Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Click for larger image “There’s something about the shape or aspect ratio of panoramic photographs that always makes you slow down for a closer look. Most of the pictures we view on a regular basis in print or online are invariably horizontal, in 3:2 or 4:3 rectangular aspect ratios, which can be visually digested with a quick pass or two of our eyes. The visual data contained within wider-aspect panorama photographs, however, is distributed across a field of view (FOV) too wide to absorb in a single glance—let alone in two or three glances—depending on the subject matter. In addition to their attention-grabbing aspect ratios, panoramic photographs catch our attention because panoramic images are quite similar to the way we see the world, through horizontally aligned eyes. The human eye, depending on the owner’s health and physiology, takes in a field of view of about 90 to 95°. Our eyes work together to capture a combined binocular field of view of approximately 120°, separated by an interpupillary distance of about 54-68mm, when looking straight ahead. Combined, our eyes can take in a more expansive angle of view (AOV) of about 180 to 200° when both eyes pan left and right in unison.” Read more about ‘The Tools and Techniques of Panoramic Photography’ on B&H InDepth.

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“There’s something about the shape or aspect ratio of panoramic photographs that always makes you slow down for a closer look. Most of the pictures we view on a regular basis in print or online are invariably horizontal, in 3:2 or 4:3 rectangular aspect ratios, which can be visually digested with a quick pass or two of our eyes. The visual data contained within wider-aspect panorama photographs, however, is distributed across a field of view (FOV) too wide to absorb in a single glance—let alone in two or three glances—depending on the subject matter.

In addition to their attention-grabbing aspect ratios, panoramic photographs catch our attention because panoramic images are quite similar to the way we see the world, through horizontally aligned eyes.

The human eye, depending on the owner’s health and physiology, takes in a field of view of about 90 to 95°. Our eyes work together to capture a combined binocular field of view of approximately 120°, separated by an interpupillary distance of about 54-68mm, when looking straight ahead. Combined, our eyes can take in a more expansive angle of view (AOV) of about 180 to 200° when both eyes pan left and right in unison.”

Read more about ‘The Tools and Techniques of Panoramic Photography’ on B&H InDepth.

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