Panoramas, take two.
Today I made my second attempt at making a panorama image using Photomerge, this time with tripod and adjustable lens at hand, and the result was a lot better. Not great, or even that good really, but better (click to enlarge image).
This image consists of 17 frames I shot with my Canon Rebel xsi and its standard EF-S 18-55mm zoom lens. It was taken near the Wentworth Farm Conservation Area in Amherst, Mass.
One thing I’d point out to neophyte photographers like myself is that when you create panoramas using Photomerge, each frame becomes a separate layer in the Photoshop file. If you shrink the image down (because you probably don’t need a 13,000-pixel-wide image), it can cause hairline fractures in the image. I had to clean them out of this one before exporting it, and it seems like I missed a few. I should have read this tutorial more thoroughly, because it explains why and how to prevent it:
If you downsize before you flatten your file you will probably encounter hairline cracks appearing in your image after reducing the image size. The solution to this problem is to either flatten the file or stamp the visible content to a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + Alt and then type the letter E) before you reduce the size of the image.
Tags: Amherst, panorama, photomerge, photoshop
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