I have been trying out different techniques of creating Little Planet panoramas. I have started to do this as the one Little Planet I have produced has created a lot of interest. So here are some of my trials:-
This is a version produced using HDR processing techniques. The colour looks fine but there are problems with movement of the tree branches. One thing I have learnt is to try and avoid overhanging branches – some of this has been cropped out. The hole in the bottom is because the stitching software rejected the photos of the ground where the tripod stood.
For this one I have separately processed the ground and patched it in – not very successfully:
And here is a similar image but processed using single, not HDR, processing. Not too bad but I prefer the HDR versions. The patched area is more distinctive:
Always one to experiment, I tried a view inside the polytunnel. This time the stitching software accepted the ground images and produced a ‘hole-free’ image:-
This one is a single-exposure version – lots of brown mud:
And this one had the images processed using HDR techniques:
With this one I used the stitching software to straighten up the doors a little.
I have learnt a lot from this exercise that I will put into practice with the next trial.