Episode 49: Creating Panoramas
You want to capture a wide-angle shot, but what if your widest lens isn’t wide enough? In this episode, Jeff and Kirk talk about creating panoramas, from the ingenious Pano mode in the iPhone’s Camera app to stitching many images from traditional cameras or drones.
Hosts:
Show Notes:
Google Street View view of the inside of the Royal Shakespeare Theater
Gigapixel panorama example by Will Pearson
Our Snapshots:
- Jeff: Understanding Photography, by Sean T. McHugh
- Kirk: Pixelmator Pro
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Kirk’s office panorama
Camera: iPhone XS Max
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 1250
Photo: Kirk McElhearn
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Kirk’s first panorama
Camera: iPhone XS Max
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 1250
Photo: Kirk McElhearn
An example of splitting a panorama for better viewing in Instagram (click here to view the multi-image post at Instagram.com):
37 Likes, 1 Comments - Jeff Carlson (@jeffcarlson) on Instagram: "(Swipe to view the full pano.) In the 10 minutes I had the drone up in the air, I made a panorama..."
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Jeff’s panorama attempt in a moving helicopter above Kauai. Lightroom did a pretty good job stitching 14 burst images, but the scope of the panorama ended up being limited.
Camera: Fujifilm X-T1
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 800
Photo: Jeff Carlson
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Here’s an example of an extremely wide panorama. It was assembled from 24 portrait-oriented images, and measures 31282 x 4073 pixels. This copy is saved at 50% size to fit within Squarespace’s file upload limits. See below for a detail.
Camera: Fujifilm X-T1
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Photo: Jeff Carlson
Detail from the extreme panorama above, viewed at 100% in Lightroom.
Camera: Fujifilm X-T1
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Photo: Jeff Carlson
Here are two examples of panoramas shot at the same location using different cameras: a mirrorless Fujifilm X-T1 and an iPhone XS. The first one looks better to my eye, but also required that I haul my camera, lens, and a portable tripod on the hike. -Jeff
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On Top of Sleeping Giant, Kauai
Camera: Fujifilm X-T1
Shutter speed: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Photo: Jeff Carlson
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iPhone XS Panorama from the top of Sleeping Giant, Kauai
Camera: iPhone XS
Shutter speed: 1/1800 sec
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 25
Photo: Jeff Carlson
