Panoramas from Blombos Cave 2010 Excavation by Magnus Haaland

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ABOUT THE PANORAMAS:

• The photos were taken by a Nikon D700 with Nikkor 10,5mm lens.

• This gear was mounted on a Manfrotto tripod on a custom made panorama-head (Thanks Riaan!).

• Each of the 7 panoramas consists of 7 individual photos stitched using the PTGUI software.

• Each of these 49 photos were shot with 9 different exposures (441 raw photos in total)

• The 441 photos were then merged together (9 and 9) using Photomatix PRO to produce HDR photos (High Dynamic Range) and thus avoiding very light and very dark areas.

• The final 7 panoramas were edited in Photoshop CS5, and the blind spots in the ceiling and beneath the tripod were manually manipulated and overlaid by handheld images. (In order to make the 'hover in the air"-effect.)

• At last they were converted to Flash and connected together with Hotspots using the PANO2VR software.