A staggering spherical panorama

DonaldG · 09-07-2009, 05:21 AM

This is one of the most amazing panoramas I have ever seen.

If you want to be 'gob smacked' sit back & click here

EDIT:
I did NOT create the image (I have the same camera but not the same talent!)

the author/artist/photographer, Julian Kalmar, states:

Quote:

-1200 raw pics Canon 5D MK II FL 100mm -> 310 for full sphere

-exposure between 15 sec. and 1/2 sec

-focus stacking and 3 wb settings (3000k, 5500k, 9000k)

-NN5 -PTGui

-3 days pc running to calc the sphere -cube size 32768x32768

-8 hours photoshooting

-2 month to combine the different focusing layers ,editing the WB and exposure layers

**vladimirb** · 09-07-2009, 05:27 AM

Looks amazing...

**wrench97** · 09-07-2009, 05:31 AM

That is a amazing image.

**WereBo** · 09-07-2009, 06:25 AM

Well, I'm definitely gob-smacked!!! The level of detail at maximum zoom is terrific, you can even see the hairline-cracks in the plasterwork

**TheAtheist** · 09-07-2009, 12:30 PM

That is seriously cool. Well worth the effort i'd say

ebackhus · 09-07-2009, 01:29 PM

As is the norm the borwser on my work PC crashed when I visited the link. But based on the other posts I gotta see this!

**Done_Fishin** · 09-07-2009, 02:27 PM

you bet you need to see this .. like the others said the definition leaves one speechless

getting all that to the same light level must have been a mammoth task on its own!

Just when you think that you've reached that Digital point where everything goes "squarish" it refocuses and you have a crystal clear picture!!

I thought I had patience but that guy must be something else!

nice thread Don.

DonaldG · 09-07-2009, 02:40 PM

I am trying to get to grips and understand the technique - My golly its complex!

**Done_Fishin** · 09-07-2009, 02:54 PM

Don take it slowly .. it's mind boggling .. and apart from that I see no tripod feet, no wires, no aliens reflected in the windows .. just how he got all those photos without using something to hold the camera in the exact same height and position is beyond me .. and to get such detail from that distance .. when zoomed in .. that's more than mind boggling .. that's like wondering how they get those camera shots of the formula one which start out "up in the clouds", zoom down and then pan out horizontally to follow some driver on the circuit ..

we have the technology .. don't try to understand too much ..

**koala** · 09-07-2009, 03:08 PM

My Firefox RAM usage shot up from 100mb to 950mb after zooming around the image for a few minutes.

DonaldG · 09-07-2009, 03:20 PM

When you think it is a standard DSLR, albeit a pro version, it is still mind boggling.
The camera is the same as mine and a very similar lens (His 100~310mm) mine is 28 ~300mm..

In theory, I have the kit to do it. What I don't have is the skill!

**SABL** · 09-08-2009, 10:22 AM

I liked it and had great fun..... The room was spinning and I hadn't been drinking!!

**Done_Fishin** · 09-08-2009, 01:10 PM

all the thrills of the chase without the expense and the regrets

DonaldG · 09-08-2009, 03:17 PM

In the next couple of weeks, I hope to post one of MY panos done in the same way!

**TheAtheist** · 09-08-2009, 03:49 PM

Let us know how you get on Donald.

DonaldG · 09-09-2009, 02:33 AM

It will be a flat one not a spherical as yet - one heck of a learning curve!

**Done_Fishin** · 09-09-2009, 09:51 AM

not to mention "time availability"

I can't see you having a day to spare for an 8 hour shoot then a couple of months on the PC for editing and stitching .. even if you have "retired"

**simpswr** · 09-09-2009, 10:05 AM

That reminds me of a photo I took in the Pantheon in Rome . . I got there early when it opened one morning and with a wide angle lens, set the timer . . placed it in the middle of the dome pointing up and ran away so I would not be in the photo.

I had taken no more than ten steps when four guards nailed me . . they thought I had set a bomb or something and was running away . .

We all got a few laughs as I pantomined my way thru an explanation with my poor Italian . . Bless their hearts . once they were satisfied with what I was doing, the held the tourists at bay while i did it again.

It was a great photo, but an even better story!!

**Done_Fishin** · 09-09-2009, 10:16 AM

So "were you in the picture" after all, then .. with friends ???

**simpswr** · 09-09-2009, 10:39 AM

We were! . . blurred since it was a long exposure,

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: A staggering spherical panorama When you think it is a standard DSLR, albeit a pro version, it is still mind boggling. The camera is the same as mine and a very similar lens (His 100~310mm) mine is 28 ~300mm.. In theory, I have the kit to do it. What I don't have is the skill! __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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