Camp Smokey panorama

Davesumner (e2 Member)

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24 Oct 2012 - 2:22 PM

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Hi Michael,

Pamela, Willie and Paul have said all that needs to be said here however, I'm intrigued, did you shoot this in landscape or portrait? I would suspect that you took it in landscape and what that has done compositionally is chop off the bottom of the trees which is really annoying because when I look at this shot all I want to do is see what's down there at the base of the trees. Perhaps its because there is no solid base to the image that makes me feel this way about it. So I would recommend shooting landscapes in portrait orientation not landscape. Yes you have to take more images to cover the same area but you get more top to bottom and don't lose too much in the crop after stitching.

Also, you need to find the exposure lock button which on Canon DSLR's is usually a blue coloured star. Using this will give you a better more even tone accross all of the images because shots can vary in brightness and spoil your pano. Be careful though because when you set the exposure in a dark area and then pan to a sunny area it will overexpose your shot there and visa versa. I would try to avoid dark and bright areas in any panorama and would tend to wait for a cloud to cover the sun for much more even lighting.

Hope this helps

DaVeS

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