Great comparison of the two different techniques and good to share where some of the pano’s went wrong. The quality of the Photographers clubhouse pictures are incredible, congrats to all the winners!
Great start to the new year, my friend; really great start! Stay with it. I think this year will be better for us all in time. Think positive. Peace!!!!!
Interesting results Ian. I did something similar last year, but not vertical. I came to the same conclusion, vastly prefer the stitched version. The print looked great :) Happy new year mate!
Good lessons here, Ian. Well done! I found myself going through this exact exercise awhile back and as a result have shelved my ball head in favor of a leveling base (AcraTech) in combination with a Tilt/Panorama Head (also AcraTech), similar to what you suggested. Together with an L bracket, I have found it much more versatile than a ball head. I keep a nodal rail in my bag just in case as well. I have never had an issue stitching a pano with this combo since. BTW, I was pleased and honored to see my photo in last month's Photo Challenge. Keep up the good work!
Oh shit, I clicked on this thinking it was Heaton, that he finally got out of his funk - but no, the hat is not right and wait, ....no.. it's not him at all! :) (I am subscribed to too many channels, I have lost control!) Excellent video by the way!
Thanks for the video. I would have thought that locking the focus on foreground, doing a vertical panorama, then focus on mid+panorama+ back+panorama would have been better. This way you can have 3 panorama that you can focus stack in photoshop. Not sure if it would have been beter or worse in term of moving clouds, I think better, but I think I'll give it a go, it's a great idea. Also I'll do some research on the range of focus with witch you can do panorama. It is clear that if the angle is too wide you can't stich them (ie. s circle will look OK face on, but a shot above and below will have distorded it in an elipse... I may be possible by doing lens distorsion correction to the image before the stiching...
Yes that's what i did, focused on centrally on each frame as i took it. I'm using the back button to focus so you probably didn't notice me do it in the video 😀😀👍
Interesting that your panos did not stitch together. I've made dozens of panos - horizontal and vertical - with a ball head, Acratech head, and handheld. I've never had one refuse to stitch. I've experienced gaps, where I did not have sufficient overlap. The advice is one-third overlap, but I try to stick to 50% overlap for added insurance. I love the Acratech head for pano work. I find I take more panos these days than I do single wide angle shots.
You might try ptGUI for stubborn stitches. I find that the tools in Photoshop for HDR, panoramas, and focus stacking have improved greatly over time, but the specialized third-party tools stil do a much better job. For panoramas, I get fewer artifacts with ptGUI. For focus stacking, same with Helicon Focus. For HDR, Aurora HDR 2019 or Photomatix (I much prefer Aurora HDR 2019, since it better avoids the "classic" HDR look).
I strongly recommend the Acratech Panorama and Tilt head for panoramas. In fact, it is my "go to" head now for landscape photography. I've coupled it with an Acratech leveling base. My Kirk BH-1 ball head has become very lonely. I see that Thomas Heaton is using the same Acratech head. I believe it is difficult to obtain in the UK. Thomas said he got his off eBay, if I remember his video correctly. You would probably have to import it from the US. BTW, please keep up the excellent videos. I had not done much woodland photography until I found your videos. You encouraged me to get out in the woods.
The title is somewhat misleading. It's not a real con to using a wideangle lens, but a pro for doing more panoramas instead. Maybe you do another video explaining a little better how to do it properly with a ballhead and maybe a L-bracket?
Great comparison of the two different techniques and good to share where some of the pano’s went wrong. The quality of the Photographers clubhouse pictures are incredible, congrats to all the winners!
Glad it was helpful Toby, yeah the clubhouse images were great, cant wait to see next months 👍👍🙏🏻
I wonder if using a polarized filter would still work for panorama or better not?
Thanks for the video!
Nice video, Ian. I hadn't thought of doing a vertical pano before, but now I'll try it.
Think you need a nodal slider to stop the parallax I have done a few vertical panos and not all work
Insightful comparison of the two techniques. Appreciate your hard work and all these videos.
Glad you like them! 😀😀👍
Great start to the new year, my friend; really great start! Stay with it. I think this year will be better for us all in time. Think positive. Peace!!!!!
Indeed, positivity is what's needed.. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍
Interesting results Ian. I did something similar last year, but not vertical. I came to the same conclusion, vastly prefer the stitched version. The print looked great :) Happy new year mate!
