Thursday, 2 May 2019

panorama - How can I create a distortion-free high-resolution panoramic image of a three dimensional forest from a short distance?


I am building a house at the moment.


At the north side of the house there is a forest.


I wanted to create a very-high res photo of the forest to create a photo wallpaper (rug? what is the correct english word, large scale print to glue to the wall). I do not have any windows on the north side.


This would have a width of >10m though so I would need a high resolution.


I do NOT want a panorama with a visible distortion.


Also as the forest is quite near (see attached picture from the roof, crop of a panorama, in winter, I would take the picture in summer). rooftop picture


What would be the appropriate method to create such a picture? Focus Stacking + Image Stacking to create a superresolution pciture? Would I take pictures from multiple poings parallel to the edge of the forest to counter distortion?


Available Hardware:




  • Sony a6000

  • Sony a7 (friends)

  • different high quality lenses with different focal length

  • Gigapan Epic Pro automated Panorama head


Further Information: The photographic mural should cover the inside of the wall, viewing distance would be between 5 meters (max) at 90° up to 0,5m at 90° and everything inbetween (also other angles).


This would not have to be perfect, but "good enough"


Width would be ~15m, height between 3 and 6


An alternative would be to take an existing ultra-high-res picture of a forest and use this. Not as good concerning locality, but probably much better concerning quality of picture. Any suggestions on a source for a picture like that?


I would like the solution should be doable without heavy investment (Hasselblad, Linear Motion Camera and so on)





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