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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 524554" data-attributes="member: 9240">Some keys to think about when shooting panos...1. The front of the lens is the pivot point, not your body.&nbsp; You need to move, not the camera (there are pano heads for tripods - if you shoot with a normal head you'll have the same problem).&nbsp; On a 9 shot pano I'll find the center point and then take a half step my right and back instead of rotating left.&nbsp; Shoot 3 shots while rotating my body, concentrating on keeping the front of the lens in approx the same spot and the camera square to the horizon, take my step back for the center 3 shots, and then step back-left for the last 3.2. Overlap by 1/3.&nbsp; I always tend to leave enough overlap on horizontal panos but with the camera rotated to vertical for a horizontal I tend not to leave as much.&nbsp; Shoot more images if necessary but make sure you have at least 1/3 overlay, particularly when you have lines that will diverge quickly like this.3. Shoot wider than you need to for the short dimension.&nbsp; Panos will almost always have some bow distortion to them after stitching so leave room for that.&nbsp; It's better to crop out than to have to worry about whether or not Content Aware Fill can fix it.With all that said, the horizontal came out fine. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 524554, member: 9240"] Some keys to think about when shooting panos... 1. The front of the lens is the pivot point, not your body. You need to move, not the camera (there are pano heads for tripods - if you shoot with a normal head you'll have the same problem). On a 9 shot pano I'll find the center point and then take a half step my right and back instead of rotating left. Shoot 3 shots while rotating my body, concentrating on keeping the [I]front[/I] of the lens in approx the same spot [U]and[/U] the camera square to the horizon, take my step back for the center 3 shots, and then step back-left for the last 3. 2. Overlap by 1/3. I always tend to leave enough overlap on horizontal panos but with the camera rotated to vertical for a horizontal I tend not to leave as much. Shoot more images if necessary but make sure you have at least 1/3 overlay, particularly when you have lines that will diverge quickly like this. 3. Shoot wider than you need to for the short dimension. Panos will almost always have some bow distortion to them after stitching so leave room for that. It's better to crop out than to have to worry about whether or not Content Aware Fill can fix it. With all that said, the horizontal came out fine. :) [/QUOTE]

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