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A couple of neat panoramas :)
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 11:07 pm
by California Girl
Morning in Little Harbor, Jost Van Dyke
Coral Bay looking out over east end, and Haulover, toward Tortola and the other BVIs
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:37 am
by nothintolose
Great shots but dang STJ needs rain! Hope the rain the day you were leaving helped!
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:59 am
by lprof
Terrific pics...especially like the blue sky in the second. Are the blue roofs in the second the new Calabash construction project? (don't recall what it is called) Thanks!
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 8:49 am
by liamsaunt
Great shots!
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:14 am
by bevm
lprof wrote:Terrific pics...especially like the blue sky in the second. Are the blue roofs in the second the new Calabash construction project? (don't recall what it is called) Thanks!
Yes, it is. But when I called it the "low-income housing" the Islanders laughed and said,"We can't call it that. It's affordable housing".
It's actually not bad looking but I know the Coral Bay residents fought hard against it. But there really is a need for it on-island. I wonder what they consider "affordable" on STJ??
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:16 am
by California Girl
If it's "affordable" maybe I can move there!
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:54 am
by bevm
California Girl wrote:If it's "affordable" maybe I can move there!
Only if you take me with you!!
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:20 am
by sea-nile
Gorgeous! Great photos!
Only one month and I will be there!
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:06 pm
by canestfr
I wish I could teleport...
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 6:43 pm
by Wakey
That 2nd one is awesome, nice job!
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:40 pm
by bayer40601
Margo-Did you use some stitching software to make those photos or did you use and extremely wide angle lens?
In any event, they are super photos. I only wish I could take shots that good.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:48 pm
by California Girl
Bill your photos are great. What're you talking about? My camera is a Canon SD880 IS and included in the software that came with it is an application called "Photostitch", and it does all the alignment and blending. I usually go in after the fact in Photoshop and blend the seams. Sometimes the sky or water doesn't exactly match. I used this program before with my Canon SD400, but the camera itself didn't have a Photostitch setting, so I just "eyeballed" it. My new camera has a setting for stitching so it makes it easier to line up the shots so they have the same horizon line. Funny, I was having trouble with the Photostitch setting on my camera during our trip and it wasn't until the LAST DAY that I actually looked at the back of my camera and saw an arrow telling you to shoot from right to left. Duh. It lines up perfect that way! Guess I'm a little dyslexic. I'm left-handed and I don't have any problems driving on St. John. I guess it was just natural for me to pan from left to right. 
I went a little crazy on the Little Harbor pano and stitched 10 shots together. I wouldn't recommend it, but it turned out pretty good this time. The one of Coral Bay was 3 or 4 shots.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:56 pm
by bayer40601
Thanks for the info. We have a small Canon we use primarily for underwater shots with the waterproof case. If I'm not mistaken it has a photostitching setting on it, but I've never had the nerve to try it. After seeing these pics, I may try it the next time on-island.
Thanks again for sharing the pics.