Panorama Photo

Not a whole lot of fall colours left on October 21 when we got to this favorite little stop of ours. I had photographed the panoramic view from the roadside here more than once, but published only one version in this group (see Pano #28217 - which was taken earlier in fall)

Once I got past my initial shock of having missed the colors I launched my new drone, pretty much vertically above from where I had previously taken my pano.

With aerial photography I always consider there is a trade off between more altitude (which provides a greater view) versus less altitude, which gives a better feel of the landscape's hills.

Anyway, I ended up with only one (spherical) pano here - This image is simply a cropped version of the sphere. Currently I own only one battery, so flight time is quite limited. The DJI Mini 3 Pro is quite a marvel and comes pre-programmed to capture all the shots required for a Spherical (Kugel-) pano automatically. GPS and stabilizer will keep the drone in the same location in flight, except when the winds are really strong. The drone can capture vertically down but not fully vertically up. Still I had to get creative for the Zenith point only occasionally.

I can understand if certain participants in this group feel sceptical about drones. I mean they (other peoples' drones) can be a pain in the butt. But so can other people with the traditional cameras or smartphone cameras in tourist hotspots.

In Ontario we generally don't have Aussichtsberge (because most of the few hills are naturally covered in forest. Aussichtstuerme are very rare. Going airborne for a panoramic view is almost necessary then.

I don't think using a drone to gain some altitude is cheating. Aussichtstuerme are not a natural feature of the landscape. Almost everyone in this group is taking advantage to air travel to get to their destination of choice. If those aids are accepted, show should be using a drone.

My original discovery of Panorama photography goes back approximately 40 years, when as a young teenager I saw the work of pioneering Swiss Photographer Emil Schulthess. He used a custom built, rotating large format camera, was able to 'borrow' a helicopter from the Swiss government (i.e. army). Fancy stuff before digital was invented. But regardless, those pictures are of timeless beauty. You may be able to find the book for cheap at an antique book seller: Emil Schulthess: Swiss Panorama.
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The full size 160MP Spherical pano is published on 360cities:
https://www.360cities.net/image/minden-lake-haliburton-highlands-ontario-canada