View single post by Robert

Posted: Tue Oct 10th, 2017 04:10

Joined:	Sun Apr 1st, 2012
Location:	South Lakeland, UK
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I have created a spherical panorama from the viewpoint, not quite perfect, I need to get used to the coverage of the 16mm fisheye. I took six exposures which included the bottoms of the tripod legs, I also took two exposures to cover the zenith and two to cover the nadir (The bottom of the image where the tripod was).

In fact my six radial exposures almost covered the zenith only leaving a small hole. Unfortunately PTGui didn't know what to do with the two images I took of the zenith and inserted them about the middle left, completely in the wrong place. The two I took for the nadir were perfectly inserted. I am wondering if I have to take the images in a particular order. In the tutorials I have seen the photographer takes the radial exposures first then the zenith and finally after removing the tripod takes the nadir exposure.

I am thinking I may only need three radial exposures and one nadir if I tilt the camera very slightly higher, I am using landscape mode. Alternatively If I use portrait mode and take six radials and one nadir with the tripod removed that will fix the zenith without tilting the camera up too far. More experimenting required.

I am working on the techniques for creating the spherical panorama, then I have to understand how to save the image to export it for further use like making it viewable here or on 360Cities.net. All new and complicated stuff!

In the meantime here is the view I was greeted with when I arrived...

D3, Nikkor 24-120 f4.0 @ 38mm, 1/250sec at f5.6, ISO 320

Whoops! Just noticed the dust bunnies... o.O

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Robert.