Tips for stitching photos

[SamJT]

Hi all,

I've got to take a photo for a competition this week using a D750 and a 24-85 kit lens but I'm aiming to replicate this shot and the lens isn't wide enough at 24mm. I want to take the shot at sunrise so will have to stitch a series of photos with quite a difference in exposure where the sun is. If I just stick the camera in manual and take a load of shots should that do the job? Or am I going to have a problem with different exposures across the final stitched photo?

Cheers,
Sam

 

[Harlequin565]

If you shoot manually and don't change your settings, the exposure will be the same across your images as the camera is letting in the same amount of light. This is the best way to do something like this. Meter for what you want to expose, set that manually, then compose and shoot.

If the light in the scene is changing quickly (windy day blowing clouds across the sun, sunrise when the sun is actually coming up) you may need to take your pics swiftly, or fix in post. If you try messing around in-camera to compensate with swiftly changing lighting conditions you can get into a pickle with composition getting knocked off.

 

[ianmarsh]

If you need to merge photos with different exposures and merge into a panorama then have a look at a video by Serge Ramelli:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaHJ8gdTcpw


I don't particularly like what he ended up with but I did it myself and the outcome wasn't too bad.

 

[minnnt]

I've shot a lot of pano's in aperture priority and haven't really had any issues tbh. I just let the camera do its thing then let lightroom do its thing and voila!

6 shots:

Inversion over Castleton by David Raynham, on Flickr

and i also think you're mental for going around there on your bike!


Winnats Pass by David Raynham, on Flickr

 

[SamJT]

Cheers guys, I'll post up the result on Friday. Hoping for a sunrise like yours David!

 

[Graham W]

If you need to merge photos with different exposures and merge into a panorama then have a look at a video by Serge Ramelli:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaHJ8gdTcpw


I don't particularly like what he ended up with but I did it myself and the outcome wasn't too bad.

"It's crayzee my friend!"

 

[SamJT]

I took 3 photos for each section of the panorama but didn't end up using them, just stitched the correctly exposed ones. Pretty happy with the result, hopefully it's enough to win the competition!

 

[realspeed]

I found in Adobe elements 11 that the stitching works out light difference without any problem .