Minimum height to take a 360 pano

[CJenk42]

Does anyone know the minimum height to take a 360 pano?

 

[Qoncussion]

Does anyone know the minimum height to take a 360 pano?

I've been shooting 360s for a while now, and have found that there is no one height that applies. If you fly low, objects like mountains and communications towers look amazing when they rise above the horizon. Flying high gives favor to capturing a greater landscape.

I've posted this 360 too many times here, but what can I say? I like it ... I shot this in October. A week before, I shot this from 300ft AGL, and it was boring. This was shot from around 90ft, which allowed the big comms tower to jump out a bit. The actual target of this shot is the smaller green tower, where we perch ourselves to watch for fires in the county. From 300 ft, the towers were boring to look at.

Banner Mountain Lookout Tower, Nevada City, CA [v6c]

I shot this yesterday from 300ft, where it gave me a better perspective of the field. This is where I do much of my flying.

Bear Valley Snow, March 11, 2018

Edit: and yes, my Mavic photographs the sky for a full 360x180 view:

 

[CJenk42]

I've been shooting 360s for a while now, and have found that there is no one height that applies. If you fly low, objects like mountains and communications towers look amazing when they rise above the horizon. Flying high gives favor to capturing a greater landscape.

I've posted this 360 too many times here, but what can I say? I like it ... I shot this in October. A week before, I shot this from 300ft AGL, and it was boring. This was shot from around 90ft, which allowed the big comms tower to jump out a bit. The actual target of this shot is the smaller green tower, where we perch ourselves to watch for fires in the county. From 300 ft, the towers were boring to look at.

Banner Mountain Lookout Tower, Nevada City, CA [v6c]

I shot this yesterday from 300ft, where it gave me a better perspective of the field. This is where I do much of my flying.

Bear Valley Snow, March 11, 2018

Edit: and yes, my Mavic photographs the sky for a full 360x180 view:

Thanks. I was going to take one inside a building. I just wasn't sure if the building was tall enough. Your 360s are awesome. Thank you for your reply.

 

[dirkclod]

Not sure what you are using to do them CJ but I use Hangar and saw one
posted here at what they said was 10' so I tried . Sun wasn't overhead so
it didn't come out well and tried one at 5 ' just to see what it would look like
and wasn't good at all . Seemed my mavic was drifting slightly . Might have been from the prop wash I don't know but am going to try 15' next and see how it does .

 

[Qoncussion]

Not sure what you are using to do them CJ but I use Hangar and saw one
posted here at what they said was 10' so I tried . Sun wasn't overhead so
it didn't come out well and tried one at 5 ' just to see what it would look like
and wasn't good at all . Seemed my mavic was drifting slightly . Might have been from the prop wash I don't know but am going to try 15' next and see how it does .

I contemplated trying very low altitudes, but always came to the conclusion that if I can shoot it with my cell phone at 5+ft, then I don't need to launch to get the shot. There is something magical about shooting from the air. I saw one of your (I think it was you, @dirkclod) little planet images, where towers rose up from the horizon of the image... That's what I'm talking about. I really like that perspective. This is the same 360 I posted above. I do like shooting these below large objects to get that rising effect.

 

[dirkclod]

Nice one right there .
This is what got me started wanting to do lower 360's and was done by one of our members . Just got me wanting to see what I could do .
@lisadoc did it.
Hangar 360 photos from around the world.

 

[Qoncussion]

Nice one right there .
This is what got me started wanting to do lower 360's and was done by one of our members . Just got me wanting to see what I could do .
@lisadoc did it.
Hangar 360 photos from around the world.

Nice! I hadn't seen that one.

 

[CJenk42]

I contemplated trying very low altitudes, but always came to the conclusion that if I can shoot it with my cell phone at 5+ft, then I don't need to launch to get the shot. There is something magical about shooting from the air. I saw one of your (I think it was you, @dirkclod) little planet images, where towers rose up from the horizon of the image... That's what I'm talking about. I really like that perspective. This is the same 360 I posted above. I do like shooting these below large objects to get that rising effect.

That's crazy. I need to try one like that.

 

[MichiganMavic]

I contemplated trying very low altitudes, but always came to the conclusion that if I can shoot it with my cell phone at 5+ft, then I don't need to launch to get the shot. There is something magical about shooting from the air. I saw one of your (I think it was you, @dirkclod) little planet images, where towers rose up from the horizon of the image... That's what I'm talking about. I really like that perspective. This is the same 360 I posted above. I do like shooting these below large objects to get that rising effect.

That is one mesmerizing shot! Nice work [emoji3]

 

[Oyibo VFX]

I make a lot of panorama images and use Standard 91 meters

 

[dirkclod]

I had been till I saw those Roo's . Tried again this morning at 20' and at 83' with my Phantom but was so windy they didn't come out right . Was just moving drone to much I guess .
Hangar 360 photos from around the world.
Hangar 360 photos from around the world.