Study on How People Perceive and Evaluate a360° Panoramic Scene Divided into 47 Various Co mpositions

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify:(1) changes in poople's scenic perception, (2) changes of people's scenic evaluation and (3) the relationship between the two. This was done by showing viewers scenic landscape photographs which were taken from the same place but the composition of them change horizontally gradually. First, 47 scenic photographs for questionnaire were processed from panoramic film (more than 360°) taken at Ushiku Nature Sanctuary in Ibaraki Prefecture using a rotatory camera (SOLECTA PANOSCOPE 35). Then, two kinds of questionnaires were performed. The answers are analysed applying an average linkage cluster analysis and a method of paired comparizon. As a result, it was found that the way of scenic perception has three stages. It was also found that changes of evaluation fluctuated more or less relating to the composition of primary scenic objects. And finally, it was suggested that there is a close relationship between the segments of perception and the fluctuation of evaluations.