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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 712374" data-attributes="member: 46690"><p>I'd like to thank everyone here for their very helpful and generous advice. Thanks to the tips I received from all of you I was able to go out yesterday and shoot a series of pictures, then stitch them into a panorama for the first time. I couldn't have done it without you (well...not as fast, anyway <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />).</p><p></p><p>Of course, I wouldn't be a newbie if I didn't make at least one boneheaded mistake. In this case, I forgot one of the very first and most often heard exhortations: turn the camera sideways into portrait mode. I didn't remember that until my very last attempt of the day.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, here's what I ended up with thanks to you all.</p><p></p><p>This is the one I entered in this week's "Panorama" contest. It's not the best one of the bunch, but since it's my very first it's my favorite. This was just before dawn on a very foggy morning, but with the last glow of the full Autumn moon visible overhead. I was actually driving to a spot elsewhere, but when I saw that moon and realized it would disappear in mere minutes I had to pull over and give it a try. Fortunately I live in a remote area, and at that hour of the morning I was able to safely stand in the middle of the highway without worry that any other cars might come by. Not exactly Ansel Adams' <em>"Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico"</em>...but it is to me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> :</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]321180[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I did end up cropping it to what I thought made a better picture, although I wanted to use the uncropped version for the weekly challenge:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]321190[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I did make it to my intended destination after this, creating these at a local historic pre-Colonial farm (who the hell runs an overhead phone line down their otherwise bucolic field??) Still a lot of fog down in the valley:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]321181[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And turning 90-dgrees to my right to try some backlighting:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]321182[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Finally I went down the road to our little local lake, since I knew it took longer for the sun to crest the hill on the east and give good light. I got there just in time. This is the one where I finally figured out I needed to flip the camera sideways:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]321188[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>BTW, I made that last shot a little different. The first three were all 6-panel, hand held, the camera revolving around my thumb stuck to the lens nodal point (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUxVnuYew_E&t=610s" target="_blank">learned it here</a>). But that lake shot is 12-panels, and rather than rotate the camera I took a wide step to my left, shot, another step, another shot, etc. Just did it on a whim, but I think it worked out ok.</p><p></p><p>I know this was long, but I really am grateful to everyone here for so selflessly helping me out when I asked for it, and wanted to share what I learned thanks to you all.</p><p></p><p>Any further comments or suggestions you have after seeing these will be most welcome also. I have a pretty thick skin, so give it to me straight :boxing::boxing::boxing:</p><p></p><p>Thanks again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 712374, member: 46690"] I'd like to thank everyone here for their very helpful and generous advice. Thanks to the tips I received from all of you I was able to go out yesterday and shoot a series of pictures, then stitch them into a panorama for the first time. I couldn't have done it without you (well...not as fast, anyway ;)). Of course, I wouldn't be a newbie if I didn't make at least one boneheaded mistake. In this case, I forgot one of the very first and most often heard exhortations: turn the camera sideways into portrait mode. I didn't remember that until my very last attempt of the day. Anyway, here's what I ended up with thanks to you all. This is the one I entered in this week's "Panorama" contest. It's not the best one of the bunch, but since it's my very first it's my favorite. This was just before dawn on a very foggy morning, but with the last glow of the full Autumn moon visible overhead. I was actually driving to a spot elsewhere, but when I saw that moon and realized it would disappear in mere minutes I had to pull over and give it a try. Fortunately I live in a remote area, and at that hour of the morning I was able to safely stand in the middle of the highway without worry that any other cars might come by. Not exactly Ansel Adams' [I]"Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico"[/I]...but it is to me :) : [ATTACH=CONFIG]321180._xfImport[/ATTACH] I did end up cropping it to what I thought made a better picture, although I wanted to use the uncropped version for the weekly challenge: [ATTACH=CONFIG]321190._xfImport[/ATTACH] I did make it to my intended destination after this, creating these at a local historic pre-Colonial farm (who the hell runs an overhead phone line down their otherwise bucolic field??) Still a lot of fog down in the valley: [ATTACH=CONFIG]321181._xfImport[/ATTACH] And turning 90-dgrees to my right to try some backlighting: [ATTACH=CONFIG]321182._xfImport[/ATTACH] Finally I went down the road to our little local lake, since I knew it took longer for the sun to crest the hill on the east and give good light. I got there just in time. This is the one where I finally figured out I needed to flip the camera sideways: [ATTACH=CONFIG]321188._xfImport[/ATTACH] BTW, I made that last shot a little different. The first three were all 6-panel, hand held, the camera revolving around my thumb stuck to the lens nodal point ([URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUxVnuYew_E&t=610s"]learned it here[/URL]). But that lake shot is 12-panels, and rather than rotate the camera I took a wide step to my left, shot, another step, another shot, etc. Just did it on a whim, but I think it worked out ok. I know this was long, but I really am grateful to everyone here for so selflessly helping me out when I asked for it, and wanted to share what I learned thanks to you all. Any further comments or suggestions you have after seeing these will be most welcome also. I have a pretty thick skin, so give it to me straight :boxing::boxing::boxing: Thanks again! [/QUOTE]
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