Thanks buddy, happy new year to you 👍👍👍😀
Good lessons here, Ian. Well done! I found myself going through this exact exercise awhile back and as a result have shelved my ball head in favor of a leveling base (AcraTech) in combination with a Tilt/Panorama Head (also AcraTech), similar to what you suggested. Together with an L bracket, I have found it much more versatile than a ball head. I keep a nodal rail in my bag just in case as well. I have never had an issue stitching a pano with this combo since. BTW, I was pleased and honored to see my photo in last month's Photo Challenge. Keep up the good work!
Awesome Kevin, sounds like a good setup buddy and congrats on the challenge 👍👍😀
Great video Ian, I will have to try out a pano the next time I am out with my camera.
Go for it! 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍😀
Never thought of doing a vertical pano. I really liked the results.
Cheers buddy, yes very interesting 😀👍👍
What software do you use to stitch the individual pano shots together? I like the idea of the vertical pano! Great shot and great video.
Another great one, Ian!
Glad you enjoyed it 👍👍
Oh shit, I clicked on this thinking it was Heaton, that he finally got out of his funk - but no, the hat is not right and wait, ....no.. it's not him at all! :) (I am subscribed to too many channels, I have lost control!) Excellent video by the way!
😂😂 Glad you liked it bud 👍👍😀
Thanks for the video. I would have thought that locking the focus on foreground, doing a vertical panorama, then focus on mid+panorama+ back+panorama would have been better. This way you can have 3 panorama that you can focus stack in photoshop. Not sure if it would have been beter or worse in term of moving clouds, I think better, but I think I'll give it a go, it's a great idea. Also I'll do some research on the range of focus with witch you can do panorama. It is clear that if the angle is too wide you can't stich them (ie. s circle will look OK face on, but a shot above and below will have distorded it in an elipse... I may be possible by doing lens distorsion correction to the image before the stiching...
I would like to add that I love your videos, I really like your compositions.
Yes that's what i did, focused on centrally on each frame as i took it. I'm using the back button to focus so you probably didn't notice me do it in the video 😀😀👍
Really enjoyed this video. The panorama turned out great!
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍👍🙏🏻
Very nice and helpful video, keep up 👍
Thanks a lot 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍
I actually prefer the wide-angle shot . Happy New Year from Tasmania
Happy new year Peter 😀😀👍
Oh that location I shot the same image about 8 years ago haha
Well done Ian, May I ask?- "have I missed something" - Why Fuji wasn't mentioned..
Fuji what's that, never heard of it 😂😂
Interesting that your panos did not stitch together. I've made dozens of panos - horizontal and vertical - with a ball head, Acratech head, and handheld. I've never had one refuse to stitch. I've experienced gaps, where I did not have sufficient overlap. The advice is one-third overlap, but I try to stick to 50% overlap for added insurance. I love the Acratech head for pano work. I find I take more panos these days than I do single wide angle shots.
I have a feeling it was because i was so close to my foreground, any slight movement from left to right would be accentuated 👍👍😀
You might try ptGUI for stubborn stitches. I find that the tools in Photoshop for HDR, panoramas, and focus stacking have improved greatly over time, but the specialized third-party tools stil do a much better job. For panoramas, I get fewer artifacts with ptGUI. For focus stacking, same with Helicon Focus. For HDR, Aurora HDR 2019 or Photomatix (I much prefer Aurora HDR 2019, since it better avoids the "classic" HDR look).
I strongly recommend the Acratech Panorama and Tilt head for panoramas. In fact, it is my "go to" head now for landscape photography. I've coupled it with an Acratech leveling base. My Kirk BH-1 ball head has become very lonely. I see that Thomas Heaton is using the same Acratech head. I believe it is difficult to obtain in the UK. Thomas said he got his off eBay, if I remember his video correctly. You would probably have to import it from the US.
BTW, please keep up the excellent videos. I had not done much woodland photography until I found your videos. You encouraged me to get out in the woods.
Great video, watched it the day lockdown 3 became law. Keep giving us your creativity.😁
Thank you! Will do buddy, 😀😀👍
Mmm; 'Ice"' in Queensland; now there's a challenge.
Mike in Oz
You can use ice from your freezer to create some amazing macro shots 👍👍😀 Love Queensland 😀😀😀
Do you live in the Lakes ?
Anyone want to be my Boyfriend 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️
The title is somewhat misleading. It's not a real con to using a wideangle lens, but a pro for doing more panoramas instead.
Maybe you do another video explaining a little better how to do it properly with a ballhead and maybe a L-bracket?
not sure I mentioned that it was a con 👍