Adam Stritzel's Panoramas

The sample panorma:

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A non-tripod panorama of a parking garage:

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Tripod panorama of me playing with myself (hehehe):

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Tripod panorama of me outdoors at lunchtime:

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Things I Noticed

• Exposure changes are a *huge* pain. Especially when dealing with a flat wall with little surface detail. Changes in exposure in such a situation will cause the "optimal" match to be a vertical translation of the true match because the algorithm is aligning the light intensitities. The big soup sign in the "Playing with Myself" image is me trying to introduce some surface detail. The same goes for some of the flyers tacked on the wall.
• If you want to put yourself in the picture, the best place to do it is in the very middle of a single frame. This is because the linear blend most favors a single frame in the middle of that frame. If you're elsewhere, you'll likely get washed out by the background.
• Additionally, when inserting yourself into the panorama, it helps to stay mostly vertical so that blending across your body don't distract the viewer. That's why I don't have my arms spread too wide in any of the shots.
• My non-tripod image was intentionally rough. I wanted to see how well the algorithm would work. I even allowed small degrees of z-axis rotation (roll?) while taking the images. I believe this is why some of the columns don't line up very well.

Extra Credit
I both of the tripod panoramas include me in several places. The "Playing With Myself" panorama is my favorite of the two.