Thursday, August 21, 2008

Research 22/8/2008


Here's some more research into Panoramic photography that i found using the net:

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Panoramic photography is a format of photography that aims to make images with extreme wide fields of view, but has also come to be a refer to any photograph that is cropped to a select wide angle ratio. (Wikipedia)

While there is no exact formal definition for the point at which 'wide-angle' ends and 'panoramic' starts, the panoramic image are thought to capture the field of view comparable to/greater than, that of what the human eye can see. I think that its around 160° times 75°. The resulting images are panoramic, in that they offer an unobstructed view of the area of photographic choice, but this is not necessarily true all the time however as you can create a Panorama by cropping an image and making it take the form of a wide strip. A panoramic photograph is really defined by whether the image gives the viewer the appearance of a 360 degree view regardless of any otherr technical style or definition. (Wikipedia)

This information is helpful, i find that it explains to me the basic concept of panoramic photography and presents some helpful clues on where to look for advice.



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