Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: jamesy on September 25, 2014, 09:52:26 am
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Whilst out visiting Dalby, a country town located 3 hours from the east coast of Australia, I managed to take a couple of panoramas of a wheat field. The first is before the sun disappeared (the golden hour) and the second shortly after it had set (the blue hour). I'd be interested in any people thoughts/preferences:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3903/15164095588_3d8cf6f2f8_b.jpg)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3872/15163943280_997ec4ec88_b.jpg)
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I like the second one best. It has more detail in the fore-ground and the color of the sky is more appealing to my eye. Nice image.
Chuck.
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I like the second one best. It has more detail in the fore-ground and the color of the sky is more appealing to my eye. Nice image.
+1
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Second by a country mile (pardon the pun).
Tony Jay
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Neither image is realistic. You don't seem to have processed them appropriately. Were they in-camera jpeg shots?
The first image contains unrealistically black shadows, and the second image might have nothing to do with a sunset if you hadn't mentioned it.
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Nice to see some flatlands here. One challenge is a slightly curved horizon caused by lens distortion, which appears in a panorama as a undulations. I level and straighten each horizon before stitching.
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Thanks for the comments.
Nice to see some flatlands here. One challenge is a slightly curved horizon caused by lens distortion, which appears in a panorama as a undulations. I level and straighten each horizon before stitching.
That is something I will try in the future.
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Also you can use various other techniques such as warp to straighten the horizon after you have stitched
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Grad ND Filter?
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Grad ND Filter?
Hi. Yes I used a Lee 3 stop Hard Grad ND filter.