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izTheViz

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Thanks guys. This place is absolutely fantastic for photographers and panos...!
 

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I've been aware for a while now how getting a nice composition [that transcends the novelty of capturing a crazy wide sweep] can be awkward and challenging. Lens selection (or zoom setting) has a big impact. I usually use 50mm on full-frame, sometimes 35mm, rarely wider. Now I have some captures with a longer lens, a 105mm. For those situations where there's a mountain range in the distance, sometimes its good to zoom in.

The original stitched TIFF of this image is about 75MB. I shot the individual frames hand-held, using the electronic level to assist. (A tripod with a properly leveled panning base is more ideal but I get surprisingly good results this way. Just keep things as level as you can & make sure there's ample overlap between frames. Photoshop does a great job stitching - I'll never go back to the old in-camera deal...)

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Cascade Lakes Mountains
by Jeff Addicott, on Flickr
 

WoodWorks

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I usually use 50mm on full-frame, sometimes 35mm, rarely wider.
I've read advice along those lines before, Jeff. But for some reason I tend to gravitate toward wider lenses, held in portrait orientation. If the sky and clouds are interesting, doing that sometimes makes for a more pleasing composition. But I figure there's a good reason for the narrower lens advice. Does it help in matching the edges of each frame, or is there some other reason for that preference?
 

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was running a bit late for work but had to go upstairs and shoot some pics of the sunrise. Done quickly. handheld. (and forgot to switch steadyshot from 40mm to 28mm, derp) still pleased with results given circumstances.
 

José De Bardi

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So I just turned my monitor at work to portrait (as I do a lot of stuff that involves scrolling up and down - for something that started as a joke it works really well actually!) - however needless to say this thread has lost some of it's impact!
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jai

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If anyone doesn't know about this software, I'd highly recommend it and it's free: http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/brown/autostitch/autostitch.html

I just tried this out, works great. First attempt was trying to get the Chrysler building in the same shot as the Empire State Building:

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by Jai Sbr, on Flickr
 

HabsFan

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Does indoor count? Used the lowly 16mm 2.8 pancake for this one.

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dbmiller

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Three-shot horizontal with the SEL1018 on the A6000

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WestOkid

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A7R + 16-35Z. You can tell this was seriously early as the moon is still present. I don't remember how many shots. :(
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