Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/19

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] Panorama experiment with M8 and 28mm lens
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:48:03 +0200
References: <4C1CB6E3.7050602@whitedogs.co.uk>

Mark,
Uou get a really great and beautiful image, really impressive, with a  
difficult light and well solved by you

Cheers
Lluis

El 19/06/2010, a las 14:24, Mark Pope escribi?:

> A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to go up to a large beech wood  
> where the bluebells always put on a fabulous show.
> It's always hard to do justice to them.  This time, however, I  
> thought I'd try a panorama.  Tricky, when your tripod has a ball and  
> socket head attached, but with some care and a hotshoe-mounted  
> spirit level, I managed it.
> I used my M8 with 28mm Elmarit lens, set the exposure to manual and  
> prayed that the light wouldn't change...
>
> The stitch was done using Hugin Panaorama Tools, an open-source  
> application available from (IIRC) Sourceforge.  I'm running it on a  
> Linux machine, but I think versions are available for Mac and PC.
> The finished panorama is 8972 x 2533 pixels and the 16-bit tiff is  
> 200Mbytes! It would easily print up to 30 inches wide or more.  I  
> printed it on A2 paper and I am very pleased with the outcome.
>
> The Jpeg is 2.2Mbytes, so if you have a slow connection, it may take  
> a while to load.
>
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=panorama&image=westwoods-pano-1.jpg
>
> I hope you like it - any comments, advice or critique will be  
> gratefully received.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Mark
>
> -- 
>
>
>
> Mark Pope,
> Swindon, Wilts
> UK
>
> Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
> Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
> Picture a week (2010)  
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
> Picture a week (2009)  
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
>               (2008)  http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information



Replies: Reply from mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope) ([Leica] Panorama experiment with M8 and 28mm lens)
In reply to: Message from mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope) ([Leica] Panorama experiment with M8 and 28mm lens)