Equipment needed: Your DSLR and a tripod with a built-in level. You can also use a level that attaches to your camera's flash shoe, and a tripod. For post processing, you will need Photoshop or another software package that allows you to stitch multiple images together.
First, put your camera on M: Manual exposure. During the shots, leave the aperture constant.
Locate your scene and set up your tripod. In this example I am using a pan/tilt tripod with a built-in bubble level. Level the tripod, then attach your camera. Use the pan control and position your field of view to cover first one, then another, and then another part of the landscape, until the entire area for the panorama is covered. Allow a bit of overlap between shots. Be sure to get the exposure exactly right for each shot. I used 4 shots to achieve the example image below; you might need more or less.
Load the images into your computer. Preprocess each image with lens optics distortion correction software (Photoshop, Lightwave, DxO Optics, PTLens, etc.). In this example, I preprocessed each image using DxO Optics Pro 8 and then opened the corrected images in Photoshop CC.
Once your files are preprocessed, choose Photoshop menu File > Automate > Photomerge... Add the files for the panorama, or use them directly from within Photoshop if they are open. Click OK. Photoshop will merge the images, placing them left to right according to their characteristic patterns. After processing, you will have a new panoramic image!
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