Shooting for Vertical Panoranas

[jvora]

How are vertical panos shot - Is it as simple as I think, i.e. tilt the camera vertically or is there a more precise approach.

Thanks,

Jai

[Nacnud]

How are vertical panos shot - Is it as simple as I think, i.e. tilt the camera vertically or is there a more precise approach.

Thanks,

Jai

Do you mean ones like this?
[attachment=9506:0804pano9.jpg]
About a dozen shots in landscape format, starting at my feet and trying for 50% overlap with the previous image.
Hand held and auto exposure.
Stitched with Autostitch - free and seamlessly joins differing exposures.

I've found it's almost impossible to tell which vertical panoramas are going to work till I've stitched them together.
Most don't end up being anything like as good as I had hoped for, but some come out very nicely indeed.

[jvora]

Do you mean ones like this?
[attachment=9506:0804pano9.jpg]
About a dozen shots in landscape format, starting at my feet and trying for 50% overlap with the previous image.
Hand held and auto exposure.
Stitched with Autostitch - free and seamlessly joins differing exposures.

I've found it's almost impossible to tell which vertical panoramas are going to work till I've stitched them together.
Most don't end up being anything like as good as I had hoped for, but some come out very nicely indeed.

Thanks - Yes ! I plan to do this for some architecture - I have experience with horizontal panos, but not with vertical ones - Seems like I had thought, its the same except instead of Rt to Lt ( or vise-a-versa ), it top to down ( or vise-a-versa ).

Thanks,

Jai

[JeffKohn]

It's pretty much the same concept, rotating the camera up/down instead of left/right. You still want to rotate on same axis as the entrance pupil if possible when using a tripod. Any pano rig that can do multi-row should also work fine for verticals. I use the RRS Omni-Pivot Pro package which makes it pretty easy.

Getting a natural looking stitch with a wide-angle lens can be a little more difficult due to the large vertical angle of view you have and the "keystoning" inherent from pointing the camera up/down. Pano software will try to compensate for this but sometimes the result doesn't look quite right. I've found it works better with normal or telephoto lenses.

[jvora]

Hello Jeff :

Thanks - The tip on using a medium wide to a normal lens for better results is a good one !

Thanks for confirm the shooting technique as well.


Jai

It's pretty much the same concept, rotating the camera up/down instead of left/right. You still want to rotate on same axis as the entrance pupil if possible when using a tripod. Any pano rig that can do multi-row should also work fine for verticals. I use the RRS Omni-Pivot Pro package which makes it pretty easy.

Getting a natural looking stitch with a wide-angle lens can be a little more difficult due to the large vertical angle of view you have and the "keystoning" inherent from pointing the camera up/down. Pano software will try to compensate for this but sometimes the result doesn't look quite right. I've found it works better with normal or telephoto lenses.