Panoramas

[asdf]

Who has experience shooting Panorama and what methods/software do you use?

I have just been learning as I go and I am finally starting to get some decent shots. I was using Canon PhotoStitch but now I have moved on to Microsoft ICE (free) I also upgraded my tripod and that has improved my shots ten fold.

Utah Lake - 6 HDR photos stitched with MS ICE
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3344/3243212472_c9201f5985_b.jpg

Utah Lake - 4 HDR photos stitched with MS ICE
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3446/3244032697_0cc1dc54e5_b.jpg

Deer Valley - 5 images (no tripod obviously)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3376/3240855113_a36c5e8b7e_b.jpg

[denaliguide]

no experience here. but nice job.

[mills mania]

Nice pics man. I have lived by utah lake my whole life and had no idea it looked like that during the winter. Nice job with the stitching too!

[rooster32]

I use PTGui Pro. Easy to use with good results.



http://arappl.smugmug.com/photos/303311002_3nR6g-X3.jpg

[Wild One]

Funny you should bring this up just now. Last week I decided I wanted to try a couple Panos. While the content of my shots does not compare in any respect to the beauty of the west, I had a couple to share. Each of these is 5 images each, merged with CS3.

Both images created from shots at a park a few miles away from office.
This is a 180 degree shot, so it looks like two seperate paths in the image, but in fact they're the same.
http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/42904/2099731290101442662S600x600Q85.jpg (http://family.webshots.com/photo/2099731290101442662eZILmF)

http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/44428/2739713360101442662S600x600Q85.jpg (http://family.webshots.com/photo/2739713360101442662FzKUVI)

Wish I could post them bigger, but this is the biggest version my photo hosting site will provide.

[asdf]

Wow, a lot more posts then I expected. Great stuff everyone.


I have lived by utah lake my whole life and had no idea it looked like that during the winter.

I feel the same way. I just started going down there this winter and have been very pleased with all of visits. The Provo boat harbor is a great place for sunset.

I have been going a bit overboard with my over lap, it really seems to help with the stitching.

Two panos from Mondays trip out to the Great Salt Lake.

2 vertical images
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3343/3250252333_cbacc3584f.jpg

Inside the Temple of the Birds - 5 vertical images
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/3252296366_4ed2440957_b.jpg

[Udink]

I had also been using Canon PhotoStitch, and man did that software suck. Thanks for the tip on MS ICE. :2thumbs: I made this out of five handheld shots, and ICE stitched them together seamlessly. It's not a great shot (lighting was poor, facing into the sun), but I'm very impressed with the stitching.

[blueeyes]

I bought photoshop elements a few months back. It has a feature where it puts together panoramic shots. I took some pics inside
the Forbidden City, I never had any intentions of making them a panoramic shot. I put this together right after I bought the program.

Here it is my first ever panoramic.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/chere_album/forbidenpanorama2.jpg

I had to do a lot of touch up of the sky and the bottom part of the pic I just cropped off. Kind of fun.

[oldno7]

I also switched to ICE this weekend:

[shlingdawg]

I hate to post a bleached out sky, but getting most of the Crater was the goal. I was using a very old, crappy Minolta P&S too.

[RedMan]

Nice work Summit. What Tripod did you end up buying?
Looking for a upgrade myself.

[tmartenst]

I don't do too many Pano's and most that I do have were done with a Canon G6 because it had a pano feature which linked up to PhotoStitch software. Quality is not great but ease is nice.

View from Baldy at Snowbird:
http://www.purelightimages.com/pics/fs/view%20from%20baldy2.jpg

From the saddle of Pfiefferhorn while backcountry skiing on June 20th a few years ago:
http://www.purelightimages.com/pics/fs/fullmaybird.jpg

We don't have a window in our office (until next week) so I went to the roof of the building and took 6 photos, printed it 10 feet long on canvas and tacked it to the wall. Cheap option and looks great:
http://www.purelightimages.com/pics/fs/fullostk2.jpg

Used a different roof shot for the printed one:
http://www.purelightimages.com/pics/fs/workphoto1.jpg

Four Square of the San Rafael River in the Northern Reef:
http://www.purelightimages.com/pics/fs/san_raf_river_overlook.jpg

[DiscGo]

You guys are good.

[blueeyes]

We don't have a window in our office (until next week) so I went to the roof of the building and took 6 photos, printed it 10 feet long on canvas and tacked it to the wall. Cheap option and looks great:


I don't have window in my office. May have to try something like this.

[asdf]

Four Square of the San Rafael River in the Northern Reef:
http://www.purelightimages.com/pics/fs/san_raf_river_overlook.jpg

I love this. :2thumbs:

We were checking out this spot for a trip last November, I even plotted my route on my GPS. We ended up changing our plans during our trip but I plan on shooting from this spot sometime this year.

