Assessment 1, Activity 10 - Panoramic Landscape

The aim of this activity was to learn to stitch together images to make one long panoramic image. I used the view of Wentworth Falls at dusk to make this panoramic image, overlapping each image by about 40% to ensure I didn't miss any details. 

I used a tripod weighted down by my camera bag for extra stability and a cable release. The tripod has a swivel head which made for smooth, even panning across the valley and an evenly levelled image. I used Manual Mode with a low ISO and 0.50 second shutter speed and switched off the auto focus to ensure a consistent image and make the stitching process easier.

Post production, I imported the images to my computer using Adobe Bridge and then used Adobe Photoshop to stitch them together by using the File --> Automate --> Photomerge command. The four images I chose stitched together neatly and evenly. Afterwards, I tinkered with the contrast and brightness of the sky as well as the blue of the mountains in the foreground and far background. 

Overall, I found the process fairly easy. I thought taking photos appropriate for stitching (and the process itself) would be more difficult but Photoshop made it very easy. I had to do a certain amount of cropping from the top and bottom of the finished image to account for the slightly different angles so that made me aware of having a wide enough view that a little copping would not affect the content of the image or cut out any important detail.