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A couple of mates and I did our annual hairy mens trip a couple of weeks ago. This year it was to South -East Tassie for a paddling and hill climbing expedition. The first 2 are pano merges of 10 & 12 shots respectively. Assembly in CS3 C&C please

The last one is fantastic. The reflection off the bay really makes it.

The second one doesn't do much for me; I wonder if the border colour is to blame.

Nice work Steve. Looks like you picked the weather

Hi Steve,

a classic shot of Wineglass Bay, beautiful. I would probably try to just up the saturation in the blue of the sky to really make it pop.

The second one is also very good but I think the rocks take over the pano, too much imho. The hills in the distance get over powered. I would try to crop some fo the bottom rocks out maybe and do a bit of curves adjustment in the colours to bring out the colours in the upper half.

Great stitching jobs on those panos.

Last one is great, wouldn't change a thing

The borders in the first two detract from the nice shots you have, but that's just my taste anyway.

Would have been a great trip. I'll be there at the end of April, so I hope to get good weather like you did.

cheers,

André
(edit: fixed spelling)

All very nice, great presentation too.. I'm also a fan of the last one. Really like those kinds of tones in images.

The tonal quality and reflection in the last one together with it's simplified composition makes this a terrific image.
cheers
marco

Great shots of that area I reckon.

My comments

#1 - The sky blues seem to be a bit washed out and vary slightly side to side in intensity.......
#2 - Please consider changing the border colour, and try to get more colour out of the Hazards - there is a lot of colour in them in the right light.
#3 - Very nice and moody. I have some great sunset shots from the Freycinet Lodge area looking back over the bay to the west...... the water usually has just enough movement to get great reflections too.

Thank you all for the comments. It looks like my first attempt at borders was a bit of a flop. I will play around with the first 2 and see what I can come up with.

Gorgeous images. Tourism Tasmania should have a look at them.

Steve

I'll be brutally honest. When I first looked at this post all I noticed was the borders.

Once I got past that I realised there are some high quality images there too. Stick to light white or cream - how often do you see stuff framed with coloured mounts

So now I've got that off my chest - #1 is a fantastic pano nicely framed and cropped and great use of the colours. For me #2 is the weak link I'd have liked more sky and less foreground for a stronger image since (for me) the mountains are the subject not the rocks and the crop here empahsises the rocks. #3 has a wonderful subtle dreamy quality to it and is a great example of how a similar crop to #2 is right for this (the foreground is the subject for me in this one - go figure!)

Thanks for looking beyond the hideous borders Peter.

I think that I missed something with the 2nd image, perhaps its was the title. The pink algae on the rocks is meant to be the feature of the shot - you only see that stuff where there is next to no pollution. It is a sign of a pristine environment. The mountains were really there to give it a locational context. Maybe I can have another crack at it if I ever go back