The Convent Gallery - Daylesford, Victoria, Australia - 10 Panorama Tour

    Hi all,

    I have been lurking the forums here for a while now; Lots of very knowledgeable people here producing some incredible work.

    Anyway, I have recently decided to throw my hat in to the ring and try and pull some commercial clients for virtual tours.

    This is my first attempt at building a tour, constructive feedback is more than welcome and highly appreciated. I would love to develop both the photography and krpano aspects of my skills to a professional level so comments on both are again greatly appreciated.
    The client is a friend of mine and I am using this to form part of my portfolio to attract clients.
    Here is the virtual tour:
    The Convent Gallery
    Cheers,
    Marcus

    Edited once, last by bendyclickr (February 16, 2010 at 11:49 PM).

    I agree with the previous comments. HDR is really important for making the difference with basic 4 shot tour builder. But if you have shoot in RAW format perhaps you don't need to re shoot it. just develop your picture at 5 different exposures and after blend them.

    Have a try, it make all the difference (exemple : http://www.vizyon360.com/tour/hotel_thassos)


    Bye,
    David

    Hi there, I think the panos in this tour are very good, crisp and sharp with great colours.
    I tend to agree that HDR will help with the light coming in through the window. However, this can be over done and if it compromised the quality of the interiors then I'd not bother.
    A fine balance can be struck.

    I think they are brilliant as they are.

    Great work.

    Thanks.

    T12

    Liverpool based panoramic photography, virtual tour and
    web media organisation specialising in high quality web experiences.

    Thank you all for taking the time to comment and make suggestions. HDR is a new technique for me, I have tried it a couple of times without any really good results. With the shots in the tour I struggled with trying to get a good balanced exposure, it was a real struggle with the overcast blown out day it was outside.

    I will start working on my HDR technique, trying to produce images without looking fake. Does anyone have any suggestions for producing top HDR images? What software should I be using? Photomatix (HDR or Enfuse?) or Photoshop HDR?

    Finally, what are you thoughts on the overall layout of the tour? Is it "slick" enough to sell as a commercial product? Is it lacking anything or does it contain too much?

    Thank you again for your feedback and comments.

    Cheers,
    Marcus.

    just use PTGUI. take 3 shots onsite for each image or you can shoot 1 in raw then use photoshop or lightbox to create a +1 and -1 exposures. load all images into ptgui and use exposure fusion not hdr. the end result will be much better. i used that technique on this tour i created. http://www.virtualnorthland.com/panos/flagship…iver/index.html windows are not perfect but much better than all white.

    +1 I operate with the same software in the same way *smile*

    As regards commercial potential, I think your work is excellent and won't have a problem marketing on that example.

    My only other comment is that I'm not a fan of scrolling thumbnail galleries. I think they confuse everyone except geeks. There's plenty of room across the bottom, so I'd just line up the thumbs there. But I know I'm probably in the minority on that idea.

    Quote from Richard

    My only other comment is that I'm not a fan of scrolling thumbnail galleries. I think they confuse everyone except geeks. There's plenty of room across the bottom, so I'd just line up the thumbs there. But I know I'm probably in the minority on that idea.

    Ok, I have changed the scrolling thumbs and implemented a custom thumb solution down the bottom. What do you think?

    http://www.view360vr.com/convent.html

    I had a look at processing the raw files +/- 1 but the highlights were too overblown to save anything. I will reshoot a couple of the shots with +/- 1.5 next time I am there.

    Figuring out I need a new computer for PTGui to process faster :)

    You don't need PTGui for the 'HDR'. Just use enfuse to fuse the images. It looks very good! If you're using windows, you can try downloading enfuseGUI. It's free (ptGUI is not). First shoot the pictures, then fuse and then stitch them. That's the fastest way.
    You can also use hugin together with enfuse, they're both free.

    Nice panorama's!

    Quote from Richard

    Beautifully done. Perfect interface imo. *smile*

    Cheers Richard, I am pretty happy with it.


    Quote from maaike

    You don't need PTGui for the 'HDR'. Just use enfuse to fuse the images. It looks very good! If you're using windows, you can try downloading enfuseGUI. It's free (ptGUI is not). First shoot the pictures, then fuse and then stitch them. That's the fastest way.
    You can also use hugin together with enfuse, they're both free.

    Nice panorama's!

    Thanks maaike. Developing my skills in both photography and panoramas on the run :)

    I have been looking at Photomatix and using PTGui to do the enfusing, results look promising so far.

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