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Aerial Photographs Panoramas and Videos

by

James Mercer

Tromsoe, Norway



On this site I will be posting 360 movable panoramas and videos that I have taken using various multirotor Drones. Some are also taken at ground level using a normal camera tripod with a DSLR camera. They are numbered sequentially, starting from my earliest attempts (Panorama #1). As you go down the list you will see that the quality gets much better as my image capturing and processing techniques improve. This web site is at the moments very simple  since it is still under development and will hopefully improve as time moves on. The first 39 panoramas were taken from sites near the city of Tromsoe in North Norway.






PANORAMA 1
Katfjordvatnet near Tromsoe

Click for Panorama - when it opens click full screeen (last symbol on right) - confirm with "allow"








  
PANORAMA 2
Click for Panorama of Ersfjord



PANORAMA 3
Click for Panorama of Kaldfjord



PANORAMA 4
Click for Panorama




PANORAMA 5
Top of Ullsfjord, Lyngen


                                                       



















PANORAMA 6

Belvika Panorama (free hand 360 panorama)




















PANORAMA 7


Belvika Panorama (using Litchi automatic PANO (360 degree) capture function). In the PANO sub menu I choose 27 different camera angles with 3 bracketed (+2ev, 0ev and -2ev) images at each angle. Each of the 3 bracketed images for each angle were further processed using EasyHDR3 to create a single HDR image. All 27 HDR images were further processed in PTGUI to form a panorama image which was then converted into a spherical panorama using PANO2vr. Using HTML code this was then inserted into the web site.






PANORAMA 8

Tromsdalen


Camera Details
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PANORAMA 9

Near Rekvik

MAP
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Camera Details
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PANORAMA 10
Ytre Kaarvik

MAP
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Camera Details
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PANORAMA 11

Litlevatnet above Groetfjorden


MAP
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Camera Details
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PANORAMA 12
Skarsfjorden on the Island of Ringvassoya near Tromsoe


MAP
(coming)

Camera Details
(Coming)

     
     

PANORAMA 13

Mountain pass between Kvalsund and Skarsfjorden on the island of Ringvassoya near Tromsoe

                 






MAP
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PANORAMA 14

Graveyard near Haakooybotn, Tromsoe













PANORAMA 15

Near Gravlund Haakooybotn








PANORAMA 16


Sorbotn Ramfjord







PANORAMA 17

Andersdal near Tromsoe


































PANORAMA 18
Eidkjosen near Tromsoe







PANORAMA 19







PANORAMA 20
Heinrikvik gravlund Kaldfjord near Tromsoe








PANORAMA 21
Sandvik beach at Brensholm near Sommaroy close to Tromsoe city






PANORAMA 22
Sommaroy near Tromsoe city







PANORAMA 23
Sommaroy bridge, Sommaroy near Tromsoe city



















October 2016 in North Norway. The late afternoon sun is very low on the horizon.
DJI Phantom 3 pro camera.  Manuel photography using DJI GO. Gimbal movement +30 to -90 degrees. Bracketing function (-2, 0 and +2ev). HDR rendering using easy-HDR. Stitching using PTgui and web format preparation using Pano2VR



PANORAMA 24
Floating Hotel Rig Tonsvika near Tromsoe, North Norway








































October 2016 in North Norway.  About 2pm with low sun. Difficult Panorama conditions with rapidly shifting shadows and sun glare.

DJI Phantom 3 pro camera.  Manuel photography using DJI GO. Gimbal movement +30 to -90 degrees. Bracketing function (-2, 0 and +2ev). HDR rendering using easy-HDR. Stitching using PTgui and web format preparation using Pano2VR

PANORAMA 25
Top of Finnvikdalen near Tromsoe , North Norway


























October 2016 in North Norway.  About 4 pm with low sun. Difficult Panorama conditions with sun glare.

DJI Phantom 3 pro camera.  Manuel photography using DJI GO. Gimbal movement +30 to -90 degrees. Bracketing function (-2, 0 and +2ev). HDR rendering using easy-HDR. Stitching using PTgui and web format preparation using Pano2VR.




PANORAMA 26
Bridge area leading to the small island of Haakoya near Tromsoe, North Norway

























October 22, 2016.  This was a first test with Litchi Auto Panorama function.
Total ca 210 images. First took 3 rows (started at +30 degrees and then used 20 degree gimbal angle difference for each row). 10 images on each row. Each image taken 3 times with bracketing function (+/- 2 ev). After the first 3 rows were taken I adjusted camera settings in flight and took 3 more rows and another 3 different camera tilt angles Finaly took a single row to ensure good overlap at -80 degree gimbal angle. Main problem today was  a) light conditions with low sun angle. b) no ND filter - removed lens protector. c) P3 had not always fully settled down (stabliized) between shots and causing small movement artifacts with the bracketing function. This problem has to be addressed. All in all a reasonable satisfactory test of the Litchi auto Panorama function but marred by small camera movements while taking images.


 
PANORAMA 27
Tisnes near Tromsoe, North Norway




PANORAMA 28
Straumsbukta skole, Straumsbukta near Tromsoe, North Norway







 

PANORAMA 29
Kvaløy near Villmarkssenter (Sørbotn)




































 



PANORAMA 30
Sørbotn - top of Ramfjord near Tromsoe





DJI Phantom 3 Pro using a ND4 filter, 100 ISO,  1/60 shutter, 3 times bracketing (EV-1,0,+1),
Image converted to HDR format using EasyHDR3, then allined and stitched with PTGui. Formatted for internett viewing using Pano2VR.  The imager was taken on 11th Fed in the late afternoon with the sun very close to the horizon (behind clouds).


PANORAMA 31
Nordfjordbotn, Nordfjord, near Tromsø in Northeren Norway








PANORAMA 32
Sommarøy Feb 10th 2017, low sun






PANORAMA 33
Bergsfjorden, Senja






PANORAMA 34
EISCAT Ramfjordmoen






                                              

Tønsvik er ei bygd i Tromsø kommune. Den ligger i Tønsvika, på sørsida av Grøtsundet, rundt 15 kilometer nordøst for Tromsø sentrum.

Tønsvik, a small community about 15km NE from the city of Tromsø
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ANORAMA 35






                                                                       Snarbydalen  - ca 26 km NE from Tromsø city centre on the mainland between Snarby and Oldervik
PANORAMA 36






Vikran (old ferry terminal) and Ryøya, Malangen peninsula  near Tromsø Northern Norway
PANORAMA 37






Mortenhals village, Malangen peninsula, near Tromsø, Northern Norway
PANORAMA 38






Sandsvatnet (Sands Lake), and Malangen Fjord Malangen peninsula, near Tromsø, Northern Norway
PANORAMA 39


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