Don't go on holiday with a new camera until you have calibrated it to do what you want it to do!

If you are a regular visitor to this blog, then you will know what one of my hobbies is and for some time now, I have wanted to photograph the Gas Street Basin in Birmingham.

I spent many hours there, with a sketch pad, yonks ago when it was in a in a desolate condition. In the meantime the Birmingham City Council has realised its value. The whole area around Gas Street has been renovated and modernised. Cafés and pubs have been erected and it is well worth a visit.

When I visited at Christmas I took along a camera that had not yet been calibrated for panoramas. The resulting images had to be stitched by hand. The first panorama is now ready to be presented – at long last!



I took a second, 360° panorama, from further along the dock. I'm not sure, yet, that I'll be able to stitch it. It wasn't until I was almost finished taking the 36 shots that I realised, I was standing on a pontoon that was gently rocking while I worked.
I'll take a closer look soon. Watch this space, I might be successful, who knows ...