Winnipesaukee Sunrise panoramic

[SteveA]

Originally Posted by codeman671

Great pic. Your photos lately have made me think I need to learn how to use our Nikon D40 as more than a glorified point and shoot.

What are you using for a wide angle lens?

Not using a wide angle, I use the "stitch" program in Photoshop Elements 10. Very cool option they have to create a panoramic.
All you do is take a series of pictures, moving the camera a little on a horizontal plane snapping pictures as you move. (I had the camera on a tripod, which made the process pretty easy, I just kept moving left to right on plane) You don't have to worry about the "edges" overlapping because the software crops and matches the "seams" for you and gives you back a finished image all neatly matched up.

The one I posted today was a total of 7 images, and you can blow the picture up as much as you want and can't find the seams.

Photoshop Elements was the best $89 I've ever spent for helping make the pictures we take look good. I does have a long learning curve, but there are 1,000's of video's online that will teach you all the stuff Elements can do.

[Jeanzb1]

Oh my, we C*A*N*N*O*T wait to return to Winni. We will be leaving here (southeast Florida) four weeks from today. One night on the road, and we'll be there until late October. Had a Winnipesaukee T-shirt on yesterday, and someone approached me saying that she lives in Tilton!

[Bear Island South]

The newer cell phones even have a panoramic option, this picture was taken from my HTC Rezound.

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by SteveA

Photoshop Elements was the best $89 I've ever spent for helping make the pictures we take look good. I does have a long learning curve, but there are 1,000's of video's online that will teach you all the stuff Elements can do.

It is great software. It is essentially the first layer of Photoshop, and the fixes and editing features are superb. Nice job on the panorama...no matter how good the software, you still need a good series of pictures. Well done. !

[SteveA]

Sunset 4-3 from Lake Shore Park

[Bear Island South]

I was able to sneak up one more time and spend a few hours on the island…that makes my boating season from March 23rd to Dec 3.
It was quiet in the neighborhood, almost desolate with all of the docks out or cranked up.
Anyway, I leave with a panoramic of the South Bear Cove…See you on the ice.

[codeman671]

Originally Posted by Bear Island South

I was able to sneak up one more time and spend a few hours on the island…that makes my boating season from March 23rd to Dec 3.
It was quiet in the neighborhood, almost desolate with all of the docks out or cranked up.
Anyway, I leave with a panoramic of the South Bear Cove…See you on the ice.

So jealous...

A friend just bought a new boat which is arriving on Thursday. We may fire it and do a Gilford to garwoods run on Saturday before rewinterizing and putting it away.

[WhatTheTom]

Originally Posted by SteveA

Photoshop Elements was the best $89 I've ever spent for helping make the pictures we take look good. I does have a long learning curve, but there are 1,000's of video's online that will teach you all the stuff Elements can do.

Adobe now has this new option called the Creative Cloud:

http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud.html

It gives you the entire CS6 master collection which is a $2,600 value for a monthly subscription of $50 with a year commitment. Best.deal.ever.

It's def a steep learning curve but WELL worth it.