Posted by Bryan Maltais on December 7, 2009 at 2:58 AM
I'm back from Utah; thanks to all who gave me advice on the area! I've really become hooked on panoramics lately. Not only is it a new challenge, but it's like taking my little 10mp and turning into a 50mp. Here's what I came up with, tell me what you think guys:
Posted by Grant Collier on December 7, 2009 at 4:00 AM
Some nice stuff here! It's kind of eerie how similar some of these shots are to ones I've taken. (and I haven't posted my own shots online, so I can't even accuse you of copying me ) I have very similar shots taken from pretty much the exact same spots as you have in the 5th and 7th images. Plus I have somewhat similar shots of #'s1, 2, 4, and 6.
One small nit is that some of the star shots seem to be in the netherland between points of light and full-fledged star trails. I prefer them to clearly be one or the other.
Great panoramas. How long was your exposure of Park Avenue? And how dark was it already? I am trying to learn how to take landscape shots with stars in it, without having trails.
Posted by Doug Andrews on December 7, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Nice panoramics. I especially like the one at Park Avenue.
Posted by Todd Caudle on December 7, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Great collection, Bryan!
Posted by Brian Jackson on December 7, 2009 at 10:59 AM
First one is really great! Nice set.
Posted by Art Escobado on December 7, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Park Avenue is sweet with the leading lines-great sense of depth.
Posted by Bryan Maltais on December 7, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Thanks for the feedback guys. Grant, maybe similar brain patters take the same shots ? I agree with you about either star trails or points of light. I wanted to do star trails, but my camera produces terrible noise, and purple corners on exposures above 2 minutes. I shot the night scenes at 90 sec, f/5.6, iso 200. It was late at night, but there was an extremely bright moon. Corinna hope that answers your question.
I did not want to step up to iso 400 to get sharper stars, again because the noise produced would have been unacceptable for large prints. I need to upgrade, but Nikon hasn't made it worth my while yet.
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Here are some direct links to a few of the panos:
http://www.wildernessshots.com/galleries/new/images/garden_of_eden_panoramic.jpg
http://www.wildernessshots.com/galleries/new/images/park_avenue_panoramic.jpg
http://www.wildernessshots.com/galleries/new/images/dead_horse_point_pano.jpg
One small nit is that some of the star shots seem to be in the netherland between points of light and full-fledged star trails. I prefer them to clearly be one or the other.
I did not want to step up to iso 400 to get sharper stars, again because the noise produced would have been unacceptable for large prints. I need to upgrade, but Nikon hasn't made it worth my while yet.
Michael
Really great stuff you have here, Bryan.