Close foreground details makes for heightened drama.

I’m learning that QTVR panoramas are similar to using a very wide angle lens in conventional photography. Meaning that if the foreground is devoid of close, sharp details, likely as not the result will be disappointing.

The broken limb in this example – visible when the panorama first opens, was so close to the fish eye lens that it actually touched the front element at one point as I tried to gain a reasonably solid position for the tripod in what has to be years of dead leaves on the ground. Once again HDR techniques were used in this very challenging lighting.

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