As I have mentioned in a couple of other posts - where I have gotten very helpful information on wide-angle lenses, tripods & places to see - this summer we're going to take our family vacation to the Grand Canyon. I'm thinking there MIGHT be a few opportunities for a panoramic photo or two
but I have never attempted anything like that in my life (short of taking "panoramics" with my Zx-5n back in the day).
So, what I'm wondering is:
1) Does anyone have any suggestions on a place or two to go (books, web sites, or????) for some beginner tips? I've got some months to learn what to do or not to do with respect to getting the photo(s), so if I can just get some ideas on taking the "right" pictures that'd be great. I can always learn how to stitch them together, and monkey around with them after we get back - assuming I "get the shots" while we're there.
2) Does anyone have any recommendations on either what to get or what to avoid when it comes to the processing software? I've got a Mac, and I use Aperture for all my processing stuff - so I'd be interested in either a plug-in for Aperture, or separate software that runs on a Mac. I'm not looking for something that has every bell & whistle known to man - just something that can do a decent job of stitching together and making corrections.
I do know that shooting portrait might be preferred - to give you more sky/foreground, I think I've seen people say to overlap about 1/3rd of the photo in other discussions I've seen in the past, and I will be bringing along my travel tripod, so I won't be trying to make these shots hand-held - but outside of that I don't have a clue.
Thanks in advance for any help, info, or pointing towards resources that you can provide....
Tim