Vista
by David Bostedo
This is part of the view from the Rattlesnake Point overlook off Skyline Drive in Shenandoah NP, Virginia. There are several overlooks, and a couple of them gave me a good chance to try some large panos in the late afternoon. This is a 27 shot pano with lots of overlap that came in at about 100 megapixels. It doesn't translate too well here, but I love shots with layered hills and got a little of that with some haze here.
Thanks for looking!
Olympus E-520
Zuiko 12-60 @ 50 mm
ISO 100
f/11
1/160 s
Tripod with Panosaurus
PS CS4 for RAW conversion, pano assembly, tone/color/sharpening/web prep
Comments
9 comments27 shots, wow!
A grand view for sure and a great pano. 27? 9x3? I'd ask why? But then detail and enlargement potential answer that question right away.
Personally, I'm wishing this was a bit brighter. I can't tell if the line of trees and mountains are under shadow of cloud cover, or it's underexposed in the landscape. The sky looks good, just the landscape looks too dark. but that's just me.
Lon
As far as the darkness, the sun was low enough, with storm clouds off to the right and behind me, that I actually lightened the landscape quite a bit. There was a big dynamic range and I probably also underexposed the ground a bit to make sure not to blow out the clouds on the right. And ideally I'll double process and re-merge. I do think it looks pretty dark on screen at small size. But as I blow it up and can see the detail it starts to look better. I didn't want to go overboard. Thanks again!
Chris