panoramas Flock Of Clouds

This is a 12 shot HDR panorama hand held. It is my first HDR panorama.I took this from the top of a parking lot.

There are a few important lessons I have learnt from this exercise.

1. If you are doing HDRs especially for panoramas, use a tripod! Itwill at the least save you time when you put together the HDRs. Also,I have found that even though HDR software will align the images, theylook crisper if a tripod is used.

2. If you are not using a high-end lens (Rebel Kit lens in my case),do not use it at the outer most focal length. There is clear vintagingand you will have to deal with it at post-processing. Also the imageis not sharp. Yes, I could tell the difference between my 50mm f/1.4and the kit lens on HDR images easily.

3. Take panoramic shots at 45 degree pans, the software seems to likethat and you don’t end up with 100 images, 12 to 15 (including thebracketed shots) does the job.

Your comments and improvement tips are welcome!

Thanks

Arnav

Arnav,

   Wonderful image with great details & color. Take care, Patsy

I don't kmow much about HDR , but it's a good panorama . Pity it's not a bit bigger . Bill

Magnifica panoramica, estupenda composicion y exposicion, con un cielo espectacular. ++

Un cordial saludo -Tolo.

I've just had another look at this . I didn't realise there was a larger view ! It's very impressive when viewed large !

Original landscape, fantastic composition.

Alberto

Hi Arnav, thanks for pointing me in the direction of this image.  It is truly spectacular and your "lessons learned" are very interesting.  I haven't tried any HDR stuff myself - not sure where to begin.  One of these days ... Cheers, Margo

Hi Margo

the easiest way to get into HDR is take a single raw shot, download photomatrix light (free with watermark). Drag the raw file in it and you are done. Play with the controls to your taste.

Later you can bracket and do it with muliple shots. You can do it with jpegs too but the raw has a lot more information in it's histogram.

It will take half hour at most. There are some great articles on photo.net oh hdr.

Cheers

Arnav