Saint-Lizier Go Round!

I like making this! Another kind of panorama, the panorama planet at 360 degrees! Fun to do. This one has been done in the small village of Saint-Lizier again, in France, Midi-Pyrenees. You can see the cathedral, the Prince-Bishop's Palace (the big one on the right with the towers), the village itself and part of the Pyrenees mountains.

Basically, to have this small world in one single picture, I have done a 360 degrees panorama with 12 photos which I merged together with a software, made the final image a square (e.g. 3000x3000px, don't bother keeping the aspect ratio then, the picture will be highly distorted), gave it a 180° rotation and applied a Polar Coordinates distortion filter. And voilà!

I noticed one small issue though. The little green place right in the middle of the planet (where you can see the bench) is distorted/warped on the lower side. This is right where I was standing with the tripod which means that if you are too close to an object (in this case the small surrounding) wall, it will be heavily distorted and everything around (and close enough) will be like... sucked in!

Fundamentally not really an issue but I prefer the center to be clearly round

Feeling upside down? That's ok! ;-)

Any question, feel free to ask, I'll be glad to answer you!

Enjoy!

For each individual shot: ISO 400 - 18mm - f/8.0 - 1/13s

Panorama from Saint-Lizier, a wider view

Here's the panorama I was talking about in my previous post. It has been made with five (vertical) photos merged together with the help of a software. It is mainly showing a sunset, a dramatic sky and the (very) small commercial area of Saint-Lizier. Please click the image for a larger view.

Enjoy the wide view in France, Midi-Pyrenees.

For each individual shot: ISO 200 - 18mm - f/3.5 - 1/500s

The blue sky is gone

So I'm still on that nice little spot in the small village of Saint-Lizier, very nice spot where the only thing you want to do is making a super giant panorama as the view extends in front of your eyes offering you a beautiful sunset. I made that panorama which I'll upload soon. This one is just on the left of the sunset, sun is hiding behind the mountains, throwing away its golden light and with a bit of tones manipulation the blue haze turned into that amazing brownish haze...

This is one single image cropped with a 16/9 ratio which is a ratio I like for landscape photography.

Saint-Lizier, Midi-Pyrenees, France.

ISO 400 - 40mm - f/10 - 1/200s

Hiding behind the mountains

The sun is now slowly setting down, leaving you with warmer tones and astonishing colors, sometimes revealing a ray of light throughout the clouds. A call between meditation and contemplation.

Above image: ISO 400 - 35mm - f/11 - 1/125s

Bonus :) Here on the left is a zoom (just a few minutes later) on the right bright area of the sunset. The effect is pretty cool, it looks like the forest on top of the mountains is on fire.

Click the image (as all the other images) for a larger and better view.

Left image: ISO 400 - 134mm - f/8.0 - 1/80s

Sunset in Midi-Pyrenees

I went a bit lower in the village until I reached that spot, I had to hurry before the sun went down too much. And that goes faster than you may think ;-)

ISO 400 - 40mm - f/16 - 1/640s