We visited the First Direct Arena in Leeds - one evening in June 2013. Works are almost completed for the opening and first public events in July.

We photographed this night - time exterior panorama view using the Nodal Ninja UR10 Business kit. Our technique was to take photos at 90º intervals, giving 4 points of the compass for a full rotation, at the same time 'bracketing' the shots, so taking 3 images at each point, one under exposed, one at standard exposure and one over exposed. These images were then combined, stitched and blended using 'PTGui' software, then published for web and mobile viewing using the Pano2VR software to produce the panorama above in HTML5 format for compatibility with the latest web browsers and mobile devices. (You can also see a daytime 360 panorama of the Leeds Arena here)

Hardware checklist for producing this panorama:
Sigma 8mm Fish-eye lens. Canon 550D 'crop frame' DSLR camera. Nodal Ninja UR10 Business kit mounted to EZ Leveller MKII ('Easy Leveller') onto tripod.

Location: The First Direct Leeds Arena - you can licence a digitial copy of this and other images of Leeds online via cityofleeds.co.uk

Thank you to the First Direct Arena Sales and Marketing department for making us welcome.