Create Panoramic Photographs

Stitch Together Photos Taken With Any Digital Camera

© Harry P. Schlanger

Lake Victoria, NSW Australia, http://www.chockstonephotos.com/Panoramas.asp

Beginning photographers can create inexpensive, knockout panoramic views with a simple digital camera by stitching photos in a standard graphics program like MS Paint.

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Panoramic photography can be created with a sequence of pictures taken from a still camera. The product is a stimulating wide-range aspect of an object or setting, even up to 360 degrees. Photos are taken side by side at different angles and later downloaded to the computer via the USB port for stitching together in a graphics program as a single seamless image.

Some cameras have the ability to automate the entire process without the need to transfer images to a software program, or one may use a video camera. However, this article only introduces the topic and presents the challenge of employing an uncomplicated camera together with adopting a simple and inexpensive technique.

Panoramic Landscapes

Many subjects are suited to the panoramic format, but it's landscape photography that tends to benefit most from this genre. The power of panoramic vistas comes from the aspect ratio: the extended width of the viewing frame, simulating a field of view similar to that of the human eye.

Basic Guidelines

Obtaining professional results can be surprisingly straightforward, provided one follows some basic rules during shooting:

Panoramic views are best appreciated when printed. Users can print on multiple A4 pages in color and physically join pages together, or send the scene to a specialist printer.

Instructions for Stitching in MS Paint

Activity

The information contained in the web sources below should be glossed over for background or detail. In summary, a panoramic photo product may be created by following theses steps:

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