Shrubbery view (720nm IR)

It appears that, being out with a camera and climbing through and over fences and stuff is something that just goes together for me. I do, or have to do it a lot!

That's what this experimental pano is, literally IN the fence and thicket that seperates two steep meadows. I'm still surprised how well my manual tested-out infrared infinity focus with the Tamron works, the panoramic view is totally misleading here, I'm in the bushes essentially, how the depth of field (24mm, f/6.3 on DX) goes to infinity and captures the branches and ground close by is really weird.

There was also some wind, which usually means one of two things: Just executing the pano and it is what it is, or thinking about it and adjusting on the fly. Sort of planning the sequence according to the sun, cloud movement etc. then adjusting as I go, e.g. redoing certain segments I know were affected by wind right in the middle, cause waiting for 'the perfect moment' is futile most of the time and likely leads to frustration.

That's why it's best to stitch all the projects and make previews (quick and dirty) as soon as possible, so that I have these things still in memory. Reconstructing the mess later on can be a lot of unnecessary effort.

 

 

Source for this pano is a ~200° field of view, 33 piece, ~343,8MP mercator projection, down to 8:5 with 13279 x 8300px and about an 160° angle.

 

Nikon D90 (APS-C, fullspectrum mod)

Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di ll VC HLD

Hoya R72 (720nm infrared pass-filter)

ISO200, 24mm, f/6.3, 1/2sec

(therefore 36mm full frame equivalent)

tripod, panorama head, remote (ML-L3)

Done