Some thoughts:
- Use a tripod with a pan/tilt head, and make sure it is level
- Mount camera in portrait orientation, make sure the frame is level to the horizon
- Align the center of the frame (or other reference) to the horizon, pan across the scene, and...
1.) Monitor exposure, note exposure in brightest area
2.) As you pan, verify that the reference point moves along the horizon line, and adjust the setup if it does not.
- Set to manual mode if you have it, set shutter speed and aperture appropriately to the brightest area as noted above
- Set white balance to appropriate setting (not auto!)
- Use neither extreme wide angle or long zoom; minimze lens distortion
- Shoot with about 30% overlap between frames, using constant exposure settings and constant white balance setting.
- In best cases, you may get away stitching with Photoshop, but using a dedicated pano stitching program will always yield better results. Some good info here:
//www.panoguide.com/
You will have to register for that site, however it was free last I looked.
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