Here are two shots from this morning and two from Monday. This first one is an 18 stitch image, trying to make up for not having the 5D Mark II. It is amazing the detail a shot like this holds with that may images; however I sometimes have trouble editing these composite images. Any thoughts on how I could improve the editing? Larger Version
Sunset at Forest Canyon Overlook on Monday. If you look closely you will see some little issues caused by flare. Any thoughts on how to deal with that? Here's a larger version: http://imagesofrmnp.com/photo.php?id=1161&gallery=vertical
The veiling flare at the bottom of the last shot can't really be fixed. It affected the color balance in that area and to remove it would require some of the red be removed from the rock. But I don't really think its that big a problem. Otherwise, I'd say you got yourself a nice set. And 18 shots from a 5D are kinda overkill on a 5DII.
What kind of editing trouble are you having? If its just slow or locking up, memory and scratch disk affect that. I regularly process large 4X5 scans on my 1.86GHz Core 2 duo PC with 3GB RAM and a dedicated video card. Those files can hit 2-3GB with adjustment layers and luminosity masks and would be in the same neighborhood as that first shot for image size.
Thanks Mel. I'm not having any trouble with my computer, as I recently built it for this purpose. I just don't feel like my stitched images "feel" as right as my single shots. It is sort of a "cartoon" effect and I can't quite figure out what causes it.
Hi Erik,
Great images, I especially love the last one! As far as editing goes, I can't help you there...I am still clueless about editing, and don't even have photoshop yet! Although I, too, have cloned out that same power antenna in a couple of my own shots from this area lol.
I love the contrast of the dark clouds and the lighting on the peaks in your Moraine Park shots.
The last image is gorgeous. I barely even notice the flare, and it definitely doesn't kill the image. I would hang this on my wall any day.
An 18 image stitch? Holy crap! So what are you using for stitching software and how long does it take to process that monstrosity? I don't see any evidence of a cartoon look...or have you done more post processing to get rid of it? I've never had such a problem with the paltry 3-5 image stitches I've done in the past with PS CS3. There's a thread here giving some suggestions on different ways to fix flare. Probably the best advice was Mr. Mumaw's suggestion to look at Tony Kuyper's tutorial on color cloning to fix it.
Wow, that first shot is gorgeous even at this size, and must be mind-blowing in full detail! I really like the last, too, especially in the larger version. I'd be curious to here what success you have treating the flare, but I don't see it detracting much from the shot for most viewers.
Erik, excellent detail! Nice image, I am still impressed with how well your 10-20 image stitches come out. Which focal length did you use for this one 100mm? I assume you used AutoPano Pro to process it? It handles images like this amazingly well.
Hi Jim! Yep, I used AutoPanoPro. I was shooting at about 200 mm. I've been fixing up dust spots and found that some of the front images aren't quite as sharp as I hoped. Hopefully it is still usable up to a fairly large size.
Wow! the first one would be great in anyone's collection, but just good in yours because of all the superior stuff you have. But then you do it as an 18-image stitch with that kind of detail? I say again: WOW! Then the Highway-7 shot and the sunburst shot are so typical of you, as in, absolutely incredible. Great stuff, Erik!
The first one seems to lack a bit of depth in the colors. Is that what you are refering to. Of course that just might be my monitor. At least compared to the single file. Maybe it's just a different level of contrast, or even just the lighting. Hard to say at this size. I think they are all really good. Don't get your perspective out of whack, we all would like to have these shots, Erik.
I cant even stitch 2 images so its all impressive to me. I like the colors here. I really like that forest canyon shot, might be worth a bit of effort to tame the flare. In CS4 i would try playing with 'replace color' by sampling the offensive colors, usually its a matter of just selectively desaturating the flare area but other minor tweaks could be needed as well. It wouldnt be a perfect fix, but i think you could get it in pretty good shape.
Nice Velvia colors. If you're working with tone mapping, shadow/highlight, tone masks, and so on, these types of edits can easily produce a "cartoon" look. Such edits can dramatically change the relationship between dark shadows and the rest of the tones. That's what I see in the first image. You've got some deep blacks in the darkest shadows, but then everything else seems to shift towards the lighter tones (except for the upper 1/4). It's pretty subtle, but that's what I see. However, in #2 the tone seems very even.
Not much you can do about the flare, really. Any color shifting/cloning would just result in some dramatic noise around the flare.
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18 repliesWhat kind of editing trouble are you having? If its just slow or locking up, memory and scratch disk affect that. I regularly process large 4X5 scans on my 1.86GHz Core 2 duo PC with 3GB RAM and a dedicated video card. Those files can hit 2-3GB with adjustment layers and luminosity masks and would be in the same neighborhood as that first shot for image size.
Great images, I especially love the last one! As far as editing goes, I can't help you there...I am still clueless about editing, and don't even have photoshop yet! Although I, too, have cloned out that same power antenna in a couple of my own shots from this area lol.
I love the contrast of the dark clouds and the lighting on the peaks in your Moraine Park shots.
The last image is gorgeous. I barely even notice the flare, and it definitely doesn't kill the image. I would hang this on my wall any day.
Not much you can do about the flare, really. Any color shifting/cloning would just result in some dramatic noise around the flare.
Sweet images, all and the last two are extraordinary.