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This is caused by an extreme angle at which the light reaches the edge of the lens and you cannot change it. In your third pictures, the stones at the bottom of the picture are distorted and the clouds in the sky as well.

Therefore, the picture will be unnaturally distorted closer to the top and bottom, especially if you are standing close to some object. Next, you have to remember that in terms of vertical field of view you are capturing a scene that even a human being cannot entirely see without moving the eyes up and down and your lens (a fisheye for instance) captures all of it without moving. You can eliminate annoying flare in Photoshop by cloning or content-aware fill in CS5 (believe me it does a great job) or you can use the flare creatively. I personally prefer shooting panoramas when there is no clouds in the sky as I can capture the whole sun. However, do not be afraid of shooting against the sun. Shooting against the sun is inevitable in panoramic photography so you will always get some amount of lens flare even if the sun is partially covered by the clouds or your lens has special anti-flare coating. That way, the amount of light will be exactly the same in every picture. As you may already know, you have to put your camera in 'Manual' and make sure you lock the shutter speed, exposure, ISO, white balance and, in some cases, even focus. You have to remember that you are capturing literally everything around you so you have to be extremely light-aware. Next thing to consider is your camera and the settings. That solves one of the problems you have mentioned above. Secondly, an 8mm fisheye lense offers a 180 degree horizontal field of view, so if you put your camera in a portrait orientation you won't have to shoot nadir and zenith separately as your lens will capture everything from top to bottom, so the zenith and nadir will form together from your stitched pictures. The greatest advantage of a fisheye lens is that you can shoot a 360 panorama with only 4 to 6 images (depending on the overlap) instead of taking two or even three rows of pictures. If you use an 8mm fisheye lens on a FX (full frame) camera, the lens will deliver a circular image, which is even better, but as you know FX cameras are way more expensive than DX format ones. I shoot with a Sigma 8mm fisheye on a DX format DSLR and I think this is the best lens to shoot panoramas. Thanks to the Flickr community, however, I managed to master a really simple technique and an effective workflow.įirst of all, the most important thing to consider in panoramic photography is the lens.

#Sky panprama 360 ptgui how to#

I have been shooting 360 equirectangular panoramas for quite some time now and when I started shooting them I had literally no idea how to go about taking them.

Also notice the funky sky with multiple solar flares. Notice the black band at the bottom, this is my tripod head nadir incorporated into the pano. Any suggestions? I am looking for workflow both in field and in the digi-darkroom.

#Sky panprama 360 ptgui pro#

I am using PTGui and Photomatix Pro for stitching. I do have my pano head set so the point of axis revolves around the point of focus withing the lens, so I've got that going for me. I take a series of shots, overlapping of course, both in x and y axis. I am using a Nikon D700 in portrait on a Really Right Stuff pano-head.

#Sky panprama 360 ptgui software#

I think the software gets lost in solid color and makes assumptions. My equators look good, but the stitching gets weird on the z-axis, especially if I'm outside and the sky is solid blue.

#Sky panprama 360 ptgui full#

I am trying to implement full hemispheric panos as a product for Realtors and for another project I am working on, but am having problems with my software stitching the zenith and nadir points.