The Kumbhargaon Wetlands
Interactive Panoramas
All of these panoramas were taken panning horizontally with the Canon 7D Mark II and the EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM lens at 200mm in landscape mode at the following exif: Shutter Speed: 1/2000; Aperture:: f/8; ISO: 250; metering and white balance were manual to avoid flicker. The high shutter speed helped to freeze the birds and all I needed to ensure was that there was enough of an overlap between the images to stitch seamlessly and the horizon stayed level.
In the actual image there is no distortion and bending of the edges but that in turn leads to some bending and stretching when I convert it into an interactive panorama.
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A 16 photo panorama of the wide Ujni backwater wetlands, a shallow waste water reserve formed by the discharge of water from the Pune region dams like Panshet, Pawna, Khadakwasla, Varasgaon, Temghar, etc. This semi waste water has created a very good wetland based ecosystem supporting a large variety of water birds, both endemic and migratory, and also helped with agriculture. Nearly 300 species of endemic and migratory birds have been recorded here. The rainfall in the Pune region decides the water level in Ujni dam. Lesser the water, the shallower it is and more birds can be seen in winter.
Switch to full screen and zoom in on individual birds to see the details or hit play to automatically pan.
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A 25 photo panorama of a Great Cormorant flying across the Ujni backwater wetlands, a shallow waste water reserve formed by the discharge of water from the Pune region dams. In the background one can see the Kumbhargaon landscape and the local villagers.
I could not include the full photo here as it is almost gigapixel size measuring 27217x3379 pixels and about 92 megapixels.
Switch to full screen and zoom in on individual birds to see the details or hit play to automatically pan.
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A 25 photo single row panorama of flocks of black-winged stilts, glossy ibises, northern shovelers and some garganey thrown in for good measure in various stages of flight. I focused on the birds in flight which threw the birds in the foreground out of focus.
First the photo…
Now the panorama. Switch to full screen and zoom in on specific birds to see the details or hit play to automatically pan.
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