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Chepstow Castle - a panorama

A hand-held pano – Chepstow Castle

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David Harrison
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Through the leaded window in Marten's TowerChepstow Castle - a panorama

Another “technique” shot! High-up on Marten’s Tower, no tripod to hand, can I do a hand-held pano-shot. You bet I can! Really pleased how this turned out. I could have rested the camera on a wall I suppose, but I’d have lost quite a bit as I swung the camera round, so I tried to do the sequence of shots (using Manual exposure settings of course) with a steady hand and quite an overlap holding the camera in landscape mode – not the most desirable way to hold a camera to do a stitched panorama.

Shot using the FE 24mm F1.4 GM lens at ISO 100 and 1/200sec at f/6.3.

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2 responses to “A hand-held pano – Chepstow Castle”

  1. Leonard Smith avatar
    Leonard Smith

    Hi David, I have mixed feelings about this picture. Taking several pictures on a manual setting is a challenge especially when the camera is hand held. I feel the picture lacks sharpness which is one of my bugbears as you probably already know. Its a good subject but getting the balance right is subjective. Not sure what your thoughts are about this.

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  2. Jim avatar
    Jim

    You say in your St Mary’s Lighthouse notes that you restrict the size of the images in this blog, so that they download quickly, David. I think this is one image I would like to see larger when opened in a new tab.

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