i find that with panorama programmes my picture becomes all distorted and fuzzy....any solutions?

http://i.pbase.com/v3/29/588729/1/48274422.Manhattan_003.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/v3/29/588729/1/48274421.Manhattan_001.jpg

I used Arcsoft Pano Maker... Some tips regarding photography: Use a tripod to minimize movement in vertical direction (if making a horizontal pano), try keeping the exposure values as close to each other as possible (exposure lock). The best tip i can give you is to wait for the right moment to take the picture. I've waited a couple of hours for the sun to go down. It's just as with normal photography, lightning is the key thing! Keep that in mind.

I use Canon Photostitch, included in the Canon camera software but I assume it can be downloaded too.


http://homepage.ntlworld.com/n.e.bullock/Web%20upload/Tin%20Mine%20Fire.jpg http://homepage.ntlworld.com/n.e.bullock/Photography/Photos/Car%20V%20pan%201%20small%20copy.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/n.e.bullock/Photography/Photos/Car%20H%20pan.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/n.e.bullock/Web%20upload/Wide%20SOL%20Small.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/n.e.bullock/Web%20upload/Miami%20pan%20upload.jpg

Paris from the top of the Montparnasse tower using Panorama maker 3:

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3497/panoparis21rz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The river Seine, Panorama maker 3:

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/1414/ilesaintlouis6th.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

My little tip to have nearly always the same colors (in fact brightness and contrast) when you use an automatic mode: Begin your pano with the picture in its center, and always use the auto-focus on the same point.

Guanajuato, México

http://img333.imageshack.us/img333/7651/gto14m0pl.jpg

2 pano's made today.

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6946/panodelft4zc.jpg
Delft, The Netherlands
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1091/panovakantie9qo.jpg
Haren/Ems, Gemany

Some nice panos there guys!Keep them comming and thanks for the tips! ;)

Querétaro, Mexico
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/5370/panoramica3miii1cq.jpg

My first try ;)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/pano.jpg

^^ What the hell? Thazt looks very cool!

^^ Thanks! :D

GREAT PHOTOS. PARIS LOOKS BEAUTIFUL!!!

Seaview from one of the Marine Parade flats (Singapore)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4369/mp34yt.jpg

Panoramic view from Toa Payoh flats (Singapore)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3192/tpy47yb.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5358/tpy38br.jpg

Taken at Lavender flats (Singapore)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9711/pao25qb.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2881/pao1fh.jpg

Taken at a flat near Fort Rd (Singapore)
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/378/p10108512pg.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9571/pano1d5ag.jpg

This is the view from a 29th flr unit in one of the Redhill flats (Singapore)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5431/pano1e2ft.jpg

Tanjong Rhu Condominium Mirror Reflection on Kallang Bay (Singapore)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7936/mirror6ox.jpg

View from Chin Swee flats (Singapore)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8134/pano1b2uk.jpg

Kallang Bay at Night

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3662/kallangriver3000cv.jpg

Tanjong Pagar Container Terminal

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/5659/port16yl.jpg

View from a flat along Lower Delta Rd
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/8429/citypano9af.jpg

Sentosa Cove Marina
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/8186/marina4ky.jpg

Mini Pano - Singapore skyline at Sunset

http://img98.exs.cx/img98/870/sunset5nt.jpg

Concourse and Sungei Thieves Market - View from Rochor Flats

http://img45.echo.cx/img45/9503/panoconcourse0pt.jpg

City Panorama from a flat next to Little India Station

http://img230.echo.cx/img230/8316/pano1a2xj.jpg

Longer Version

http://img226.echo.cx/img226/2761/pano2a9zy.jpg

Night view from Textile Centre

http://img236.exs.cx/img236/1893/textile6ou.jpg

Hyacinthus really beautiful panos!Thanks.I think you should enter UPC with them :)

My first pano ever:

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6820/resize4js.jpg

No tripod, I just rested it on the railing.

^ Not bad

^ extraordinary

Hyacinthus really beautiful panos!Thanks.I think you should enter UPC with them :)

Thank you El_Greco. I am glad you like them. It's alot of effort finding new views and put the pics together :)

pano-making is fun fun fun

^ So show some :yes: ;)

pano-making is fun fun fun

is tiring.... Zzzzz...

^ Not bad
Thank you. :)

^ extraordinary
Thank you very much. :D

Here's another:

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1798/hamiltonstreetpan20kp.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1798/hamiltonstreetpan20kp.jpg

I did this pano of Gatineau, Quebec. Nothing special I guess... probalby a very common photo to see.

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/48098273/original.jpg

Panos are really easy to do. I did this hand-held and stiched it with Arcosft Panorama Maker.

^^ Nice pano.

Thats from the back of the Supreme Court right? Nice place :)

A new pano taken today - Singapore skyline from Tanjong Pagar to Raffles Place in the background and Chinatown in the foreground.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9499/pano4vs.jpg

so nice! I like the curve :)

Little India (Singapore)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2333/littleindiasmall7lf.jpg

Little India in the foreground with Concourse and Tanjong Rhu in the background

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9694/concourselittleindia8wg.jpg

HK skyline on a cloudy day.

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7213/hkpano0oi.jpg

Newcastle, taken from SSN:
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/827NewcastleSkyline_pic1.jpg

The large brick brewery site on the left is due to be demolished. there are 3 main plans, 2 involving 150m+ skyscrapers!

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/794Newcastle360_pic1.jpg

Eldon square, the building on the far left near the green is set for a big renovation with lots of shiny glass! :)

Newcastle + gateshead
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/722NewcastleGatesheadSkyline_pic1.jpg

The town moor:
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/723NewcastleTownMoorSkyline_pic1.jpg

And a good one of London:
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/43AllofLondon_pic1.jpg

View of older flats (newer flats in the distance)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3161/oldplue8fe.jpg

Taken last night of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia:

http://www.shadodotnet.net/photos/Brisbane/20051022/Shado_2005-10-22-BNE-Pano.jpg

Stitched using autostitch from www.autostitch.net

^ Nice night pano. :)


A beautiful and windy day! :happy:
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2365/pano10py.jpg

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/8603/panoramaleksvik18jr.jpg

Woooow Christian, this one is AMAZING!! I would like to live there!!

http://www.webalice.it/matthew80/winterpanorama.jpg

http://digilander.libero.it/gardapictures/agosto05/4agopano5.jpg

heavenly sun rays... lovely :)