Fun with panoramics
Sometimes one photograph isn't enough. A walk along part of the Jurassic Coast Path at Portland gives a stunning view (on a nice day!) across Chesil Beach:
With such a view, it's good to try something different. I'm not a purist when it comes to creating panoramic photographs but this panoramic is made up of five landscape photographs merged in Photoshop:
Although this was achieved with the aid of a tripod, all I did was look at the light levels from right to left, set an aperture, take a test sequence making sure there was sufficient overlap between the photos, check the exposure, then re-take the sequence. The RAW files received some basic adjustments, then the five photos were merged in Photoshop.
This one of Brewery Square, Dorchester is a twelve photo handheld portrait 360 degree panoramic with my sigma lens @ 10mm. The process was the same, take a test sequence, making sure there is sufficient overlap, checking the exposure then re-taking the sequence. The images are then photomerged in Photoshop.
This is my first 360degree panoramic, I was really trying to see how Photoshop would cope with photomerging twelve photos taken with a wide angle lens set at 10mm. You can see the variations in light levels (left and right) as I was almost taking the photograph into the sun at one point.
This one is from Swanage Bay, Dorset. It is a four photo landscape panoramic again merged Photoshop. The photomerge function offers a few layouts and sometimes it is a case of trying different ones to see the end result. This was cylindrical and you can see the white surrounding areas. It's a good starting point.
With a bit of Photoshop "content aware fill" some cloning and a crop, the result is more pleasing:
It's not perfect (I can see some imperfections), but it gives an idea of how the camera can work in conjunction with photo manipulation software.
Creating panoramic photographs also produce something more than a single image and they are also a bit of fun.
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With such a view, it's good to try something different. I'm not a purist when it comes to creating panoramic photographs but this panoramic is made up of five landscape photographs merged in Photoshop:
Although this was achieved with the aid of a tripod, all I did was look at the light levels from right to left, set an aperture, take a test sequence making sure there was sufficient overlap between the photos, check the exposure, then re-take the sequence. The RAW files received some basic adjustments, then the five photos were merged in Photoshop.
This one of Brewery Square, Dorchester is a twelve photo handheld portrait 360 degree panoramic with my sigma lens @ 10mm. The process was the same, take a test sequence, making sure there is sufficient overlap, checking the exposure then re-taking the sequence. The images are then photomerged in Photoshop.
This is my first 360degree panoramic, I was really trying to see how Photoshop would cope with photomerging twelve photos taken with a wide angle lens set at 10mm. You can see the variations in light levels (left and right) as I was almost taking the photograph into the sun at one point.
This one is from Swanage Bay, Dorset. It is a four photo landscape panoramic again merged Photoshop. The photomerge function offers a few layouts and sometimes it is a case of trying different ones to see the end result. This was cylindrical and you can see the white surrounding areas. It's a good starting point.
With a bit of Photoshop "content aware fill" some cloning and a crop, the result is more pleasing:
It's not perfect (I can see some imperfections), but it gives an idea of how the camera can work in conjunction with photo manipulation software.
Creating panoramic photographs also produce something more than a single image and they are also a bit of fun.
Return to homepage or contact me.