[iheiramo]

[robgski]

Cropping images off the Ricoh Theta creates some great panoramas.

[Kevin B123]

An older one of mine in early light.

[idfox63]

Shirafuji / White Wisteria Tunnel at Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi (about 2 hours from Tokyo by train). Taken last May with K-3 II & DA 21mm Limited, 5 photos stitched with Photoshop CS6. This was one of my first attempts at making panoramic photo, so there's a lot of distortion due to my poor technique (poor composition, not overlapping enough, and using too wide-angled lens without considering the distortion it makes, just to name a few). This is the current "best" looking result I can get after correcting and editing it in post and there are still distortions in a number of places... Well, I've learned my lessons the hard way, and I've also got another reason to plan another trip to Japan, hopefully next year.

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[alfa75ts]

Cropping images off the Ricoh Theta creates some great panoramas.

I rather like it, but the shadow feels a bit wrong given the position of the sun.

[jquill]

5 Shot Hand Held Pano of Edinburgh taken from the Edinburgh Castle

[SoonerCaniac]

Shirafuji / White Wisteria Tunnel at Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi (about 2 hours from Tokyo by train).

I guess my eye isn't well-trained to spot the "poor technique" and distortion because I think this is a wonderful pano! IMO, from someone who has never see the park in person, I rather like the composition and lighting! I think the wide-angle offers a unique perspective.

Well done!

[idfox63]

I guess my eye isn't well-trained to spot the "poor technique" and distortion because I think this is a wonderful pano! IMO, from someone who has never see the park in person, I rather like the composition and lighting! I think the wide-angle offers a unique perspective.

Well done!

Thank you! I'm glad you like the pano! Actually I intended the pano to include more of the pathways in the foreground, leading to the distance (the end of tunnel should have been on around the bottom right intersection of the rule of thirds) to emphasize the sense of depth and the abundance of the Shirafuji flower racemes dangling down. But since I used the DA 21mm lens, the pathway in the foreground is pretty much distorted. Also since I didn't overlap enough when taking the pictures, when merged in photoshop the resulting picture visually doesn't make much sense with the straight pathway getting warped. The distortion on the bamboo bar & pole joint on the left (with the weirdly angled, uneven-sized tube lamp on top of it) is a remnant of the problematic distortion that I'm still unable to correct in PP. So the result is a picture that's quite different than what I envisioned in my mind.
But yeah, all in all, this picture is easily one of my favorites too, with all the lessons learned - and also the memories! I was among the 5 or 6 photography enthusiasts (mostly Japanese) who patiently waited until the park's almost closed, set up our gears, took pictures, and then ran like hell to the train station so we don't miss the last train to Tokyo. Those were good times
I would really recommend visiting Ashikaga Flower Park if you ever go to Japan in late April / early May. Tickets and lodging are quite cheaper since the Sakura season has ended (Sakura blooms around late March to mid April), the park is easily accessible by train, and the park itself is a macro paradise during the day and at night their majestic wisterias and the illumination are nothing short of astounding!

Here's my first attempt at making pano (6 photos from K-3 II & DA 21mm, stitched with photoshop), with one of the park's oldest Wisteria as the subject:

[RobG]

Cropping images off the Ricoh Theta creates some great panoramas.

Cool shot! I'll have to try this.

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Shirafuji / White Wisteria Tunnel at Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi

Great shot! What an amazing wisteria! I've never seen anything like this in Japan.

[wtlwdwgn]

2 landscape image merge.

[rayallen]

2 landscape image merge.

That is a superb image, Steve. Very easy on the eye.

[Benz3ne]

From around 15 or so images (I tend to massively overlap so I 'don't miss' anything). Could've done better with the focus, truth be told, but light was fading fairly quickly.
Works out to approximately 95MP.

Taken with the M-50/1.4 on the K-70.

[wtlwdwgn]

That is a superb image, Steve. Very easy on the eye.

Thanks Ray!

[aaacb]

4 horizontal images that overlapped significantly and in the end I cropped the right side more than I thought I would. first developed flat tiff in darktable, stitched in hugin, then tiff processed again in darktable
da 40 and k3ii, leveled tripod head carefully before taking the shots

[timb64]

iPhone 6s