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Southwest Pano

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Posted by Rick Lundh on June 17, 2007 at 1:33 PM
Mark got me excited about doing panos in CS3 and I tried one out. OMG! It is way way too easy now! This here is 10 shots. The frame is 5 shots wide, approximately overlapped 1/3 upon eachother...with exposures taken for the sky and the foreground. I didn't think it would blend the dual exposures very well, but it did! This surely wants me to take more panos!

It's pretty big, so here's the link to the image:

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6096613-lg.jpg

make sure you expand it to full res in your browser...dont let it leave it resized to fit IE
Posted by Erik Lundh on June 17, 2007 at 1:52 PM
Thats pretty impressive there Rick. I can't wait to get CS3.
Posted by Marc Adamus on June 17, 2007 at 1:56 PM
I love the expansive view, puffy clouds, contrasting colors and opposing buttes keeping the eye heading in.
Posted by Curtis Knight on June 17, 2007 at 2:01 PM
Real nice work Rick. I want to see this printed big, hanging on a wall. let me know when that happens :biggrin: :toast:
Posted by Rick Lundh on June 17, 2007 at 2:12 PM
Maybe Mark will print this for me 6 feet long for $10 :biggrin:
Posted by Darren White on June 17, 2007 at 2:16 PM
Excellent!!!!

Posted by Ryan DesJardins on June 17, 2007 at 2:32 PM
Very sweet! I've done a couple panos and agree CS3 does a great job with them. Nice work Rick!
Posted by Mark Hudon on June 17, 2007 at 3:07 PM
Maybe Mark will print this for me 6 feet long for $10

Don't hold your breath.

So, five shots across but two shots of each, one for the sky and one for the foreground? You just selected them all and it did this?

Holy Jamollly!
Posted by Rick Lundh on June 17, 2007 at 3:13 PM
Yeah..I know...its crazy! I dont understand how it blended the clouds since they were moving so quickly...
Posted by Zack Schnepf on June 17, 2007 at 3:25 PM
Very cool, I gotta try this new feature. Image looks great!
Posted by Tom Kloster on June 17, 2007 at 11:46 PM
The sky blend is very impressive -- a real weak spot on earlier versions of Photoshop, in my experience. One more reason to buy an upgrade, I guess. Really nice image, Rick. This would make for a gorgeous print!

Tom
Posted by Mike Stovall on June 18, 2007 at 2:15 PM
That's amazing that it will blend the exposures, too. :eek: I love those clouds, too.