The Shoot + Stitch

I have shot the images for my panorama and started to stitch them together. I took a total of 65 images for this panorama. I placed the camera at the top end of the restaurant, starting at a wall. I then moved around in a clockwise motion, which passed a close window. This window reflected the whole back of the restaurant which created a really nice reflection effect, and as the camera pans round the restaurant just goes further and further back. I think this shoot was very successful.


The stitching process wasn't that hard to be honest, but time consuming. Working with this many images, layers, and layer masks, was not a quick process. As I had so many images I could take out key points, and use that in the final. For example, this pillar here is made of 3 different images.

The windows, doors, curtains and tables have been really easy to stitch together, with not much problem. By using layer masks with different opacities of brushes, I have been able to stitch the whole panorama together. The only problem I faced was the wallpaper by the mirror, but to fix this I simply copied it, mirrored it, and pasted it. This isn't immediately obvious but when looking closely at the panorama you can notice the repeated pattern of the wallpaper (looks a little like a dragon face). I feel this fix was simple, and effective.