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richard wrote:

Here's a few pano's taken on some recent trips. The Lighthouse is is Maine. The rest are in Canyonlands, and Arches in Southern Utah. Enjoy. . . .
Richard

Most of your panos can be softly commented…
But they are not titled. The whole series can be commented…
Then it becomes very difficult to make any observation  !!!
Most of the time we would like to say something about one pano… not linked ones…
What a pity to not be able to just point to one or two images

BTW I'd like to make comments on
http://www.autopano.net/forum/postgalle … pano29.jpg
or this one
http://www.autopano.net/forum/postgalle … pano35.jpg

But no titles are helping me

Last edited by beeloba (2008-11-10 03:45:35)

Hi Richard,

Beautifully composed. I love the grand canyon shot, second from top, gorgeous!

T

My computer is a Linux machine so all of the photo's have been doctored with the 'Gimp'. I also used Picasa beta3 for the size compression and uploads. The pictures were all taken as jpegs. If I had the time I would have shot them all 'raw' and manipulate them in the 'raw' format mode with other software. The pictures that look 'overexposed'  I assume you mean the  areas where the picture is washed out is because some of them were
shot in shadows darker than the pictures reveal. It's tough to get an 'average' balance when you have very bright light areas and very dark shadow area's because of where the pictures were taken in relationship to the sun's position in the sky.


Rich

BTW  I thank everyone for their remarks on my pictures. Most appreciated.

I don't know where is the shadow/highlight on the Gimp…
But maybe someone could help you…
Here is what its possible to get using that filter and the curves one.
Even with screenshots it's possible to get rid of some overexposed areas…
BTW, I love the first shot and this one http://www.autopano.net/forum/postgalle … pano35.jpg

The Petroglyphs one is very interesting because most the time people's shots must include the barrier, in being very close to the stone and making a pano, there are a lot of details shown

Last edited by beeloba (2008-11-11 23:24:24)

Would you mind telling us what is your photographic equipment - camera and it's abilities, tripod, panohead etc… That will relative answers and avoid eventual criticism!

For your answer This is not really an image stacking, but an exposure blending.
The dynamic range can only be resolved by bracketing…
If your camera doesn't support it, a very simple technic can be used (with of course, no moving subjects like leaves or tree moving and of course ghost possible subjects like people or cars) but in your case, I find that including a subject as a woman gives a good scale to the whole scenery)

If bracketing possible, use it… + 2 EV, normal EV and – 2 EV…
Blending can be made whit enfuse 'free' app, and a GUI fitting to your plat-form.
If not, make two or three times the same pano, increasing for one or decreasing the speed for the second… We will try to help you into assembling all… I mean we will try

Make tests in your bakyard or in your local area… This is basic for tests

BTW… using manual exposure helps more in bracketing than with Aperture priority or speed priority That are almost like automatic exposure, we are looking for a real average exposure… To blend them…

Last edited by beeloba (2008-11-12 20:40:21)