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02/16/07 Panorama Photography

A panorama is a wide view of a physical space. In photograph it usually refers to a photo with an aspect ratio greater than 2:1 or a field of view greater than 90 degrees. However some argue that it primarily pertains to images with a field of view that equals or exceeds that or normal human vision, about 160 degrees.

For some history of panorama photography visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panoramic_photography

Digital cameras and Photoshop have made it easy to create panorama images. However many people are often disappointed with the results. The problem is garbage in, garbage out. It is much easier to get a good panorama image by avoiding errors during the initial shooting than it is to try and fix errors later in Photoshop.

Things to watch out for when shooting photos for a panorama:

Enough setup it is time to get out our needles and start stitching. Don’t worry you will not prick yourself we will actually be stitching with an eraser.

 

Interesting links
Information on shooting panoramas with digital cameras
http://photography.about.com/od/panoramas/a/a020505.htm
http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa010504b.htm

Types of Panoramas
http://photography.about.com/od/panoramas/a/a020505_2.htm
Various Panorama formats
http://wiki.panotools.org/Panorama_formats
The Word Wide Panorama
http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp1206/index.html