After I got home I thought I should have spent more time setting this up, but it started to pour rain, so next time.I remeber someone posted a good pano maker in this forum.I used ArcSoft Panorama Maker, and though it is good, it would have been better to have settings adjusted to a locked apeture.Next time...Anyways this is my city.It goes from left..Vancouver to Burnaby at right

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A good job done and no sign of stiching ! How many photos did you use ?

Oh my God DAWG!!!! That has got to be one of the most wicked panos i have ever seen, and completely seamless as well. WOW!!! Beautiful work!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!! #:oO

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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14 photos...There were a few lines of stitch on the off contrast ones, but spent a few minutes trying to clone them out.I'll try it again on a better day.Plus use a tripod next time. This was just a spur of moment thing, because I found the key to my parents old apartment building, and went to the roof.(about 250 ft high)
22 years ago from this same location I dropped a brand new 270mm lens I had bought that day. It shattered to a billion pieces.
So I made damn sure I was holding tight this time. But then the Canon was a screw mount.
LOL Andreas....hush you....look at the seam in the last one...

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I just got an idea.Some reference points. Burnaby Lake and Deer lake is where a lot of my duck and seagul images come from. For anyone interested. Still going to do this again though. Maybe at sunset, if we ever get any.

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14 shots???? OMG!!!! That has got to be one of the most extensive panos ive seen. And im not kidding you, i cant spot that seam youre talking about....but im on my work-computer though...and they didnt even bother installing the proper drivers for the screen...so im gonna have a look at it when i get back home. Love the reference-points btw. #:O)

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WOW that is so cool! Great idea! Would love to see it in a sunset!!!!!!!!

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Impressive panorama achieved with 'only' 14 shots.
It looks almost a 180 one.
I am waiting for your 'sunset' try !

Cool! Where's the arrow pointing to your house????? Wouldn't have even noticed the stitch if you hadn't pointed it out! LOL :P Niiiicccceeeee!!!!!

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If you go from deer lake up the hill half a mile that is my place. The popcorn is on.

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What a POV! This is one amazing pano Doug. I have yet to find decent software for the Mac to do this. I am blown away!

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Kort...this Arc Soft Panorama Maker also makes the pan into a quick time. You can make them huge or small. This one is medium, and though it is lame,because of huge compression, you get the idea.

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Impressive work here Doug, one of the biggest pano's I've seen...Nice to see the area your from...would make a good monthly challenge sometime...Great job on the stitching! Aloha!

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Really nice pano doug. My grandparents had a house with an amazing view of vancouver (i was told).

What do you mean it STARTED to pour rain? For the thirteen years that i lived in vancouver it was ALWAYS pouring rain! LOL ;^P

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I don't know what Kim is seeing,but I don't see a stitch anywhere!It looks flawless to me. Amazing pano Dougie!!!And I love the notes telling us what is where.Definately do this again...sunset or sunrise...it would be wonderful to see!

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Hmmm I can't find a stitch either! This is stunning Doug and I look forward to those sunset shots when poss

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Dovid...Did I know you lived here? If so I forgot. Hey I have some pics of sun around here.LOL And for those of you out East.M. Those are not really mountains LOL just bumps in the ground. Skiiers call them bunny hills. The real mountains are way behind those. Mountains where you are above the clouds Way above.

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Doug, 14 shots, did your PC cry out!!! Most I've tried is 4 at full resoloution, Soooo slow. Great Pano, I always now lock the camera into manual for pano shots as I always found the camera adjusts as you swing round. Steve

O my, what a wonderful view. Never tried such kind of panorama. This looks gorgeous to me Ilona

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Wow this is fabulous Doug - I love it. I have that Arcsoft Panorama Maker but I have never used it to such effect. Yes a twilight one with enough light to show detail but with the city lights on could look awesome, but I also like the daylight like this. My father spent many years in Vancouver and the west coast of USA before and after the war I have whole box of pics and other junk from there at that time - good to see an up to date pic ;)

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Nice to hear about alll these people from Vancouver. This did not slow the PC down at all. They came from 3872x2592 jpg images. The only time I get slower now is with a bucnh of programs open a few browsers, and trying to open the full 10.2 mp RAW images.Those suckers come out at 15 plus mb now. But not enough to panic over. I can't wait now to try it at night also with alll the lights. Anyone recommend some settings?

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Are you trying to be cute, or are you playing those mindgames again. Like you did with that wood duck? Huh Huh???? Im at home now on my lappy and i still cant spot that seam. WHERE IS IT?????????

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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If there is a seam, it is just to the left of Burnaby Lake, right? But even that, very hard to tell. I can only sorta tell because of the change in exposure. Doug, I've tried to hand stich in the past, but find that the lense distortion really makes it hard to line things up. I'm not sure what the answer for that it is. Thanks for the link, I'll go take a look. A photoshop plug-in would be the ideal answer for me. ;] As far as night settings go, i would just take a few test shots and when you find an exposure setting that looks good, lock it in and fire away! =]

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I still don't see a stitch... So lets see the sun DB... ;^)

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Good contrast low contrast good contrast...augh doug next time please use manual settings.
Look what I found... or so it seams. ;o)

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You may have found some seams...but in the process ya kinda lost 13 shots. #:oP

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the pic wasn't show on my screen in the final post for some reason. :o(

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It's there...alllllllllllllll the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to the right,lol.

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LOL. thanks Marlene I should have known it'll be in da middle. :^P Heres the larger. There are more seams lets see if someone can find them.

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LOL well it helps if you have all the originals and see the difference in contrasts. The Arcsoft program tries to render the images to same brightness and contrast. Not too bad, but it was a free software with my graphics card. Went to same place again today, with a bit better images. This is a challenge for me now. We should make it a challenge as suggested. Software or hand stich, it would make an awesome monthly challenge. Thanks everyone, Never knew this would generate such good response. :)d

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Doug, that would make a great monthly challenge because it would also included postwork skills, neat idea. Steve

I think that will be official for next month now. Panorama Challenge.

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It sure would.Definately include it as a challenge possibility next time! I only did a 'real' one once,(not a crop)...of a circle of standing stones in Scotland,with my Nikon coolpix.It has a panorama setting that gives you a 'ghost' image to set up your next shot.Then I put it in photomerge in PS.I thought it came out pretty good.But since I don't 'see' those seams here,now I don't know,lol!

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