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Klopp Castle, Bingen, Germany

26 March, 2022


Die Burg Klopp liegt im oberen Mittelrheintal in Bingen in Rheinlad-Plafz. Im 19. Jahrhundert wurde der Bergfried der Burg wieder instandgesetzt und zusammen mit den neuen Gebäuden als Museeum und Stadtverwaltung verwendet.

Klopp Castle is a castle in the town of Bingen am Rhein in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. In the nineteenth century, the bergfried from the original medieval fortified castle was restored and a new building added which houses the town's administration.


Interactive Panorama of the Burg-Klopp


Interactive Panorama of the Burg-Klopp


Ehrenfels Castle, Rüdesheim, Germany

26 March, 2022


Die Ruine Ehrenfels liegt bei der Stadt Rüdesheim am Rhein und ist inmitten steiler Weinberge. Die Traubensorte Ehrenfelser ist nach dieser Burg benannt.

Der Weg zur Ruine führt durch eine wunderschöne Weinberglandschaft.

Ehrenfels Castle is a hillside castle above the Rhine near the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein. It is located on the steep eastern bank of the river amid extended vineyards. The grape variety Ehrenfelser is named after the castle.

The path towards the castle is surrounded by pretty vineyards.


Interactive Panorama of the Vineyard


Interactive Panorama of the Ruine Ehrenfels


Panorama Tutorial PTGui: Missing Zenit and Nadir with holes

25 March, 2022


The Zenit is the upward picture and the Nadir the downward picture taken to complete a full 360x180° panoramic image. But in this set, the Zenit is missing unfortunately. No picture of the sky. Only this silly Truck blocking the street view:


This results in a project with empty Zenit, and in this case for this tutorial, a Nadir with a hole due to masked shadows:


To fix this, check for a matching picture in your collection. In this case, one with sunny sky taken at about the same time. It doesn't need to be a Zenit shot. If not available, it is also possible to create an image with similar content using an image editor:


To fix the Nadir, add a copy of the current Nadir picture to the project and manually position the copy over the hole. Often the texture of the bottom is like that and using a copy works nicely:


The new Zenit from the added picture is positioned manually to cover the missing sky. You cannot use control points here unless this is a shot from the same location with matching features.


Both the new Zenit and the copy of the Nadir gets a mask to avoid wrong seam lines when the panorama gets completed:


The added areas are positioned:


The PTGui blender makes sure that there is gradual transition between the stitched pictures to make it look perfect:

The final stitched panorama.


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