Industar 50-2...pano...just for fun!

[ManualFocus-G]

This is probably only the second pano I've ever done, but I do want to start shooting more (of better subjects). So I thought I'd test out Photoshop's automated panorama tool.

I shot this with an Industar 50-2 with a chip in the front glass @ f5.6. The image needed a bit of sharpening but looks acceptable to me. This is three portrait shots stitched together.


Southampton panarama from Eling by ManualFocus-G, on Flickr

[David]

Photoshop's Photomerge tool is amazingly advanced. I've found it works better with 28mm lenses than any other focal distance I've tried (18, 35, 50, 55, 80, and 135mm.) Sometimes you need to do some touchups with the spot replace or clone tool to remove small glitched (e.g., blurry spots.)

On large photos, a quick "sharpen" (actually an acutance emphasizer) seems to make little difference to my eye. I've found that the auto contrast does make a large difference and helps balance the panos when slight tone shifts occur between images.

That's a pretty nice-quality pano, though. Stitching is my new favorite digital technique. I'm hoping there's more I can learn to do with it.

[Attila]

Almost all pano require sharpening a bit, great work!

[ManualFocus-G]

Thanks guys, it was more a test of the tool than my photographic skill Sharpening was the only pp I did...I was quite surprised at the contrast of the tiny Industar

[Nordentro]

Yes, really nice!

The Industars are nice for pano work. I did some panos with my industar 69

[Olivier]

Great work indeed !
Very nice pano. This Industar seems to be a good pano lens.