Urgent C&C

[faisal]

Had a Corporate shoot yesterday...it went well from what I see in my pictures. Anyway they wanted a shot of their building and being the Panorama guy I couldn't resist.

I love this shot cause of the curve and plus the company name is all big...this is what I got when I stitch the pictures together in CS3....
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/LinScan_Panorama3.jpg

Tried to do a quick fix but I think it looks worser with all the imperfections that seem to show more....this was a quick edit so not as perfect but I don't want to waste time on it unless I really need to. (Note: it will be very hard to fix it)
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/LinScan_Panorama32.jpg

What do you guys prefer and why....!!

I need to give the pictures back by tomorrow cause I'm flying on Friday!!! :eek: :D

Thanks!! :)

[Rooz]

both look fine. why not give them both and let them choose ?
personally i like the curve in the first. excellent job buddy.

[Nickcanada]

Hmmm, I like the first one more.

[zmikers]

Tough call. I vote for giving the company both and let them decide. If I had to choose only one with a gun to my head, I'd say the first one:p.

[faisal]

Thing is I don't want to waste time fixing the curve and the current job fixing I've done is terrible....so let see....I'll give them both if I get time at the end of the day...

Thanks!!!

[JMWallace]

I prefer #1.

which one looks more like the actual building to you?

Is the building shaped like a triangle then?

[faisal]

I prefer #1.

which one looks more like the actual building to you?

Is the building shaped like a triangle then?

The second one is more close to reality...This is how the building is...
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/LinScan_Panorama4.jpg
(Another panorama with some distortion)

[JMWallace]

Granted it won't make for as interesting image as #1, but if you can go back and take seperate images of the building while walking and following the brick paver lines, you will get a true representation of the building. Since it is such a long building, you'll still get a nice pano.

My thinking here is, although the image won't be all that "artistic" and awe inspiring, it will be more of a true representation. If I were to see image #1 on a website then try to drive the area to find it, the building i'd be looking for wouldn't be straight.

Does that make sense?

Of course, in the end it is still the clients choice.

[FLiPMaRC]

+1 for the first one :) The real building is just plain boring IMO.

[faisal]

Granted it won't make for as interesting image as #1, but if you can go back and take seperate images of the building while walking and following the brick paver lines, you will get a true representation of the building. Since it is such a long building, you'll still get a nice pano.

My thinking here is, although the image won't be all that "artistic" and awe inspiring, it will be more of a true representation. If I were to see image #1 on a website then try to drive the area to find it, the building i'd be looking for wouldn't be straight.

Does that make sense?

Of course, in the end it is still the clients choice.

It makes complete sense....

I've taken 3 more shots of the building that make the building look like how it is in real...I'll show it to the client, if he doesn't like what I've done than I'll do what you've said...only problem will be the cars parked in front and doing a quickie pano on my girlfriends laptop...

Thanks!!! :)

Thanks for the input FLiPMaRC.....only issue is maybe boring is what the client might like especially when he's paying you.. :rolleyes:

[FLiPMaRC]

LOL ... you're right. The customer is always right :D

[adam75south]

i definitely like #1, but that doesn't really mean much compared to what they think. giving them the option sounds like the way to go.

faisal, i'd be really interested to know what gear/techniques you use for your panos. i'm not a pano guy, but would definitely like to try it sometime.

[FLiPMaRC]

If he told you, he'd have to keel you :p :D

[faisal]

LOL ... you're right. The customer is always right :D

I wish it worked the same way when it came to camera gear!!! ;)

i definitely like #1, but that doesn't really mean much compared to what they think. giving them the option sounds like the way to go.

faisal, i'd be really interested to know what gear/techniques you use for your panos. i'm not a pano guy, but would definitely like to try it sometime.

Hmm...then giving him the options is the only way it seems....aaaahhh!!! I have 150 more pictures to edit and 3 hours... I'm busted!!!! :(

I've already posted my technique here.... http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42187&page=2

I shoot with any lens stopped down...but usually with my Sigma 18-200 (though with this assignment pay I'll be getting a sigma 10-20 which should make panos easier...)

If he told you, he'd have to keel you :p :D

Hahaha!!!! :D

[GaryS]

I know I've said this before... The best way I've found to make panos is to use Auto-Stitch (http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html). It's free and it is not picky about doing a good job when shooting the photos (ok, I've had the odd floating head when doing a pano of a crowded beach). It's a bit confusing to work with (the option menu is a mess), but it works great.

[erichlund]

If you really want to make it look straight, you're going to need to rent a tilt/shift lens, and probably a pano-bar for your tripod. The camera is moved horizontally for each shot and the lens corrects for the perspective changes.

[faisal]

He didn't like any of my panoramas....he preferred a simple shot I took from next to the tree....argh!!! what a waste of effort...Anyway they liked my work and will pay me in a weeks time....I wish I had charged more....

I know I've said this before... The best way I've found to make panos is to use Auto-Stitch (http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html). It's free and it is not picky about doing a good job when shooting the photos (ok, I've had the odd floating head when doing a pano of a crowded beach). It's a bit confusing to work with (the option menu is a mess), but it works great.

I'll look into the software you've linked once I'm backed from India!!!! Thanks!!

If you really want to make it look straight, you're going to need to rent a tilt/shift lens, and probably a pano-bar for your tripod. The camera is moved horizontally for each shot and the lens corrects for the perspective changes.

Can't rent here......anyway the money I got would not have been worth the effort for me to rent it and learn to use it....

Pano bar...will look into that cause I'm totally a Pano guy!!!

Thanks!!!