Would you be willing to PM me a bit of info on the hike?

[trackrunner]

We don't have a window in our office (until next week) so I went to the roof of the building and took 6 photos, printed it 10 feet long on canvas and tacked it to the wall. Cheap option and looks great:
Used a different roof shot for the printed one:

So it looks like we work for the same company. Or as Patrick would say, we're team mates. Recongnize the landscape from the picture and the office (chairs, phones, screens, tables). Know exactly where this is. Think I saw you at the buyer's meeting today then.

[Wild One]

what photo-hosting site are you guys using that allows you to keep the original dimensions of your photos to post here? I've been using webshots for a couple years and never posted panos till now. Even their largest size option is too small to really show my panos...

[asdf]

flickr

[R]

For most of the photos I post here, I use the web space that our ISP gives us, since I'm not doing anything else with it. I guess it's 50MB or so. Plenty of space for JPEGs.

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/abby2004-01.jpg for example.

[waltny]

I use CS3

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/contdividelower.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/concreteblackwhite.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/bridge-1.jpg

[waltny]

2 more

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/wasatchfront-1.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/unexpectedsunset.jpg

[tmartenst]

Would you be willing to PM me a bit of info on the hike?

Summit42: I took my GPS which helped immensely on that hike. There is no trail, just knowing where to go. I have been all over that area (probably 10 times in the last 5 years) but that was the first time to that bend. Much of it was trial and error and scrambling. I have my GPS track in Google Earth but wouldn't know how to send them to you. If anyone knows how to share them, I'd be obliged.

More details here: http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11284&highlight=


So it looks like we work for the same company
Trackrunner: Nice, I did present in the buyers meeting yesterday and therefore, apparently we work together. You'll have to PM me with your info or IM me at work. I have seen Bogley on at least one screen at work but doubt it was anyone that attended that meeting.


what photo-hosting site are you guys using that allows you to keep the original dimensions of your photos to post here?
I use my own website which is run through http://www.proimageguide.com/. Not sure how the backend stuff works, just upload and post the path.

[asdf]

Summit42: I took my GPS which helped immensely on that hike. There is no trail, just knowing where to go. I have been all over that area (probably 10 times in the last 5 years) but that was the first time to that bend. Much of it was trial and error and scrambling. I have my GPS track in Google Earth but wouldn't know how to send them to you. If anyone knows how to share them, I'd be obliged.


I figured as much, I just wanted to compare my proposed route to you actual route. Hummm... in google earth you should be able to right click the route in the tool bar and save it as a KMZ or KML file.

Thanks

[tmartenst]

Summit, PM or email me your email address and I'll send you what I've got. By the way, if you look just south of that spot you'll see another river bend that looks similar but really it is just a big crater. We were there a few years ago for different reasons and it is not worth the trip.

Thomas

[CrazyFinn]

These are really impressive. Good work. Makes me want a better camera. :nod:

[Wild One]

2 more

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/wasatchfront-1.jpg


love this one. absolutely perfect. :2thumbs:

[asdf]

By the way, if you look just south of that spot you'll see another river bend that looks similar but really it is just a big crater. We were there a few years ago for different reasons and it is not worth the trip.


Good to know, Thanks!

Smogset over Utah Country ... 5 vertical images.
Global Warming or not.. this shit is getting worse every year.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3514/3206803074_58801f21e6_b.jpg

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[devo_stevo]

I think it's time for this thread to become a sticky.

Nice work everyone. I'm with Finn. I want a real camera now. My wife will thank you all later for this.

[tmartenst]

Agreed on the canyon one from Waltny. Where is that taken from?

[waltny]

Agreed on the canyon one from Waltny. Where is that taken from?

Glad you and wild one enjoy my pano. It is taken from the backside of Hill AFB(perimeter road) shooting down I84 up the weber cayon.

[blueeyes]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/chere_album/honkong.jpg

[blueeyes]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/chere_album/snowshoe1.jpg

[blueeyes]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/chere_album/eden2copy.jpg

[denaliguide]

heres my first attempt with ms ice. too easy to be believed.

its in milford sound, new zealand. taken today. with my little optio s40. i'm a pilot here and bring in people from queenstown to go on the boats around milford sound

[oldno7]

Excellent Les.

Are you on floats?

[asdf]

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[denaliguide]

Excellent Les.

Are you on floats?
unfortunately not on floats. not many float operations in new zealand.

