Borbin the 🐱

Seaside, OR
Finally, a sunny summer day. And a busy one too! I captured a 360x180 panorama from the Lewis and Clark statue at the end of the trail.

This is a handheld spherical panorama created using the 4+Z+N method: four horizontal shots, one up (Zenith), and one down (Nadir), taken with my Nikon D700 and a Sigma 8mm fisheye lens.

Later, I returned with a tripod, only to find the statue’s base in deep shade. On my next attempt, the heads of Lewis and Clark were perfectly aligned with the flag’s shadow. A third try? The flagpole’s shadow already stretched from top to bottom of the statue. By then, the sun was low, casting long shadows across everything. In the end, the very first handheld version had the best lighting of the day.

Each image needed its own lens parameters, but parallax errors were inevitable when shooting handheld. After some careful control point adjustments, the panorama started to take shape.

Interactive Panorama Lewis and Clark, The End Of The Trail

Nikon D700 1/1000s f/5,6 ISO 100/21° f=8mm

The Trail

Nikon D700 1/320s f/9,0 ISO 200/24° 24-70mm f/2,8G f=31mm

Nikon D700 1/640s f/13,0 ISO 200/24° 24-70mm f/2,8G f=38mm

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Nikon D700 1/200s f/7,1 ISO 200/24° 24-70mm f/2,8G f=70mm

Nikon D700 1/640s f/13,0 ISO 200/24° 24-70mm f/2,8G f=55mm