Buffalo Creek Pano

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 22, 2012126 views5 comments

Yesterday morning at Buffalo Creek Wildlife Management Area. Because of all of the wildfires that sweet very early sunrise light has been largely blocked lately. This morning I shot some sunrise images because of the red sky and then waited. This area finally had some decent light falling on it, so I tried a pano of the area. This is four images stitched together in PSE9. There is some saturation work to bring out the colors and the final image is cropped to 90% of original. All comments and critiques are appreciated.

Canon 40D
Sigma 17-70
All settings on manual
Shutter 1/8
Aperture f18
ISO 400
54mm
Tripod and shutter release
Polarizer

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on August 22, 2012 at 6:09 PM

A tough subject, Rich. I think ive been up there while storm chasing, cant recall. Anyhow, the light on the buttes is really nice, too bad the smoke kind of grays out the sky, some richer blue might have been nice. I think you might have been better off shooting from within the warm light, cause theres a bit too much shadow up front here for my tastes (and evidently a lot of silent viewers too

) But its a good effort, i just think there might be some more potential here. Maybe next time try to avoid the parking area down below too...

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 22, 2012 at 7:55 PM

Just want to clarify something. The open spot in the image is not a parking lot. The Fish and Wildlife dept. plants some plots of grain for the Elk and other wildlife.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on August 23, 2012 at 10:15 AM

I meant a parking lot for elk

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on August 23, 2012 at 8:34 PM

I guess I missed this one somehow, Richard. Unfortunately panoramic images don't usually show their full potential with the thumbnail and size limits. The larger image sure does though. I like the warm light that bathes the landscape here. You have captured just the right amount of detail in the trees but I am glad that you left them predominately dark. I'm not sure if it is an illusion or not but the horizon does appear to be tilted.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on August 24, 2012 at 12:04 AM

I like the wide-aspect ratio of this presentation, although like more panoramas, it doesn't come across as well in the small size. The larger version helps bring the picture to life.

Registered on November 15, 2003, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments