{"id":3078,"date":"2013-04-19T07:18:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T07:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2013-04-19T07:18:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T07:18:39","slug":"mirrorball-panoramas-a-first-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3078","title":{"rendered":"Mirrorball panoramas &#8211; a first try"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been experimenting with panoramic photographs taken with a mirrorball:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3081\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/04\/mirrorball-panoramas-a-first-try\/e13_1895-x2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3081\" title=\"E13_1895-x2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895-x2-600x214.jpg\" alt=\"mirrorball panorama\" width=\"600\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895-x2-600x214.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895-x2-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895-x2.jpg 838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>This panorama was taken using a cheap mirrorball that is sold as a garden ornament. I bought it just to experiment with this kind of photography. Unfortunately, the ball was too cheap with too many distortions that made the process difficult and the result poor. However, it provided me with a little experience in the technique at a low cost so I can now look out for a better quality ball.<\/p>\n<p>The above image was composed from two photos taken from opposite sides of the ball &#8211; you can see the camera twice in the above image. An original image, as taken by the camera is below:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3079\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/04\/mirrorball-panoramas-a-first-try\/e13_1895_6_7_jtm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3079\" title=\"E13_1895_6_7_jtm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895_6_7_jtm.jpg\" alt=\"original mirrorball image\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895_6_7_jtm.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895_6_7_jtm-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>When this is unwrapped it looks like this:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3080\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/04\/mirrorball-panoramas-a-first-try\/e13_1895p1unwrap\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3080\" title=\"E13_1895p1unwrap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895p1unwrap-600x296.jpg\" alt=\"unwrpped mirrorball\" width=\"600\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895p1unwrap-600x296.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895p1unwrap-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/E13_1895p1unwrap.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Surprisingly, one shot of the ball provides nearly a 360\u00b0 view; directly opposite the camera, at the edges, the image pinches down to a point.<\/p>\n<p>Larger version of these, along with a view taken in the garden, can be seen in the testing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/panoramas\/tests\/index.php\">techniques area<\/a> of the panorama gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been experimenting with panoramic photographs taken with a mirrorball: This panorama was taken using a cheap mirrorball that is sold as a garden ornament. I bought it just to experiment with this kind of photography. Unfortunately, the ball was too cheap with too many distortions that made the process difficult and the result &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3078\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mirrorball panoramas &#8211; a first try&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-panoramas","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3078"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3085,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions\/3085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}