I just thought this was so drastic that it would be really neat side by side to share with you all. The big thing is that I actually liked both options so I merged and edited both options.
Which one do you like best?
CYLINDRICAL vs SPHERICAL
Often the projections end up being somewhat the same outcome with cylindrical coming up with slightly taller images... but in this case it was way taller.
There are only 3 panorama projection options in LIGHTROOM and I only use Lightroom to edit pictures I don't have photoshop or any others... i did try a AutoPano software but not having DNG support for panos was a non-starter. I had to have the merged image be DNG/RAW.
14MM PANOS
I haven't done too many panoramas using a 14mm so I'm just now seeing how they interact in Panos... for milky way and star shots the 14mm is pretty handy specially since my SIGMA 14MM is a f/1.8
I know you can't tilt them too much but all in all it's gonna take some practice with the 14mm to see what works best for panos. If you have lots of experience with 14mm panos please feel free to share tips in the comments.
CYLINDRICAL
SPHERICAL
THE SCENE
From my recent trip to the Needles District of Canyonlands.
I'm just now going through the images which includes merging some of the panoramas.
Haven't even gone through and selected my favorite images yet so stay tuned.
Incredible! Thank you for sharing!
Ooh nice. If you could get more of the foreground I think the cylindrical would be super rad
well i did a bunch of other panoramas that morning so I'm sure I got some with more foreground
Rock and Raoul!
Omg! I want to continue seeing the others, this image is wonderful, I like CYLINDRICAL
Well thank you... it does give a lot more sky which is nice!
I like the spherical. The wider panorama look of it is great. Also, the light pollution on the horizon is brighter which makes it look more interesting in my opinion.
Interesting it does take up a larger portion of the picture which does emphasize it doesn't it?
Wow I kept going back and forth. I like them both. Amazing to be able to see the sky like that!
Great shot!!
Thanks. And also for the resteem!
So amazing shots indeed!! Thats really cool, i impressed of your photography
wow really awesome nightphotography. 100% like upvote and resteem
I really love this dude.
Spherical, from the images you posted I can’t tell if some of them are stars, iso noise or chromatic aberration... so my vote is based on composition and what I can tell from a technical perspective given the resolution of the images provided. Excellent Job, I can never get that much of the galaxy.
Interesting idea... it certainly does distort the ones toward the top.
You all know that remark "5 (billion) stars hotel", right?! :OOO
p.s. love the second photo.
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I tend to use the spherical, the cylindrical does some wonky things in the preview so I rarely use it.
Do you normally use spherical more on your non-night panoramas. Because I think I use cylindrical a majority of times in general.
I'd like to say that I do use it more for day time panos, but honestly I don't know. I usually select both and see which preview looks better. I think cylindrical works better for longer focal lengths.
Hi there,
Cylindrical for my part. Spherical squeezes the milkyway to much in my opinion. Also I think the white balance is a bit on the cold side if I'm allowed to comment on that. The scene and the composition is nice, like the way the "ground arch" and the milkyway follow each other.
Cheers, Erlend
Thanks for letting me know which projection you liked more!
I never tried the lightroom to merge panoramic shots but I see it can do a good work. I am using PS and merge the frames manualy, it takes much more time but I can have a control over all distortions or ghosts... I will have to check this in LR.