I paid a visit to the Chinese Precinct in Bendigo last night during the blue hour to see if I could get a couple of nice panoramas and to test out my new Sigma 8mm f/3.5 fish eye lens.

It was a little on the cooler side and I forgot a jumper and the mozzies were hungry but I was pleased with the two images I captured.

The lotus flower is beautiful at dusk/night as the lighting enhances the look.

#1 – Bendigo Chinese Precinct 360° Panorama
Click on the image below to launch the interactive 360° version

#2 – Bendigo Chinese Precinct Panorama

Technical Details: #1
* Canon 7D + Sigma 8mm f/3.5
* Nodal Ninja 5 with RD8 set to 90°
* 1 Row x 4 shots + Nadir

Stitching: PTGui 8.3
Photoshop: Curves, Contrast & Saturation Layers. High Pass filter @ 6.0 pixels. Blending: overlay, Opacity: 55%.

Technical Details: #2
* Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 HSM @ 10mm
* Nodal Ninja 5 with RD8 set to 36° x 6 shots

Stitching: PTGui 8.3
Photoshop: Curves, Contrast & Saturation Layers. High Pass filter @ 6.0 pixels. Blending: overlay, Opacity: 55%.

Bendigo Cathedral 360° Interior Panorama #5

I picked up the new Promote© Control for my HDR bracketing and couldn’t think of a better place than the cathedral to test it out.

I made a mistake while setting up the Nodal Ninja 5 and set it to take 8 shots around rather than 6, long story short this image is the result of 150 individual images took a lot of time processing last night. (side note: just ordered the Sigma 8mm fish eye from DWI, expecting its arrival within 5 days)

Technical Details:
* Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 HSC @ 10mm
* Nodal Ninja 5 with RD8 set to 45°
* 8 x 3 Rows + Nadir
* Promote© Control Set to 6 steps @0.7EV
* All up 150 Images

I used PTGui to stitch one of the Panoramas and used that configuration file as a template for the remaining 5 Panoramas.

I then used the default settings in EnfuseGUI 2.1 to blend the 6 individual panoramas.

Photoshop:
Curves, Contrast & Saturation Layers. High Pass filter @ 6.0 pixels. Blending: overlay, Opacity: 55%.

While out in the chase of some storms I head up Mt. Tarrengower overlooking the historic Victorian town of Maldon, Victoria.

While there wasn’t much of a storm to be seen there were a couple of nice blokes from Ballarat on their motor bikes that were keen for a chat about anything and everything.

Here is a panorama from the first level of the lookout tower on Mt. Tarrengower.

Mt. Tarrengower 360° Panorama

By the way, if you are ever in Maldon and looking for something to eat, head to McArthur’s Bakery, Main Street Maldon, a trip to Maldon isn’t complete without a chunky beef or curry pie and chocolate doughnut.