Panoramas
To Capture the Panorama images:
You’ll need at least two different frames to stitch together to create your panorama, but three to five will give you more to work with, and allow for a much richer image. When capturing these frames make sure to overlap each frame by about 30 % or so to allow enough information for the algorithms to match each image with its neighbor.
A few other quick pointers to make it as simple as possible for yourself when you get back to the computer include:
- Use a tripod to line up each shot, or find some way to keep your capture images steady.
- Make your settings consistent: Set your white balance, ISO, aperture and shutter speed as consistency between each frame is extremely important. Use manual settings to ensure this consistency (though if you want to snap a photo with Av and check good exposure settings, you can do that)
- Keep your area of focus consistent through each captured image.
To Create the Panorama:
- Import your images to Lightroom
- In either Library or Develop, select all the images, then right click and select Photo Merge > Panorama
- Adjust the settings and then save your result.
- Export ALL your original images as, as well as your panorama, jpgs for web and post each set in a gallery with the panorama as the last image. Captions also help.
Note that panoramas can be vertical, horizontal or stacked in rows, but use the wide aspect of your camera (i.e. for vertical panoramas, use landscape,; for horizontal panoramas use portrait).