[Cameleer]

Here is my first Zoomify pano, this is a pano showing a wide overview of the Pushkar Camel Fair from on top of a small hill. About 10 photos went together to make this, I hope to make a lot more of these showing other places in India where you will be able to zoom in for some even better close-ups
http://www.camelphot..._overview3.html

[noflylist]

Nice one, I want to learn to stitch panoramic photos!

[Cameleer]

I was playing around some more with the zoomify program and stitched 6 photos from the Rat temple.
Here it is, you can zoom in and see all of the fine detail on the front wall.    
http://www.camelphot...rat_temple.html

[Cameleer]

Here’s one that shows the town of Pushkar and the camel fair. This was during the last 4 days of the Camel Fair and about half of the camels had already gone. The photo is not as good as I would have liked with all of the smoke in the sky, and a big mistake that I made, after setting my ISO for some lowlight shots and forgetting to set it back.
http://www.camelphot..._overview2.html

[WonderWomanUSA]

Oh, 'way cool photos, Cameleer! Thanks for sharing!

[dzibead]

Oh, my gosh!  These and the others -- the 360's on the  camel site -- are so fantastic!  I'm very "technologically challenged" but this is really making me want to learn how to do this!

[Cameleer]

Here’s a fun one that’s a 360VR pano done with QuickTime     
http://www.camelphot...amel_belly.html
I am trying to decide what to put in my hand, or should I just remove the whole arm?
After looking at it see what you think.

[Cameleer]

Cameleer, on Jun 16 2007, 07:29 PM, said:

Here’s one that shows the town of Pushkar and the camel fair. This was during the last 4 days of the Camel Fair and about half of the camels had already gone. The photo is not as good as I would have liked with all of the smoke in the sky, and a big mistake that I made, after setting my ISO for some lowlight shots and forgetting to set it back.
http://www.camelphot..._overview2.html

With the use of a noise reduction program, some filtering, and removing the power wires over the lake I have greatly improved this panoramic overview of Pushkar. Here’s the new link:    
http://www.camelphot..._overview1.html

[ba9rn]

noflylist, on Jun 16 2007, 08:12 PM, said:

Nice one, I want to learn to stitch panoramic photos!

This is the tool I use: http://www.panoramaf...m/download.html  (there appears to be a problem with the home page of their site at the moment - the link is to the download page).

It's very easy to use, and can do the quicktime vr pics too.  Just take as many overlapping photos as you like (9 or ten), in a circle (a tripod helps, but the program can cope with serious mismatches).  Give it a go.  I bought the program after trying it out - the trial version puts a 'watermark' on the output photo.

Have fun

[noflylist]

Thanks ba9rn, will certainly give it a go!

[dzibead]

Cameleer, on Jun 16 2007, 11:58 PM, said:

Here’s a fun one that’s a 360VR pano done with QuickTime     
http://www.camelphot...amel_belly.html
I am trying to decide what to put in my hand, or should I just remove the whole arm?
After looking at it see what you think.

Camel belly!  Now there's a perspective I don't ever expect to have in real life!   Wow!    Camels have some big time calluses!  Love the curious looks from the bystanders, too.  

As for the arm/hand? If it were me, I think I'd just take it out.

[Cameleer]

With your camera make sure to have it in full manual and hold it in portrait mode (sideways) overlap your images by about 25 or 30 percent and try to keep the front of your lend centered as you pivot around it. Take a look below at my pano head photo, see how the front of the lens stays over the center point. This is very important for close-ups, but for things far away you can be off by a lot and the program will fix it.

You can also buy a good pano head for under $200 or make your own like I did.

Here's what I did for a pano head setup. Take a heavy piece aluminum, a large hammer and use a vice to bend the aluminum. Drill a few holes and stick some rubber no-slip on the bracket and your done. The second hole is for my Canon 10-22mm lens. It also has a bubble level that I never have time to use, but it looks good! This is very small, lightweight, bulletproof, also close to idiot proof which makes it perfect for me!
The Sigma 8mm lens rests on the knob pointing the camera down slightly for 4 shots around where you end up seeing my hands holding the monopod or pole.
http://www.CamelPhot...3/pano_head.jpg
  
For some good programs and a group to help you become a real pro, check out these sites.
  
PTgui
http://www.ptgui.com/

Pano2QTVR
http://www.pano2qtvr.com/

PanoTools Group
http://tech.groups.y...up/PanoToolsNG/