The first two. If your camera will let you lock the exposure and white balance (which I didn't do for this one) it saves a lot of mucking around with levels Photoshop. Most of it is Photoshop, though. I paste the new pictures on as separate layers, adjust the levels to get as close as I can to the adjacent layer in terms of "exposure" and use a large eraser to eliminate the seams. It helps to photograph with lots of overlap.
I've done lots of panoramas (Brooklyn Bridge (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mbarrick/389834.html), Times Square (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mbarrick/403032.html), Coal Harbour (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mbarrick/397158.html) [Vancouver]), and mosaics (Grand Central Station (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mbarrick/388263.html)) and have gotten pretty good at getting rid of the seams and distoring images to fit where necessary. This is the first time I've applied it all to getting a full 360°. Getting the left and right edges of the image to line up so it wraps seamlessly was the hardest part.
i'll have to consult the manual for my camera re: the exposure lock, but i suspect i would just have to go manual mode and set up the shot entirely myself, and, well, for that i'm still learning. this is my first "real" camera ;)
thanks for the suggestions. i'll give them a try and see what photoshop and i can do.
that's an impressive pan of the brooklyn bridge. from what vantage did you shoot it? i was down there along the waterfront today and at least where i went there always seemed to be some sort of obstruction preventing a completely clear shot of the whole thing.
It's from the outside of the upper level of the South St. Seaport pier. Elaine's uncle took us there after we went to see him in "The Persians" at the Pace University Theater. We all had a drink on the pier and stood talking while we watched subway trains cross the Manhattan Bridge. Elaine and I went back a couple days later and I took the panorama. I'm kicking myself for not having done one at night now, though. Next time we're back I'll have to do it.
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Date: 2003-11-01 06:26 pm (UTC)I've done lots of panoramas (Brooklyn Bridge (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mbarrick/389834.html), Times Square (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mbarrick/403032.html), Coal Harbour (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mbarrick/397158.html) [Vancouver]), and mosaics (Grand Central Station (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mbarrick/388263.html)) and have gotten pretty good at getting rid of the seams and distoring images to fit where necessary. This is the first time I've applied it all to getting a full 360°. Getting the left and right edges of the image to line up so it wraps seamlessly was the hardest part.
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Date: 2003-11-02 09:03 pm (UTC)thanks for the suggestions. i'll give them a try and see what photoshop and i can do.
that's an impressive pan of the brooklyn bridge. from what vantage did you shoot it? i was down there along the waterfront today and at least where i went there always seemed to be some sort of obstruction preventing a completely clear shot of the whole thing.
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Date: 2003-11-03 12:26 am (UTC)