rbendjebar
lvl.4
Flight distance : 3170190 ft
United States
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The most important issue in making panos is keeping the Inspire stationary while taking stills, sort of like a tripod in the sky. Since most of the objects will be at infinity (any object nearby tends to complicate the problem of getting a good merge in Photoshop or Photomatix or other pano program. Wind is another problem), it is important to use manual exposure control as you pan to avoid sky brightness issues in the photo merge. If you want to increase coverage so the pano isn't too thin (stretched), take two passes of the area you want to pano, one with the camera pointed down slightly, and one pass with the camera pointed slightly up. Assuming there is sufficient overlap (at least 30%, 50% is better) you should have no issues with merging the frames in any decent application.
Remember to set exposure manually, and keep the Inspire as stationary as possible.
Good luck, and happy flying!
PS. When you get sufficiently proficient, try taking 3 or 5 shot HDR brackets, with the same pano procedure to get an HDR Pano. Be prepared for huge file sizes, though. |
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