Re: Need some advice on panoramas

[MIKE GRACE <amazing50@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You might wish to try some outdoor panoramas first, as the lighting poses 
less of a problem. Use a tripod, a wide angle and overlap the shots 10%. You 
can shoot any number of shots, but for practice 2 to 4 shots will give you 
the feel of things. For starters download a trial version of Uleads Cool360. 
It will work for 30 days and for it's features is inexpensive (about $40 
US).

Don't do any retouching untill after you stitch. If the results arn't to 
your liking you can redo using retouched copies, but the way a stitch 
program seems to work, I think any retouching is best after a stitch.

I can't help you with the technical aspects of your particular camera as I 
use a Sony Mavica, but I can say that with the Mavica it is best to leave it 
on automatic without any compensations.

Mike Grace
Kitchener Ontario Canada

Digital Photography

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/3923/


Panchromatic Photography

http://www.6797.com/pages/Arts/amazing50/



>From: Jorge Martins <jmartins@xxxxx>
>Reply-To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Need some advice on panoramas
>Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 22:00:28 +0100 (WET)
>
>
>Hi there!
>
>Just bought a digital machine (Kodak DC265) and
>started shooting some indoor panoramas. I am
>no expert at photography at all!
>
>I am working on a difficult building, with bad
>lighting. Sometimes I find small strong lights
>in generally dark rooms that make me correct the
>exposure, setting the EV to 1 or more. I think this
>is the best way to get the rooms lighter isn't it?
>
>Or should I use instead the Exposure time?
>Also, is there any script available so we can
>scale the Exposure time in values smaller than 0.5 seconds?
>Because this is way too much time for the rooms and
>it gets too much light...
>
>Then, after taking the panoramas, do you usually retouch
>the jpegs before stitching? What kind of modifications
>are usually done? get darker or lighter? change some colors?
>Any plug-in specially good for this, for photoshop, for
>instance?
>
>Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
>Jorge
>
>--
>jmartins@xxxxx
>EF, Lda.
>


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