Just remember, don’t get discouraged if your image looks distorted at first. You will need to adjust the centre of your panorama and crop it in the preview window. In order to make the stitching easier load the pictures in portrait orientation in your panorama stitcher, set up automatic control points and align the panorama. There’s only one last thing you need to remember. The stitching part is relatively simple and shouldn’t take too long. Now, you should have three to four images you will need to stitch in Hugin or Autopano Giga. Finally, if you want to capture a greater field of view, take another picture pointing your camera directly at the ceiling. Next, moving your camera further up, capture another image. Then, rotating the camera around the Nodal point and maintaining a good 30% overlap, move the camera up and capture another image. If you tripod doesn’t have one, then put your tripod’s head in portrait orientation as shown below.įirst, decide on the starting point of your image and take the first picture. ![]() ![]() Remember, the head needs to be set up properly so as it rotates around the Nodal point of the lens you are going to use. If you tripod has a centre column you can simply put it in portrait orientation. If you have a panoramic head and are allowed to use a tripod then you can set it up as demonstrated below. I personally find it easier to hold the sides of the lens while rotating it but you will probably find your own way of rotating it once you start experimenting with this technique. It’s the back of the camera that should move up and down rather than the front, so you may find it easier to shoot in the LiveView mode at first. Don’t just look through the viewfinder and then move your head up or down. The most important thing is to get this right. The picture below demonstrates the correct camera rotation. It will considerably reduce distortions and make stitching way easier. Remember, just like in traditional panoramic photography, you will need to rotate your camera around the nodal point of your lens. Once you manage to find the right place, start taking pictures. You will never achieve perfection but at least try to make sure that there are no extremelly over- or underexposed areas in your image. Then, I try to aim for the most balanced exposure so that the floor and the ceiling are both properly exposed. The floor will be usually underexposed and the ceiling will be overexposed, especially if there are lots of windows. What I usually do is to point my camera at the floor and the ceiling and observe how the light meter of my camera changes. Also remember that the light is likely to change with each exposure, as you will point your camera at different parts of the building, so shoot in manual mode and decide on the right shutter speed and aperture beforehand. Like I said before, a wide-angle lens will capture bigger field of view but you will still have to crop your picture for the desired effect. Churches, cathedrals and museums are ideal but you have to remember one thing. The reason for using a wide-angle, as opposed to a kit lens, is that it will capture a larger field of view, letting you crop the image to your likings in post production.įirstly, find a good scenery to capture. ![]() It doesn’t have to be a fisheye lens as long as the focal length is between 10 and 20mm. What you will need is a DSLR camera and a wide-angle lens, preferably an 8mm fisheye lens on DX or FX format camera. Vertoramas, on the other hand, are capable of representing enormous field of view without significant distortions. However, capturing such an enormous field of view in one picture will create significant distortions at the top and bottom of the image. You could argue that the same field of view can be captured by taking one picture with a fisheye lens in portrait orientation. However, in order to follow this post, you need to be familiar with the process of stitching photographs with a dedicated photo stitcher and the basics of panorama shooting. This post will guide you through both capturing, stitching and post-processing and will discuss some issues related to them. However, to capture a Vertorama you will only need to stitch 3 to 4 pictures, if you are using a wide-angle lens such as an 8mm fisheye. The principles behind capturing Vertoramas are pretty much the same as Equirectangular panorama. If you are not familiar with panoramic photography, please read my previous post on Equirectangular Panorama to get yourself familiar with the stitching process. ![]() Vertorama / tiltorama (see comments for details) simply stands for a vertical panorama and it’s one of the best ways to capture interiors.
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