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Zen buddhist stone garden at Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto, Japan.Part II of series "Japanese Sacred Monuments"
Manually composed from 18 transposed upright shots. (...see below for some info on how this panorama was done)
2010 © Wolfgang Pessentheiner. All rights reserved.
Series "Japanese Sacred Monuments"
Part 1: Meiji Jingu, Tokyo
Part 2: Ryoanji, Kyoto
Part 3: Kinkakuji, Kyoto
Part 4: Todaiji, Nara
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HOW THIS PANORAMA WAS DONE:
Original shots
This panorama was made from 18 vertical photos shot from close range (focal length 50mm). Starting on the rights side, I made 3 sidesteps to left for every new shot, covering a lateral distance of about 20m (="laterally transposed" shots). So, every photo was shot from a different point, always keeping the angle towards the stone garden the same.
Obviously, this resulted in a massive paralax shift between the wall in the background and the stones in the foreground. This made it impossible to stitch these shots in the traditional way (where you need photos shot from only 1 single point and change the angle towards the motive).
Manual stitching
Stitching was done in Photoshop using layers and masks.
First I stitched the wall resulting in kind of a "frame" for the actual stone garden. For doing the wall I needed 4 separate 'rows' (gable/roof/wall/border stones at the bottom of the wall) in order to avoid obvious stitching errors and to keep the different elements of the wall at level.
After that I "arranged" the stones in the foreground within this frame, using other photos I took at the same visit as a reference.
Technical infos
Time needed from start to finish: approx: 40 hours
Number of layers used in Photoshop: approx. 60
File size of the psd project file: 2.5 GB
Full resolution: 20161x4322 (without the black frame)
Processed on Mac Pro (with 12GB RAM)
Photos
Nikon D90
Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM
Hoya HD CIR-PL polarising filter
Shot in RAW
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Comments: 18
Hi wmp80,
I came across an image from your website and I'm interested in purchasing the image, Part 2, Ryoanji, Koyto garden image.
I'm going to be projecting this image on a large screen and was wondering what is the highest file I can get this at and how much does it cost to use this image?
Please kindly advise.
Thank you.
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I was talking about the photo from Ryoanji--but they all look good!
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It is great to see a "whole view" that suggests the feeling of seeing the garden from the viewpoint of the abbot's room, which view is unavailable to visitors, as far as I know. I never get tired of looking at this garden. Thank you for doing this and for sharing it.
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Wonderful picture! We want more! Add to our group favorites.
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Thank you
During my 3 weeks trip to Japan I did about 9000 shots. Currently I'm a bit busy with other stuff, but maybe I'm going to upload a few more at some point
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Well, I think I am not the only one to look forward for them!
Did you go to other asian countries as well?
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Well it's enough for someone to spend its lifetime taking pictures of!
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Which software did you try ? Did you try AutoPanoPro ?
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Only have demo version of Autopano Pro... anyway, pretty soon I had to give here as well due massive paralax errors:
This pano is made from 18 single vertical photos shot from close range. Starting on the rights side, I made 3 sidesteps to left for every new shot, covering a lateral distance of about 20m (="transposed" single shots).
Just from looking at the single shots in Bridge, I knew already that any autostitch solution would be impossible due to paralax shift...
Nevertheless, I tried Automerge, Hugin and did a quick trial in PTGui & Autopano (already knowing it wouldn't work).
I ended up stitching manually in Photoshop: First I stitched the wall in the background in 4 separate rows (gable/roof/wall/border stones at the bottom of the wall) resulting in kind of a "frame" for the actual stone garden. After that I "arranged" the stones in the foreground within this frame using other photos I took at the same visit as a reference.
Time needed from start to finish: approx: 40 hours.
File size of the psd project file: 2.5 GB. (...now I really know why I spent a fortune on a Mac Pro with 12GB of RAM)
Numbers of layers used: approx. 60
Full resolution: 20161x4322 (without the black frame)
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I also do big pics but 60 layers !?!
I have "only" 5GB ram 
Anyway, the result is worth the pain, keep it up
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The wall alone is about 50 layers because it had to be done in 4 separate rows in order to avoid obvious stitching errors (pattern repetitions etc) and in order to keep the different elements of the wall at one level.
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no.. it's not wired, it's actual obvious
I have just added a short info on how the pano was done in the "artist's comment" above...
If you look at how the single shots were done, it's obvious that you can't stitch this pano in the traditional way
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