{"id":9650,"date":"2025-05-26T17:44:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9650"},"modified":"2025-05-26T17:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:44:34","slug":"trying-out-my-diy-panorama-head-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9650","title":{"rendered":"Trying out my DIY panorama head in the garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have been learning how to use my new DIY panorama head by photographing close-up panoramas (that I call Nearscapes) in the garden. Some have worked technically in that the images stitch together well; some have failed – I will show examples of both. I am beginning to understand what works as subject matter as well – only by trying these things will I develop my skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First a set of photos taken in the garden with a cheap 10mm fish-eye lens. 2 stitched together well and 2 that failed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blue-violet campanulas (trailing bell flower) growing against a low wall taken with a cheap fish-eye lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The underside of a patch of rhubarb taken with a cheap fish-eye lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next 2 are where the stitching failed – this I have marked with red lines and squares:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plants in pots and trays outside the greenhouse waiting to be planted out: Taken using a cheap fish-eye lens
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Blue-violet campanulas (trailing bell flower) growing against a low wall. In this case the bright sun and sunbeams have confused the stitching. The trough also has stitching errors. Taken using a cheap fish-eye lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next set were also taken in the garden (on a different day) but this time using the kit zoom lens set at 15mm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flowers and other plants in a raised bed. The edging is straight, the curve is caused by perspective distortion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A scene in one of the beds in the garden including a concrete ball and an urn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A similar scene to the previous but with a wider angle of view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These next 2 are taken of house plants and less hardy plants under a canopy by the house:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A view of plants under a canopy by the house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A similar view to the previous but taken from a lower viewpoint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These next 2 show the setup for the last view:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Showing the camera setup for the previous photo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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Another view of the setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This has been an interesting exercise – I have learned much. But I have discovered a slight misalignment of the lens axis to the pivot point. So I will need to rebuild the pano head…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been learning how to use my new DIY panorama head by photographing close-up panoramas (that I call Nearscapes) in the garden. Some have worked technically in that the images stitch together well; some have failed – I will show examples of both. I am beginning to understand what works as subject matter as … Continue reading “Trying out my DIY panorama head in the garden”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,90,52,117,50,71,3,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-close-up","category-fish-eye-lens","category-garden","category-house-plants","category-nearscapes","category-panoramas","category-photography","category-staffordshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9650"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9668,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650\/revisions\/9668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}