Neslon Bay Panoramas

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Neslon Bay Panoramas

Postby aim54x on Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:49 pm

Just a few stitches...not sure what to make of them...critique WANTED!

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These are from the summit of Mt Tomaree
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This one is from Gan Gan Lookout
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Re: Neslon Bay Panoramas

Postby Remorhaz on Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:14 am

#1 - crop off the left bit - cool clouds tho
#2 - the best of them I reckon - how nice is that water - the horizon feels like it tilts up tho
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Re: Neslon Bay Panoramas

Postby Matt. K on Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:34 pm

These are very saleable landscapes. Fine art photography.
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Re: Neslon Bay Panoramas

Postby aim54x on Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:04 pm

Remorhaz wrote:#1 - crop off the left bit - cool clouds tho
#2 - the best of them I reckon - how nice is that water - the horizon feels like it tilts up tho


Thanks Rodney, I will have a play...and yes the water looked amazing!

Matt. K wrote:These are very saleable landscapes. Fine art photography.

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Re: Neslon Bay Panoramas

Postby biggerry on Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:24 pm

aim54x wrote:.not sure what to make of them...critique WANTED!


Stand clear, Critique COMING :

The first two images are by far the stronger of the set, the last is pretty much a nice grab shot but from a presentation POV, I would suren it.

The first two have some nice curves and suit the panorama format quite nicely, my first and lasting impression was the need for some judicious cropping, as the saying goes, sometimes, less is more. For the first two, try cropping some from the left and right, maybe work with the 16:9 ratio, they both have lots of space in them, which is not a bad thing, however it may well be just a matter of balancing this a bit better with the crops.

The third image, i would not change anything, it's a nice shot, captures the vista, whilst not a mind blowing image, its still very pleasant.

I do wonder how these scenes would work at sunset or sunrise, could be the difference between 'yeah nice pix' and 'holy fukola' :)

Zenith beach...that's the name of that place i was trying to remember :)

good to see some images from the trip away.
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Re: Neslon Bay Panoramas

Postby aim54x on Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:47 pm

biggerry wrote:
aim54x wrote:.not sure what to make of them...critique WANTED!


Stand clear, Critique COMING :

The first two images are by far the stronger of the set, the last is pretty much a nice grab shot but from a presentation POV, I would suren it.

The first two have some nice curves and suit the panorama format quite nicely, my first and lasting impression was the need for some judicious cropping, as the saying goes, sometimes, less is more. For the first two, try cropping some from the left and right, maybe work with the 16:9 ratio, they both have lots of space in them, which is not a bad thing, however it may well be just a matter of balancing this a bit better with the crops.

The third image, i would not change anything, it's a nice shot, captures the vista, whilst not a mind blowing image, its still very pleasant.

I do wonder how these scenes would work at sunset or sunrise, could be the difference between 'yeah nice pix' and 'holy fukola' :)

Zenith beach...that's the name of that place i was trying to remember :)

good to see some images from the trip away.


Thanks Gerry, I always start off with as much as I can get stitched together, then get some opinions as to how to crop for whopper printing...i am tempted to work on #2 for a big print for home.

Yes that is Zenith beach, I didnt get there for sunrise/sunset though unfortunately. It was a great trip, wish I have more sunrise/sunset opportunities...next time
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