[jiffers]

I love panos. I use cs3 to stitch mine together.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3338754941_8c0e14abdb_b.jpg

[jiffers]

may as well do one a bit more local.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/3208102920_c5e5c695f9_b.jpg

[jiffers]

and I may as well contribute to the Temple of the Birds collection

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3384/3184993636_36d31b41d9_b.jpg

[jiffers]

and one more from my group of already uploaded panos, from Zion

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/3174657628_f1510494c6_b.jpg

[jiffers]

wow, I just can't stop, they are just so fun...
Here is Mooney Falls in Havasupai, AZ

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3612/3357256429_60d36d2856_b.jpg

[jodygrigg]

Nice shots everyone. :2thumbs:

[imfrog2002]

Okay, I'll throw in my panorama. First off, thank you all SO much for recommending MS ICE. I've been trying to find a good program for Mac for forever, and couldn't. Going into Parallels is WELL worth this panorama app. :D

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3374645326_c2fb33bd53_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/imfrog2002/3374645326/

A shot over Utah Valley from a geocache that I hit. Couldn't find the cache, but the view was well worth it.

[accadacca]

Good stuff rollin' in here lately. :popcorn:

[asdf]

Eye of the Whale Arch Vertorama, 4 HDR (12 RAW) images.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3563/3395972373_cf29dcbf03_b.jpg

[Cirrus2000]

Wow, summit, that's amazing! :2thumbs:

[Wild One]

summit, unreal dude. :hail2thechief:

[DiscGo]

Nice Summit!

[asdf]

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[trackrunner]

summit
:hail2thechief:

[oldno7]

That is an awesome shot, Summit.

[Wild One]

33mb jpeg?!? I had to read through your process a couple times to follow it. That was a lot of work for one image, but I will admit it looks great. I'd love to see something similar from your spot on the GSL.

Actually, an image following the same process from the Primrose Cirque in spring (wild flowers) with a crazy storm approaching (or just leaving and heading east) would be amazing too.

Thanks for sharing bro. I give you big props for the work on this one

[qedcook]

Summit, on your deer creek pano, the fourth one in your original post, how did you get the people to be in one place. usually when i stitch shots like that together, everyone ends up blurred or in two or three places.

Also, here's a panorama of my own. Goblin Valley.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_A70wjSvecL8/ShbSVlPlvKI/AAAAAAAABZI/egYmhfuPln4/test.jpg

[asdf]

Summit, on your deer creek pano, the fourth one in your original post, how did you get the people to be in one place. usually when i stitch shots like that together, everyone ends up blurred or in two or three places.

Just shot fast (hand held) and did about a 35% overlap on each capture.

[qedcook]

Your pics always turn out well. Any special software you use?

[Udink]

Here are a few from yesterday's ATV ride in the Swell.

[asdf]

those are looking REALLY nice

[Jaxx]

very nice Summit and Udink. Those big ones make me feel like I'm standing there looking at it.

[asdf]

4th of July Pano taken above Cascade Springs on the Alpine Loop.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/3691726843_3398735480_b.jpg

[oldno7]

Nice shot Bill.
If you take out the shadows in the hills in the background, does it ruin the cloud effect? The clouds are awesome.

[asdf]

Nice shot Bill.
If you take out the shadows in the hills in the background, does it ruin the cloud effect? The clouds are awesome.

I messed with it a bit but decided to just keep it the way it came out of the camera.

[rooster32]

http://arappl.smugmug.com/photos/583820158_ubF4K-X2.jpg

[Robert Lefkow]

Got a few of these.

Hurricane Dunes (Self Portrait)

[Robert Lefkow]

The Subway

[Scott Card]

I must say Robert, great stuff! Welcome to this site. Please keep the photos coming. :2thumbs:

[asdf]

I love the shadow in that dune shot - nice work.


Took this last night on the Bonneville shoreline trail above Orem. 15 images, processed into 5 HDRs, stitched together with PS CS4, then cropped and touched up LR2. PHEW.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3923208644_e119100cb1_b.jpg

[tmartenst]

This was the view of Mt. Olympus and the Rainbow over Big Cottonwood Canyon tonight from Holladay.

http://www.purelightimages.com/pics/fs/olympussunsetrainbow092009.jpg

[trackrunner]

think I forgot to post this pic from earlier in the summer. Pic of BCC/mill crrek ridge as seen from Grandger trail.

Edit: if too big let me know and I'll shrink it to 1200-1400 range like the others on here.

[millsclimber]

I haven't posted anything in a long time. Just been enjoying looking at everyone else's - and spending too much time in the office...

Sherbrooke Lake, Yoho NP BC, Canada

Scaled down significantly. 11 image stitch.

[millsclimber]

One more.

A somewhat different view of Peyto Lake.

Banff, NP
AB, Canada

[millsclimber]

Also haven't seen many vertical panos...Guess I need to figure out how best to scale these down in size to attach them without making them so small...

[bryan]

Some amazing work on this thread. This is Lake Willoughby in northeast Vermont. Although you can really only see a sliver of the lake...

[rooster32]

http://arappl.smugmug.com/photos/688541949_g5g34-O.jpg

[bryan]

Sweet shot! Where did you get that vantage point? A plane?

