Panoramas

Panoramic photographs are photographs which show a larger area than would usually be shown had a standard photograph been taken. Panoramic photographs can be portrait as well as landscape however the panoramic photographs which i created are both landscape but this technique can also be in the same way with portrait photographs in order to create a narrow and tall photograph. Panoramic photographs have recently become more and more popular with the use of the "panorama" feature which can now be found on a lot of digital cameras and a lot of smartphones. This feature allows the user to move the camera in either a horizontal or vertical fashion and it will take a number of photographs and stitch them together within the phone or camera itself before showing the photograph which has been taken. However, this can also be done manually both conventionally and digitally, creating panoramic photographs conventionally would mean taking a selection of photographs in either a vertical or horizontal line with each photograph overlapping slightly then laying the prints out so they create a smooth looking image. This technique can also be done digitally by taking the photographs in the same way, this time using a digital camera then opening all of the images within photoshop and editing them together to create a larger overall image from various different photographs. In order to create these image I took the photographs digitally and then used photoshop in order to join them all together to make the final images which are shown here.  

This is the first panoramic photograph which I created. This photograph is of the row of shops which is located within City Park in the centre of Bradford. As this is a large area, this would not be able to be captures with just one single shot without a very wide lens then the cropping of the sky and the ground. This means that creating a panorama in order to photograph this area was a good idea as it meant that all of the area which i wanted to photograph would be included however there would not be excess sky or ground within this image. In order to create this photograph I started with my camera in a portrait position and took a series of photographs of this area. with each photograph i took, i made sure half of each photograph was the same as the next one. this meant that when joining the images together, each photograph overlapped and meant that there would be no caps within the final panorama. Once i had gained all of my desired images, i then took to photoshop and resized each of the images and began to join the separate photographs together to create the final panorama image. As this was the first panorama image which i created, this means that there are some errors within it. Towards the left hand side of this image you can see where the two photographs were joined as the sky is not matched quite right and it looks as though a cloud has been cut in half. The joining of the photographs was the main problem here as the photographs which i took seemed to join together in some parts but not in others and this made it difficult to join the images together. another problem which I encountered when creating this panorama was that when shooting this panorama, i accidentally missed a section out meaning that there would have been a small gap within the image so this mean that i had to cut the panorama a little shorter than expected. If I was to re do this panorama in particular I would look into maybe using a tripod in order to keep the camera at a consistent height and in a constant place when taking each photograph and I would take extra care when taking the photographs to make sure i did not miss any sections out again. Overall, despite the mistakes i made during this process, i am happy with the outcome and I will use the knowledge i have gained from the mistakes and learn from them in order to better my future panoramic photographs.

This is another panoramic image which i created by taking a seried of portrait photos then joining them together within photoshop. This panorama was created in the exact same way as the previous one. This photograph is of the back of the City Hall building. I chose to take a panoramic picture of this as this is an old building meaning it fits in with the old meets new architecture project which I have been given and i chose to photograph it so it was displayed as a panoramic image as again, the area i was wishing to capture was far too wide for me to be able to capture this building in its entirety with just one single shot. This panorama is better than the first i created as i feel thst i learned from some of my mistakes however it is still not perfect as towards the left of the image, the building seems to curve and look a little wonkey which is due to me accidentally changing the angle of the camera whilst i was taking the photographs. luckily this is the only section of this panorama which was affected by this problem. aside from this minor problem, this panorama seems to fit together very well and i feel that it fits together a lot better than the fist one which i created and i feel that this is due to the experience gained when creating the first image. In addition to this, when taking the photographs for this panoramic image, I did not accidentally miss out any sections which I would have caused blank spaces within the panorama, this means that this panorama was not unintentionally cut short like the first one which i created was. Overall I feel that this panorama is a lot better than the first i created due to experience and practice and I am quite happy with the way this panorama has turned out and im sure with each panorama i create in the future, more and more improvements will be visible.