An interesting and fun use of panorama photos

This is an interesting panorama because of the way I took it and how well the software put all 8 photos together into one great panorama so when I want a close up of a large object I use a panorama photo.

In the picture this mountain was quite a way from us at Quartzsite so I used the camera's telephoto quite a bit.  Because of the extreme telephoto setting it took 8 photos to make this picture of the entire mountain.

First I took 4 photos of the upper half of the mountain and the sky from left to right with a 20-25% overlap of each photo.  When I got to the right most side I moved the cameras framing down a bit to get the bottom half of the mountain keeping a 20-25% overlap between the upper 4 and lower 4 photos.  Then I started the second 4 photos keeping a 20-25% overlap of each photo which went from right to left this time.  So...eight photos total.  BTW, you will find that it is easy to judge the 20-25% overlap but you must also keep the camera level and I find that too is easy to do.

To build the panorama I put the  8 photos into the panorama software program in a random sequence because the software figures out the proper sequence on its own.  Once you put the pictures into to the program everything else is completely automatic and it only takes 5 or 10 seconds to create the panorama.  It's done using a super secret technical system called "magic."

This fun picture shows how you can get a close up of a distant object by telephotoing and making a multi-picture panorama.  I have done the same thing when standing very close to a seashore lighthouse.  The only difference is that the light house photo is vertical whereas the mountain is horizontal.

BTW, the other attached photo is a close up photo of the Paris Casino and the Arc de Triumph in Las Vegas.  It is a 4-image panorama photo.  In this case you could not get back far enough to get a decent single-photo.

The panorama  program that I use is called Image Composite Editor or ICE.  It's free from Microsoft.  I am using version ICE-1.2.2 but I just saw that they now have a newer version ICE-4.0.4 which I will probably download.  Just Google either ICE-1.4.4 or ICE-2.0.2 and you can get the free download.

It's fun, try it.

JerryF

but you must also keep the camera level and I find that too is easy to do.

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Especially with a tripod...

Thanks for sharing the nice pix, Jerry.

Nice images Jerry.  I currently have 3 different pano programs.  I'll have to download yours and try it out.

Ron, it blows my mind that the software chooses where to put the pictures.  How cool is that?

ArdraF

And they say there's no such thing as magic   Remember what Arthur Clarke said.

Jerry:  The software senses the matching pixels and puts them together.

I found an example of a close up photo of a Light House.  It was  created by using 2 or 3 photos that were put  together into a vertical panorama. 

BTW, with the Panorama software I suggested all you is take the photos with a 20 to 25% overlap and "toss" them into the software.  It knows what to do!

The second photo is even closer to the Lighthouse.

JerryF

Butting in again----  I was close up for a visit. A little story about moving the Lighthouse from the shore to more inland. See here >>> http://www.nps.gov/caha/learn/historyculture/movingthelighthouse.htm

Excuse the interruption, please.

Carson,

That is interesting.  Thanks for putting it in this thread.

JerryF

Glad you liked it, Jerry. There several You-Tube clips showing the move.  Enjoy.

Carson