[rooster32]

Sweet shot! Where did you get that vantage point? A plane?

Top of Empire State Building

[asdf]

Mexican Mtn Pano
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/4111471683_d245c67073_b.jpg

[tmartenst]

Nice!

[asdf]

15 images processed to 5 HDR's then stitched in CS4.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2803/4116734798_30d51acfe4_b.jpg

[trackrunner]

Downloaded MS ICE few weeks back and have been playing with some stiches. No pro like some but thought a few turned out good.

[bryan]

Love that Kolob Terrace shot. Great light!

[Matt Lemke]

I use Arcsoft Panorama Maker Pro to stitch my panos together.
It works great
Heres a small portion of some of my better panoramas I've taken from various places.

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/699719.jpg
Upper Cataract basin in the Gore Range in Colorado

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/686158.jpg
The backside of the Maroon Bells taken from Fravert Basin

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/686092.jpg
Mt. Stuart from Ingalls Pass in the WA Cascades

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/686498.jpg
Kyes and Monte Cristo Peaks backdropping Blanca Lake in the WA Cascades

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/699739.jpg
Gold Dust Peak in the northern Sawatch Range of Colorado

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/692354.jpg
Egypt Bench in Escalante Country taken after a descent of Egypt 3

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/703095.jpg
The Moroni Slopes from Black Mountain

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/686497.jpg
Spider Gap and Dumbbell Mountain from Cloudy Pass in the WA Cascades

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/696945.jpg
Horse Canyon in the Maze District

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/687274.jpg
The Maze Overlook

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/697086.jpg
Mt. Bierstadt and the Sawtooth Ridge from Guanella Pass; Front Range of Colorado

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/700312.jpg
Sunrise over the Grand Tetons

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/689631.jpg
View from Reds Canyon; San Rafael Swell

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/694336.jpg
Image Lake in the Glacier Peak Wilderness; WA Cascades

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/701652.jpg
Nice day at the Denver open space parks

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/700943.jpg
View from Cape Flattery; northwestern most point in the lower 48 in WA

[homerj]

Love these!!! They are GREAT!!!

My favs are:


Spider Gap and Dumbbell Mountain from Cloudy Pass in the WA Cascades
Kyes and Monte Cristo Peaks backdropping Blanca Lake in the WA Cascades
Sunrise over the Grand Tetons
The backside of the Maroon Bells taken from Fravert Basin

Love the others too! What camera do you use?

[Matt Lemke]

I use a Canon 30d with a few different lenses.
I was trying to decide how many to post...
Thanks for commenting

[wes242]

I have just used Photoshop over the past many years, but started out with Arcsoft Panoramic Maker.
Goblin Valley
42344
Tetons
42345
Narrows
42346
Front of Timp
42347
Valley of Fire
42348

[CarpeyBiggs]

awesome photos wes and matt. well done! :hail2thechief:

[Matt Lemke]

Heres a few more of my panoramas mainly from Utah but a few from CO...

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/699725.jpg
Beaver Lake near Avon, CO

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/686047.jpg
The Maroon Bells

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/686163.jpg
Hagerman Peak in the Elks of CO

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/686787.jpg
Capitol Reef from the Scenic Drive

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/696955.jpg
Maze District 360 degree pano

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/687917.jpg
Halls Creek Overlook at Capitol Reef

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/697529.jpg
Petes Mesa in the Maze District

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/686147.jpg
Capitol Reef near the Post

[dioscuriII]

I use Autopana Giga 2. It can handle huge files and does a great job with stitching and matching tones.

[accadacca]

Epic stuff guys! :hail2thechief: Great to see this thread going again. :popcorn:

[Matt Lemke]

Heres a few more Utah Panos I have...

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/707369.jpg

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/707368.jpg
San Rafael Swell Panoramas from Muddy Creek

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/705671.jpg
Sunset on the Henry Mountains

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/705670.jpg

Sunset on the Dugway near the Dirty Devil River

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/705593.jpg
Little Wild Horse Butte

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/705585.jpg
Sunset at Hidden Splendor

[Matt Lemke]

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[dioscuriII]

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Dead Horse Point in the evening.

Kevin

[denaliguide]

clutha river, wanaka, new zealand

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[mhambi]

Wow. you guys rock. I'm a noob at panos but here are a couple... sized way down of course. (stitched in CS4)

Cascade from the back door to my office. (keep meaning to play with flag exposure)

http://i51.tinypic.com/66vz20.jpg


Skyline Drive

http://i56.tinypic.com/jgrvqe.jpg

This is a 12 shot work in progress that I did mostly to see how many images my crappy computer could do at one time. :mrgreen: Still need to fix the sky, and some other odds and ends. The native file is huge.

http://i52.tinypic.com/4jmidh.jpg

Last.

http://i56.tinypic.com/t5lwtk.jpg