I like those first two panos very much, Jim, but I think something happened during sharpening/resizing. They look very chunky, not what one would expect from high-res images.
Carsten -- Good call! Yes, those first two seem a little over-sharpened, or "chunky". I like how the later three turned out, a bit smoother.
I've been doing the PP in LR3 and exporting to PSE8 as 1200 pixel on the long side for each individual shot before stitching them together in PSE8, then importing back to LR3, sometimes including minor PP. So they aren't really as high rez as they could be and the PP may be overdone. I'll get it down eventually. I don't want big files clogging up my hard drives -- I can always go back and re-save to higher rez then stitch. Original files are RAW from 1Ds2, so they mount up to mega-mega pixels pretty fast!
Here's a couple more I just whipped off.
Using a new-to-me Yashica 50mm F2 ML lens on a Canon 7D. This lens is freakin sharp, renders colour very well, and was FREE!
17 shots fro this one.
Old Bethlehem Mine (now being reclaimed - meaning 'landscaped' on a huge scale, fish stocked in old pits and tailings ponds). The amount of wildlife on site is amazing, and the rainbow trout in Trojan Pond are BIG.
Heres some from today. Using a Yashica 50mm F2 ML and a Tokina 28mm F2.8 RMC on a 7D. Used Hi-tech grads, 3-stop hard and 4-stop soft on these, can't remember.
As a note.....I am LOVING the Yashica 50mm F2 ML, LOVING IT!!!!! So awesome. If you find one in good condition while scrounging/yard-sale'ing/thrift store'ing, BUY it.
Here's a very recent one, from my trip to Andalucia. This is La Calahorra's castle.
I've been there at sunset and then again at dawn, the following day (when this pic was taken) - the geography of the place really makes it shine. Be sure to visit, if you go to Granada: it's only a 55' drive from there.
The castle is open for visit on Wednesdays, and those who have been there tell me that inside is just as beautiful as outside.
mpmendenhall wrote:
Assuming you mean stitching from a shift lens, Hugin can do it so long as you take partial manual control of the position optimization process. Instructions:
Do NOT let Hugin do everything automatically, but load the pictures and create control points between them.
In the "Camera and Images" tab, select all the images and "unlink" the image center shift parameters (d,e).
In the "Optimizer" tab, select "custom variables" in the top left "Optimize" menu.
Un-check EVERY check box in the lists below, then re-check x- and y-shift (d,e) for all but the center image.
Click the "Optimize Now!" button, and Hugin will optimize only the image shifts (which is what you wanted).
Use the preview window to center/crop the image as you want.
Generate stitched/blended output from the "Stitcher" tab (you probably want "rectilinear" projection).
The same procedure should also work for stitching from moving the camera/tripod, but the results will probably not be as good. In that case, make sure all control points are on the plane of the main object you are translating along (not in the background with different parallax relations)....Show more →
let's go back to this
yes, I meant stitching from a shift lens. What I do is:
camera in landscape position, TS lens on it;
shift vertically to the top (12mm) -> take picture;
shift down 6mm -> take picture;
[reiterate until the 5th picture (lens shifted to the bottom) is taken].
I tried to follow mpmendenhall's indications, but I can't find x- and y-shift (d,e) in the Optimizer tab, nor I can seem to do this on the Camera and Images tab.
ok, in case anyone is interested, here's "my" procedure (based on Hugin version 2011.0.0.0):
1. assistant tab -> load images (check that the software gets the focal lenght right, sometimes I get 6.48x for my Canon 5D!);
2. images tab -> choose anchor (button at the bottom);
3. images tab -> select all the pictures and create control points (for some reason, I have to do this twice! First time I get an error message, second time it works fine);
4. camera and lens tab -> nothing to do here, leave it alone;
5. optimiser tab -> optimise the Custom parameters below. Uncheck everything, then check X, Y and Z for every image except the anchor (selected at step 2).
The rest as usual. Rectilinear projection preferred.
Watch out: this version of Hugin seems very picky about file and folder names. Just avoid everything "exotic" except the underscore, for good measure. I had to create a service folder. More on this topic here: http://hugin.sourceforge.net/docs/manual/Hugin_FAQ.html
I don't want big files clogging up my hard drives -- I can always go back and re-save to higher rez then stitch. Original files are RAW from 1Ds2, so they mount up to mega-mega pixels pretty fast! 
