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Capture one panorama9/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Next, ensure you have selected each of the frames you want to use in the pano.First, prepare your files so that you can “see the scene” from one side to the other in the frames, like the example above.If you’ve shot your frames well, aligned nicely with a good overlap, stitching in lightroom classic is very, very easy. How to stitch panoramas in Lightroom Classic You should end up with a set of RAW files that look a little bit like this – a tripod would remove the up/down variation in the frames: Arrows and paired numbers show the frame overlap to help with stitching. Continue for the width of your pano shot. Turn the focus off and move the camera carefully to capture a new area but retain around one-third of the previous frame in the shot. Next, you’re going to want to start to shoot, hold steady, focus on your primary subject and shoot the first frame. An overlap between frames of around one third (1/3) to help your stitching tool.The ability to not refocuss between frames (implement back button focus or switch the lens to manual focus after focussing initially).A good, solid knowledge of your exposure triangle.There are lots of things that will help you to capture a fantastic pano: ![]() The important thing is that the scene has interest and there is a reason why you’re showing a wider field of view – is there interest there? If there is, continue onwards. Most panoramas are landscape photographs but I personally believe that we should learn from other niches and try new things, so don’t feel like you HAVE to be stood at the foot of a waterfall, or on the peak of a mountain, to break our your pano passion. To shoot a pano you first need to have a scene worthy of a pano. Multiple frames is a good skill to learn but you need to practice some skills which we’ll discuss now… How to shoot a panorama photograph The above definitions are flexible, everyone has their own take on what a panorama actually is, but for me, a 2:1 ratio or greater is the must-have. is usually reserved for landscape photography.captures a wider field of view than can be traditionally captured in one exposure.usually uses multiple frames/photographs and stitches them together.is at least 2 times as wide as it is tall (or 2 times as tall as it is wide) with a ratio of 2:1 or greater. ![]() Let’s start at the top: What is a panoramic photo ![]() Now, there is a YouTube video on this topic which will probably be easier to understand and follow than the text here. The inspiration for that challenge was Freki on the Loch: This post came about after launching the March 2022 Monthly Challenge, which was “Pano”. Everyone does things differently, this is just my way that I am comfortable with. The dynamic range of the scene was reduced by the clouds.That was a long title but as it says, this post is all about the shooting skills for a killer pano and how to stitch panoramas in Photoshop (and Lightroom, kind of) using the methods that I personally implement. But after I did some tests in Lightroom I realized that it was not necessary and it was possible to edit the image as a single shot and achieve the same result. Since I was shooting directly into the sun, my initial intention was to merge bracketed shots to HDR before stitching the panorama. Processing Panorama in Lightroom & Photoshop Lightroom Editing I ended up with 15 shots in total (5 series of 3 shots). I shot in Bracketing Mode and took three brackets at 1EV intervals. Then, I switched to Manual Mode and set the following values: F/8, 1/250, ISO 100. I opted not to use the widest 10mm focal length in order to minimize distortion.įirst, I took a couple of shots in Aperture Priority mode (F/8), and, with the help of histogram, I pinpointed the right value for the shutter speed. I used a focal length of 16mm on my Sony 10-18mm lens. The L-Bracket allows you to switch from landscape orientation to portrait orientation in seconds. I set up my camera on the tripod in portrait orientation, using the L-Bracket. This is when I decided to take a series of shots and later stitch them into the panorama in Photoshop. There was no way I could place both the bay and the mountain into the same composition, as the landscape was too wide. When I saw the actual place, I realized that capturing both attractions in one composition would be more challenging than I expected. ![]()
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