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Originally Posted by adavis
Great shots.
I am using the same body/lens combo and sometimes have issues with stitching big panos like that.
Just a technical question, when shooting multi row panos, do you take the frist row dead level, then just move up from there?
I seem to have had some bad auto stitching with ICE lately where it just goes haywire.
nonetheless, there are some really good shots there.
cheers
Andrew
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Thanks Andrew!
I start with the bottom row and use the 6D's digital level to "square up" then pan around adjusting the level square every couple of shots. I made sure I shot plenty of foreground, extra width to each side and extra sky in the top row with overlapping frames throughout the image. This I believe, produces a nice stitch with minimal distortion (although distortion is also subject to different projection settings), particularly in the central area which is to be cropped for the final image. After the first row I just panned up and shot the next two rows, again, adjusting the level every couple of frames.
I also updated ICE the latest version 2.0.3.0. It seems to have more settings providing the user greater control over the stitch/image. I stitched the frames as a "simple pano" and selected "Stereographic" as the Projection setting. Cropped, then exported to Pixinsight and PS CS4.
I've attached 3 frames showing the level of foreground through to sky and a screen shot the stitch in ICE.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Rod
