large pannos

[Murray Foote]

There are four possible approaches to white balance for HDRs and panoramas:
1. White balance on manual
2. White balance on auto. Then in Lightroom, check which white balance looks best and make all other exposures the same as that.
3. White balance on auto. Don't bother to look at them each, just make them all the same. Adjust afterwards if required.
4. White balance on auto. No correction. If it doesn't work, start again from 2 or 3.

Regards,
Murray

[bez]

I use option 1. then correct the whole pano if necessary, including tonal changes, all preferably in 16bit.
Finally after a test print, reduce to 8bit to keep the file size down.

I've never yet done a 3-exposure HDR pano, but that's because the sun has never been in the picture - this is probably the nearest http://www.berrisconolly.com/photo_7044243.html but single exposures presented no problems (there's a touch of sun through early-morning mist on the left).
One thing to remember is clipped highlights are easier to recover than shadows, when using RAW.

[Costas L]

I have found the most flexible approach for capturing digital images is to shoot in RAW and leave white balance set to "daylight". That way the colour of the image is as you perceived it at the time of shooting and of course if you want to move from that, its easily done. Especially true when shooting early morning or near sunset.

[bez]

Here’s the latest (supposed) record – 111GP
http://www.sevilla111.com/default_en.htm
the page controls are quite nice. a few bits look less sharp than others – camera shake or something else?

[dutyhog]

Another thing to mention - in Photoshop I deselect "Blend Images Together" so that I can hand blend with the best parts on top. In CS4 it seems to be a default, so needs un-ticking every time.

Many of my panos are vertically merged - to get better detail than with a short focal length single shot, to use a good prime lens, and to get greater depth of field without diffraction kicking in (and also short exposure hand-held, because I don't usually have the opportunity to take a tripod). So I focus each shot - foreground, middle ground, infinity. Here's an example from today (original is 7596 pixels high):


Calm after Storm by dutyhog, on Flickr

Gordon