Cape Town

[Ashleyj]

Sorry about that, I forgot how to get the link to the image from Flickr.

Anyway here it is -

A panoramic of Cape town from six images merged in Photoshop

[Ashleyj]

Image now in place.

[Singing snapper]

I've been up there last year. Cape Town in stunning with lots of great food and exploring the winelands opens up great vistas as well as bottles!

Two things: the horizon looks slopey to me sloping down left to right by about 5 or 6 degrees. Also I think you could have picked a better location. There are lots of paths on Table Mountain giving you the Lion peak and the bay where you could have avoided having the buildings in the shot at all. For me you either have to make the buildings part of the shot as a whole or make sure they aren't in the shot at all.

Edit: It could be a railing but either way it's distracting.

[ianpinion]

I'd also try shooting your panoramas with the camera in portrait orientation, because when you stitch them together you'll be left with a much deeper picture and not such a narrow letterbox shape.

[Ashleyj]

Originally Posted by Singing snapper

I've been up there last year. Cape Town in stunning with lots of great food and exploring the winelands opens up great vistas as well as bottles!

Two things: the horizon looks slopey to me sloping down left to right by about 5 or 6 degrees. Also I think you could have picked a better location. There are lots of paths on Table Mountain giving you the Lion peak and the bay where you could have avoided having the buildings in the shot at all. For me you either have to make the buildings part of the shot as a whole or make sure they aren't in the shot at all.

Edit: It could be a railing but either way it's distracting.

Thanks for the comments. I think the horizon 'slope' is a result of the bay curving away into the distance, I tried to get the camera a level as possible .
Also I chose this location because I wanted to include the city and show its relationship with the mountain. This is a matter of taste I suppose.

Originally Posted by ianpinion

I'd also try shooting your panoramas with the camera in portrait orientation, because when you stitch them together you'll be left with a much deeper picture and not such a narrow letterbox shape.

I must admit I did not think of that. I've read on more than one occasion that this is the way to do it, just forgot at the time.

[Singing snapper]

I can the the slope on the horizon (I'm guilty of this myself on occasion. For panos you will need a very good spirit level as you have to readjust every shot as you move it along (especially in portrait orientationas this means more shots to get the same wide view). As you move it along the angle changes. It can be quite fiddly and can be annoying when you are shooting in changing light. I've had to start all over again more than once before because the sun goes into or out of a cloud in the middle of the shoot

[samcliffe]

Fantastic view Ashleyj. I agree with Singing Snapper about the railing –it is a little distracting. Not having the railing in the image would really make a big difference.

[jet_kit]

As others have pointed out, the horizon needs straightening up. The railing visible on the right I can live with, but the 'V' shape it makes in the centre is very distracting.
If you live in these parts it will be worth another trip up Table Mountain to have another go. If you can get a few clouds in the sky it will make a huge difference. Take a packed lunch and a flask of coffee (it's beginning to get chilly this time of year) and have a go at sunset.

[Ashleyj]

I was unsure about the railing myself, but having only a small travel tripod with me at the time it was not possible to get high enough to clear the railing completely. If I had shot it in portrait format the railing would have been even more intrusive.
I chose the location as it was right on the edge, other places you cannot get to the edge without straying from the path which is frowned upon.

As for clouds in the sky Chris - they don't see many in Cape town at this time of the year.
The cloud seems to either on the top of Table Mountain or low down in the valleys.