I've been looking for the right scene to capture the wide open feel of a prairie setting in a pano and finally found one yesterday. An hour before sunset, there appeared to be few clouds on the horizon - certainly nothing like what you see here. It wasn't until after the sun had sunk below the horizon that the color began to light up. I'm glad I stuck it out now.
I am curious about your take on the aspect ratio - whether the presentation is too long, and the lack of any prominent fg element to anchor the image. Any other comments on light etc. would also be appreciated. Thanks for looking.
nice job, Bill, sticking it out, I think it was worth your effort; I'd consider taking off the darkest parts of the left side; no fg element doesn't bother me, perhaps because that is the norm for me :)
Posted by Daniel Loomis on July 17, 2009 at 11:05 PM
What I can see I like . . . but I really need to see a larger version. Can you provide a link?
Bill, a really nice view, if you could lighten the left side, I think if would be even stronger.
Posted by Brad Mangas on July 18, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Hi Bill,
There is no question I like this. Your concern about a prominent fg anchor "may" be slightly justified, one always does seem to provide a visual anchor as such. My personal feelings have always been the beauty of big space, wide open beauty of the prairie. Pano's such as this brings that into wonderful prospective. The blazing star even in this small web version make themselves a wonderful inclusion in the foreground and gives me a nice feeling of just how open the land truly is.
It appears slightly dark to me on my screen anyway. But I've always like that look compared to the slightly bright look.
It is definitely a winner in the prairie pano class, no question. A wonderful sight and very enjoyable to view.
Bill really a beautiful image, well done. You might crop some off of the left side and a little off the top where there is no clouds. I think it would make it a little stronger comp and show more of the prairie and close in on the great clouds. A classic pano ratio is 3 times wider than tall, also I agree a larger image to view would help to see the details. Those are my thoughts hope it is helpful. Where is this at by the way.
Bill..I like it. I can see where cropping off some of the left would seem like a good idea, and perhaps it is, but coming from a printer's perspective...The dark on the left is going to print out nicely. It will help, in my opinion, to give it a feeling of the expanse..Very nice job..The blazing star anchors it well too
Posted by Ken Bachman on July 18, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Bill, at first I thought that cropping off a little on the left, especially since it looks so dark, might help. Then I cropped it by holding some dark paper against my monitor and it looked totally different. I bet a larger version of this on a dark background looks great. Great job blending and stitching.
Although a foreground object might have been interesting, the lack of one doesn't hurt the image as far as I am concerned, especially in a pano, since the point of the picture is to emphasize the vastness of the prairie.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on July 19, 2009 at 4:17 PM
The only thing wrong with this is that we can't see it really large to appreciate it more fully. The light on the prairie seems very good to me so by extension the sky at left must be very representative of the darker tones one would expect with the light coming in from the right.
No nits here, I'd just like to see this in print and really big!
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10 repliesI am curious about your take on the aspect ratio - whether the presentation is too long, and the lack of any prominent fg element to anchor the image. Any other comments on light etc. would also be appreciated. Thanks for looking.
D2x; 24-70mm; blend of two 5 shot stitches.
There is no question I like this. Your concern about a prominent fg anchor "may" be slightly justified, one always does seem to provide a visual anchor as such. My personal feelings have always been the beauty of big space, wide open beauty of the prairie. Pano's such as this brings that into wonderful prospective. The blazing star even in this small web version make themselves a wonderful inclusion in the foreground and gives me a nice feeling of just how open the land truly is.
It appears slightly dark to me on my screen anyway. But I've always like that look compared to the slightly bright look.
It is definitely a winner in the prairie pano class, no question. A wonderful sight and very enjoyable to view.
Best,
Don
Although a foreground object might have been interesting, the lack of one doesn't hurt the image as far as I am concerned, especially in a pano, since the point of the picture is to emphasize the vastness of the prairie.
No nits here, I'd just like to see this in print and really big!