Vertical pano

The great cathedral in Ely, England is the third largest in the country, and it's quite impressive. It took 100 years to build the cathedral starting in 1083. This is a 10-frame vertical panorama of a portion of the massive interior. To do a vertical pano, I hold the camera horizontally and overlap the frames by about 50% to give the software enough information to align the segments perfectly. I start at either end of the cavernous room, and when I reach the portion of the ceiling directly overhead, I turn 180 degrees and continue down the other side. Photoshop magically assembles the various frames into a striking, graphic image. There is distortion, of course, but the net effect is pretty compelling. My settings were 1/100, f/1.8, and 1250 ISO. I used a Sigma 14mm wide angle lens for the shots.