I am in Scotland right now to begin my photo tour here. Today I photographed the interior of the 12th century St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. This is an HDR panorama image of the ceiling. I shot 6 different 'panels' comprising the panorama composition, starting from a ground-level shot on one side of the cathedral and, overlapping each image about 50%, I continued arching my back as I shot higher on the ceiling. At mid-point directly above me, I turned 180 degrees and continued creating more panels until I reached ground level at the opposite side. Each panel consisted of a 7-frame HDR sequence with one f/stop increments. I had to use HDR because the contrast in the cavernous interior was significant. I used 3200 ISO so my slowest shutter speed was 1/45th of a second. This was fast enough with a wide angle to create a sharp picture. I used a 16-35mm wide angle lens set to 16mm. I then processed each panel with its 7 bracketed frames in Adobe Camera Raw using the command Tools > Photoshop > Merge to HDR pro. Once all those panels were completed, I then turned those 6 panels into a panorama in ACR using Tools > Photoshop > Photomerge. All frames used for the final composite were made handholding the camera. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO SEE ITS ENTIRETY.
10 Comments
May 21, 2019, 5:48:09 PM
Jim - I'll have to try that, Maria. I didn't know that. Thank you.
May 21, 2019, 5:21:33 PM
Maria - Jim, in ACR, you can select ALL the images, and it will merge them and pano in one step.
May 20, 2019, 12:10:33 AM
Jim - That’s what I did, Maria. But that made each panel HDR. Then I had to make the pano.
May 19, 2019, 6:23:07 PM
Maria - Outstanding!!! Could you have done this with ACR Merge to HDR Panorama?
May 18, 2019, 1:49:02 AM
Jim - Thank you very much, Linda.
May 17, 2019, 7:07:35 PM
Carol Nichols - Absolutely incredible. I’ve never seen anything like this.
May 17, 2019, 7:47:32 AM
Eileen - Stunning image
May 17, 2019, 3:02:42 AM
Jim - Thank you very much, Bob. And thank you, too, Linda.
May 17, 2019, 12:22:12 AM
Bob Vestal - Magnificent image, JIm. Thank you for explaining the steps from capture to final image in detail. Lots of care and patience!
May 16, 2019, 11:54:02 PM
Linda Purdom - That is truly Amazing!!!