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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Justan on July 15, 2011, 01:14:43 pm

Title: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Justan on July 15, 2011, 01:14:43 pm
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Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Mjollnir on July 15, 2011, 01:42:08 pm
Quite bucolic.  Where's the farm?
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Justan on July 15, 2011, 02:51:45 pm
> Where's the farm?

You’re looking at it. In this area grasses and livestock are what is grown.
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Mjollnir on July 15, 2011, 02:53:23 pm
> Where's the farm?

You’re looking at it. In this area grasses and livestock are what is grown.


* facepalm *

No, sorry, I should have been more clear:  where is the farm located?
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Justan on July 15, 2011, 02:56:27 pm
 :D

The location is Enumclaw, Washington.
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: LesPalenik on July 16, 2011, 09:59:55 pm
Beautiful shot of a scene that just cries for panoramic format.
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Mike Guilbault on July 19, 2011, 07:20:23 am
Is this cropped, stitched or shot on a panorama camera?
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Justan on July 19, 2011, 09:32:34 am
Thanks for the comment, Les!

Mike – it’s a stitch of 8 images.
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Mike Guilbault on July 21, 2011, 07:01:16 pm
Beautiful.  Although I've been a pro for over 20 years, I've just gotten interested in stitching 'panos'. Lots to learn... but exciting possibilities!
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Justan on July 22, 2011, 09:53:43 am
Thanks very much!

I've been learning how to do panos for a little over a year now, and continue to learn with every session. What I like most about them is that they permit illustrating a scene closer to how the eye sees than does typical single frame photography.

I also love a technical challenge and panos offer no end of that, plus, best of all, it is a true delight to produce something such as the image above. The large version is roughly 2’x6’
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 22, 2011, 11:33:25 am
Somehow that tobacco tone makes it even more rural and pastoral. Nicely done! Reminds me of the early days of Cokin's gradual filters, when the tobacco one was all the rage.
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: panoraview on July 22, 2011, 01:14:26 pm
Very nice image. I like the warm sky, gives the scene a sense of order and calm.
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: John R on July 23, 2011, 07:57:27 pm
Yes, quite lovely. I agree with Slobodan and I recall the tobacco filters. And if I am not mistaken, you did an earlier posting of this same scene. It almost looks like it was shot in the rain, which I quite often do. It is funny how I seldom think of shooting with Panos in mind, even though many of my landscapes are amenable to such treatment. I will keep it in mind next time I am out and give it a try.
Title: Re: Recent early morning farmscape study
Post by: Justan on July 25, 2011, 12:22:39 pm
Thanks for the kind comments! No filter was used in the production of this image but I did change the color balance a bit in ACR

>And if I am not mistaken, you did an earlier posting of this same scene. It almost looks like it was shot in the rain, which I quite often do.

I've done a bunch of farm shots and the one you’re referring to was a different farm as I've only shot this particular farm, one time. The image here was shot under very quickly changing light conditions. When I was setting up, the clouds thinned enough at the top so that one could see mountain peaks above, but by the time I started the sweep, the clouds had obscured the peaks.

> It is funny how I seldom think of shooting with Panos in mind, even though many of my landscapes are amenable to such treatment. I will keep it in mind next time I am out and give it a try.

A lot of your techniques would adapt very well to panos!