Different use of panorama - don't break your neck!

[Michael Nagel]

This was one of these moments where logic and anything related was put aside, but I like the result.
The best spot is to start at the bottom of the picture:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/6803900430_3fbf2fe83a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/6803900430/)
Both directions (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/6803900430/)

Best regards,
Michael

[jake klein]

Woa! I need a new head for my tripod so I can get into trying some panoramas. The ball head just isn't cutting it.

I've always wanted to do this so that the moon is setting and the sun is coming up in the same frame or vice versa.

[Asher Kelman]

This was one of these moments where logic and anything related was put aside, but I like the result.
The best spot is to start at the bottom of the picture:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/6803900430_3fbf2fe83a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/6803900430/)
Both directions (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leclou/6803900430/)

Best regards,
Michael


Michael,

I admire your enterprise! It's certainly something that grabs one's attention. However, if the top part is really important, there are going to be a line of ricked necks at the chiropractor's office, LOL :)

Have you tried other projections? I can imagine it on a sphere and this would be an inverted U with clouds bridging two pictures. I'd really love to see that, just for the fun of it.

Asher

BTW, did you or did "mother nature" invent the whirl of white cloud streaks coming from above the tall building in the lower half?

[Tom dinning]

How about projecting it onto the ceiling and have people view it from a prone position?
Or even a curved ceiling.
There's a bloke in Darwin called David Silva who does 360 deg stuff. Often 200 shots or more for one panorama. Its quite disturbing to know you are looking at something knowing that part of it should be behind you. He prints them onto canvas and they are usually a few metres long.
Nice work, Michael.

[Tom Robbins]

Very neat, Michael. I'm curious about focal length and number of frames.

[Michael Nagel]

Jake - thanks - there are ways to do this, just go ahead.

Asher, I did not try other projections. The inverted U is a good and healthy idea. The cloud was there, no PP involved.

Tom Dinning - thanks, yes, the projection on the ceiling is a good idea.

Tom Robbins - thanks - I have to admit that I was lazy and used the built-in panorama function. The focal length was 7.1mm, which is a 28mm FoV equivalent for 36x24mm sensor/negative. I do not know the number of frames, but the overlap for the in-camera creation of panoramas is quite large, so 15 or more frames can be involved here. The resolution is only 1920x1200 per frame in this case.

Best regards,
Michael

[Cem_Usakligil]

How about projecting it onto the ceiling and have people view it from a prone position?.
Here is a ceiling painting by Salvador Dali (Dali Museum, Figueres, Spain). The main figures are Gala (on the left) and Dali (on the right).



http://cem.usakligil.com/img/f/o/f12113.jpg



And another one from the Vatican Museum (I don't know the artist(s))


http://cem.usakligil.com/img/f/o/f23397.jpg

[Michael Nagel]

Hi Cem,

thanks for adding these - I remember the one from the Dali Museum well...

Best regards,
Michael

[fahim mohammed]

Micheal..vertigo inspiring. Beautiful take and presentation.

Regards.

[Michael Nagel]

Fahim - thank you. This was the result from giving in to my inner child. This is not easy sometimes, but often rewarding.

Best regards,
Michael

[Asher Kelman]

And another one from the Vatican Museum (I don't know the artist(s))


http://cem.usakligil.com/img/f/o/f23397.jpg





Cem,

In less crowded places, I lie on the ground to experience such wonderful paintings. However, in the Vatican Museum, for sure, one would not be able to see for the crush of the packed masses.

Asher