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Monument Rock Sunrise Pano

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Posted by Scott Bean on June 7, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Monument Rock Sunrise Pano
I'm still working through photos from a trip out to Gove County in May. This is a rare sunrise photo for me and is 5 shot pano. Can't wait to get back out to this part of Kansas...

Canon 40D, Canon 10-22@22mm, f6.3, 1/160th, ISO100, HH. Stitched together with AutoPano Pro.
Posted by Scott Bean on June 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
I also worked up a BW version of this shot, what do you think?
Posted by Larry Daniel on June 7, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Scott,
I prefer the color. But I am not much into b&w. It seems it needs more contrast, brighten the light hues in the rocks might help them stand out a bit more?
Posted by Tom Kennon on June 7, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Scott, I vote for the color version. It just seems to have a better feel than the B & W shot.
Posted by Karla Hall on June 7, 2009 at 11:51 PM
I dunno...I kind of lean to the BW side on this one...I would work on the post processing a little more to punch the rocks up a bit. Great pano...The color is nice too. :smile:
Posted by Daniel Loomis on June 8, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Scott - Your pano technique is quite good. I cannot find the seams in your image! Color, density and texture are uniform throughout. Nicely done.
Posted by Ed Cooley on June 8, 2009 at 10:43 AM
I prefer the color because it shows off the great sky which is the best part of the image.

Posted by Wayne Rhodus on June 8, 2009 at 5:25 PM
I like them both in their own rights (how's that for being on the fence). I think the scene cries out for b/w conversion but this version does seem to lack enough contrast to really grab you. It's definitely worth pursuing further. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by Rob Graham on June 8, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I'm leaning towards the b/w, especially with a little more work on the contrast. Something about the sky in the color version bugs me, but I can't say what for sure. Either way, it is still a fine image, and a well done pano. My files definitely lack sunrise shots from here :).
Posted by Ken Bachman on June 10, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Scott, I'm with Larry, not too much into black and white. I like how you isolated the rocks with the bare ground in the foreground but I would try and add a little more punch to them as well if it were mine. I also like the colors of the sky and the clouds. It must have been a while before sun-up. Nice job.
Posted by Randy Wilson on June 22, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Both versions are good in different ways, although I find myself preferring the black and white because it emphasizes the primordial nature of the scene.

Are those tire tracks running across the lower left? Perhaps a larger version of the image would make it clear one way or the other, but if not, it might be a good idea to deal with that somehow.