1 way to do it is zoom in for the pano. but ofcourse that is location depending and not always doable as you'll have to go back a ways to get what you want and usually something is blocking the view if you do that.

moky very nice hk photoset. btw there is a 3 picture limit ;)

Terence, very interesting photo. light painting?

crumpler! how do you find the quality of their luggage? is it comparable to their camera cases?

Use a tilt-shift lens. Take 3 shots - one with the lens shifted all the way to the left, one in the normal middle position, and one with the lens shifted all the way to the right. Then stitch the images together. That way you'll get a rectilinear panoramic image with no distortion to correct.

This was taken with the Canon 17mm f4 TS-E, 3 images stitched together.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...anorama1-1.jpg

You can also use specialized panorama heads like Manfrotto's 303SPH.
http://services.manfrotto.com/303SPH/

that panoramic looks fantastic, what was the name of that little white balance card set you had? I wanted to read more about it

^ I just use the lid of a sour cream container :p

They're well built..if a little heavy.

It's called the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport.

http://www.xritephoto.com/ph_product...257&tab=videos

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/re...psssport.shtml

http://modifiedphoto.wordpress.com/2...st-and-review/

Works in most situations, but it's not spectrally neutral.

Thanks Jason for the tip, but it doesn't help that I don't have $2k to drop on a lense.... is there a poor mans way of doing it? Even just the basic pan head is what, $400+?? Is there an option of doing it in photoshop to correct distortion? I don't mind cropping some of the pic out.... not to mention I don't have the luxury of going back to Mexico to retake the pictures... hahaha

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/...c9936d19_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/...6bb83cb4_b.jpg

When you photomerge in Photoshop, try choosing the 'perspective' option.

those were good reads.

So every time you shoot you have to create a new profile? Lighting conditions are never the same?

Also one of the articles mentioned that it's only good for 2 years? How can that be? its stored in a case, and it depends on how much you use it as well.

Was testing my SX110is today on my break at work, to see how good/crazy the zoom was. Even the digital zoom (I know, I know... it's usually useless) was quite decent for a P&S camera.

1. Zoomed out all the way
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/...8034b4df_b.jpg

2. Zoomed in all the way (10x optical zoom)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2702/...c9933a91_b.jpg

3. 4x digital zoom on top of the 10x optical (40x!)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2745/...d99c78d9_b.jpg

:D

stalker

Jeez thats quite good! Is that a "rape van" down thee?

I know where you live. ;)

lol I was pretty impressed too!
Nah, that's the delivery van for a carpet cleaning/repair place across from Beau.

Yup :) all the light in that image is from a small LED flashlight!

Trying shots in the daytime now...please comment :)

1.http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...hy/DPP_754.jpg

2.http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...hy/DPP_788.jpg

3. http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...hy/DPP_290.jpg

Atop the London Eye
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7614/dsc0147l.jpg

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9100/dsc0174p.jpg

Rural Hungary
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5949/dsc0115a.jpg

wowzers

Those are some great shots GFunk.

looove the 2nd shot!

^ Awesome pictures. I especially like the one looking up at the... London Eye?