> I gather from what you said that you're shooting jpg.
I long ago started shooting raw, but am and will be learning the advantages of it for a while to come....
>If you're using "automatic," the camera's going to make a different color adjustment for each exposure.
This was exactly correct! The color temp was shifting in each frame. i equalized them previously and that caused the problem. i went back and re-worked it with an eye for the results rather than the numbers, and the result is below.
This weekend has been a *very nice* opportunity to learn a bit about ACR and also how some things affect panos differently than single image shots. I also bought a book on ACR written in part by one of the member's here - Jeff Schewe. Looking foreword to getting it!
> I can't imagine that long exposure NR would produce that result, but I've been wrong before.
Correct again!
> A good tripod is a joy forever. With the weather as crappy as it's been in Florida this winter I hadn't used a tripod for months... until yesterday when I went out to a little town nearby -- Center Hill, FL -- and shot this at a long-abandoned gas station. Manfrotto legs, Flashpoint ball head. D3, 24-70mm, ISO 200, f/22,
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The subtleties of colors is very cool! The new 'pod permits me to push the lens to the limit and as long as it's out of strong wind it's stable. I'm happy enough with it that i've abandoned the idea of a pano pod. Plus a friend has a seldom used and very heavy Manfrotto pod that stretches out to about 8' that i can borrow. The bad news is that i had to switch to an internal frame pack to carry my foto stuff due mostly to the extra weight of the pod. But it's worth it!
> Nik Sharpener Pro to clobber the f/22 diffusion softening.
I used Nik Define on this shot. There is definitely more Nik software is on my horizon.
Thanks, as always for your great feedback, Russ!