Ancient Japanese proverb says: "Simple, when know how."
/d
Wow! Thank you, David.------
On Jan 2, 2019, at 3:37 PM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
HI Peter!
It was both accurate and easy. If you look at Howard's Pano, as
posted, you can see that all the buildings lean ever so slightly to
the right.
One of my major problems in photography is a drooping right shoulder.
So many of my images are off kilter and have to be straightened during
processing.
With my preferred Raw developer, RAW THERAPEE, you can drag a line
down any vertical or horizontal line in an image and the program will
automagically bring that line to the nearest of either true horizontal
or true vertical when you release the mouse button.
You do this by clicking and holding the mouse button, while dragging
the line to the other end of whatever it is you are aligning. As you
do this, the program shows the amount that the line is out from either
vertical or horizontal. In the case of Howard's pano, it was out by
2.1 degrees.
Got that?
In my own photos, I am typically out by between 1 & 2.5 degrees, and
on of the reasons I love RT (besides it's being both very capable and
free) is the ease with which I can correct my mistakes.
David.
Whoa! 2.1 degree tilt to the right!? Now that's seriously precise!------
David, how did you come up with that figure and how'd you do it? I
feel I should've prefaced it with the statement that I'm not being
sarcastic or snarky. I am genuinely mystified as to how you
determined first, that there was a tilt to the image and second, the
precise degree of said tilt. That's amazing. I've gone back and
looked at the image several times cold and I am impressed with your
abilities and "eye for detail?.again! :)
Best regards,
Peter Stevens
On Jan 2, 2019, at 11:39 AM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Peter: It was not I, but rather Philippe, who called Howard "The
Pano-Master".
But, it could easily have been me, for I agree that Howard is a
superlative Pano maker.
Howard: A great shot... but I'll ask again a question not
answered a few posts back... about the Main Police Station
restoration.
Do you shoot your panos with a tripod (and, perhaps, a specialized
Pano head)? Or, do you, like me, do them, most often, hand held?
I ask only because while it looks terrific, all the buildings have
a 2.1 degree tilt to the right! I get that, all the time, with my
hand- held panos ... but its easy to correct, before posting.
David
Man, Howard, like David said a few weeks back - you are the------
master of the panorama. That's a great image. It makes me wonder
if HK has a subway system. And if it does, it must've been a
nightmare for the engineers and construction crews to navigate
around or under all the deep foundation piers of all those
numerous sky-scrappers!
Best regards,
Peter Stevens
On Jan 2, 2019, at 10:32 AM, Howard Cummer <hcummer@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Flexers,
Here is a 7 panel pano looking East from my son's office in
the mid levels.
<http://gallery.leica-
users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HongKong2018/EastMidLevels7Pano.jpg.html>
In the last years before my retirement we lived in the big
apartment building at the very far right of the picture.
Can be viewed large. C&C always welcome.
Howard
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