Redhead Beach Panorama
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:00 am
Hi,
here is a pano that I have been sitting on for a while.
Click on the image for a larger version
When I initially took it, I was never happy with the stitching I was getting from PTGui or Photomerge in PS. PTGui gave me a nice panorama but the stitching in the waves wasn't great. Photomerge in Photoshop gave me a good one with the waves but the sky wasn't quite right. In the end, I ended up using PTGui for the stitching and then taking the blended and layered file to Photoshop to adjust the waves and some cropping. Nik Software's Vivenza was then used to lighten up the cliff on the left and get the colours back in the sky. In the end I was happy with the result and got it printed big on canvas. That way the stitching problems in the waves show less.
Image details:
Nikon D700
Nikkor 28mm PC-E
f/11 or f/16, can't remember and being a manual lens, it does show in the original exif
10 sec exposures
ISO 100 (on D700 that is more an approximation)
Singh-Ray Vari-ND filter, set to mid-strength from memory, in attempt to blur water.
10 vertical images
cropped to 3:1 for a "classic" pano look.
Comments welcome,
cheers,
André
here is a pano that I have been sitting on for a while.
Click on the image for a larger version
When I initially took it, I was never happy with the stitching I was getting from PTGui or Photomerge in PS. PTGui gave me a nice panorama but the stitching in the waves wasn't great. Photomerge in Photoshop gave me a good one with the waves but the sky wasn't quite right. In the end, I ended up using PTGui for the stitching and then taking the blended and layered file to Photoshop to adjust the waves and some cropping. Nik Software's Vivenza was then used to lighten up the cliff on the left and get the colours back in the sky. In the end I was happy with the result and got it printed big on canvas. That way the stitching problems in the waves show less.
Image details:
Nikon D700
Nikkor 28mm PC-E
f/11 or f/16, can't remember and being a manual lens, it does show in the original exif
10 sec exposures
ISO 100 (on D700 that is more an approximation)
Singh-Ray Vari-ND filter, set to mid-strength from memory, in attempt to blur water.
10 vertical images
cropped to 3:1 for a "classic" pano look.
Comments welcome,
cheers,
André