Peckforton Castle - Please help!! (panorama problems)

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Hey up..

This is a very new area to me so lots to be learnt!!

just trying to stich together a few shots of Peckforton castle but not getting it right! hopefully somebosy can assist??

the castle is circular but my photo is very flat and well useless! :'(

i have tried to correct the lens distorsion but to little sucess, i think it is made worse by the fact the castle is also curved to nothing is really fitting together....

the exposure is also very uneven but need to get it looking right 1st then will address that next!!

and comments how to sort would be very greatly apperciated :)

cheers

bob :)

Link to bigger: http://www.flickr.com/photos/locostbob/3511800141/sizes/l/

photo smaller size
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couldn't get to the bigger version as need to sign in and I don't have an account, not sure if you can put it somewhere public?
 
I have a flickr account, but don't have permission to view that.

I'm not great at stitching pictures together. I used software I got with my camera. Which works well, only have to do some finishing touches in PS.
 
This is about editing rather than the picture content so I'll move it to post processing where you will get more help.

Dedicated panorama making programs deal with exposure corrections as part of the joining process. There may even be free versions you could do it with. No doubt someone will recommend one for you.
 
There is a program which comes with the Canon 40d which does exactly this and corrects for lens distortion, even if you aren't using a Canon I suspect its available for download and uses Jpg files so should be compatible with anything :)

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I can't open the first link either (and I also have flicker) the second one opens up a pic a smaller size than the one posted for me, so it's a bit tricky to tell exactly whats going on.
I don't know the castle but it looks to me like you moved around the outside, that is going to give you a hard time lining up because the perspective is going to change, that may also be one reason for the different colours/lighting.
You may get a half decent result with free transform warp and a fair bit of time.

I'd shoot it again on a dull day (flat lighting will all be the same-ish hopefully) manual white ballance and exposure, try and stay the same distance away from the wall and square on, overlap a lot 33% maybe minimum
 
Set yourself up in the middle of the grass area with a tripod. Then set the exposure to manual and take a meter reading. Set the WB to whatever the situation is when you go back. Its best to take the images in portrait and overlap a third (although this can be overkill) if not use the landscape format and a wider lens. This will prevent some (not all) of the perspective problems you have.

Its a great place Peckforton can't wait until I get a chance to do a wedding out that way.

GL
 
hey up...

Cheers for all the comments and ideas... i think i will scrap effort 1 and go back up and re-shot on a dull day in portrait and start from scratch... then i will be asking more questions! :)

got focused on a sunny day for the sky to show off the castle which i think was one of my problems... that and some 200 - 300m of elevation in 7 photos! to give you an idea of the place i stood in the middle of the grass area.. : http://www.peckfortoncastle.co.uk/

will be back on site this week so hop its dull! should be a problem in good old england! :)

cheers

bob :)
 
locostbob said:
hey up...

Cheers for all the comments and ideas... i think i will scrap effort 1 and go back up and re-shot on a dull day in portrait and start from scratch... then i will be asking more questions! :)

got focused on a sunny day for the sky to show off the castle which i think was one of my problems... that and some 200 - 300m of elevation in 7 photos! to give you an idea of the place i stood in the middle of the grass area.. : http://www.peckfortoncastle.co.uk/

will be back on site this week so hop its dull! should be a problem in good old england! :)

cheers

bob :)
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Another tip - take each image in portrait format, as it gives more to crop when you get to the finished version
 
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