Huntsville Panorama 2

I learned a few lessons from my previous attempt to create a nighttime panorama of the town, so I set about trying it again at the first opportunity.

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The main differences between this and the previous version are:

• I made sure that the camera was level before taking pictures, so it was not necessary to cut out a great deal of the original images in order to level the view.
• I picked a better location on the parking garage roof that granted a wider view of the town.
• Each image is a stack of two separate exposures (1/2 second and 5 seconds). This helps bring out the contrast on brighter objects.

Also, I found that the reason that Hugin failed on the last step on the previous attempt was because I had not installed Enblend.

From left to right:

• The Bank of America building on the west side of town
• Businesses at the I-45/Hwy 30 intersection, Home Depot and the Holliday Transfer Facility
• Sam Houston Village at Sam Houston State University
• The LDS Institute
• Belvin-Buchanan Hall
• Elliot Hall (the building with the two bright white lights)
• Businesses at the intersection of U.S. 75 and 11th Street (Hwy 30)
• First National Bank
• First United Methodist Church
• The Square, including the Walker County Courthouse
• First Baptist Church Family Life Center
• First Baptist Church sanctuary
• Lone Star Hall
• Huntsville Unit