I attempted to climb the Longs Peak trail (again) to get to Mount Lady Washington. The snow melted nicely, until mile 2 into the trip. The trail was snow-packed, so no worries about sinking in up to my chest again. Once we got above timberline we experienced about 35MPH+ winds. After climbing a little more it turned to 50MPH+ winds. Mount Lady Washington would have to wait until next time...
Here's one from timberline looking east. Not the best composition, but this is my third attempt at this pano due to the wind.
Here's a shot of the valley in the LLC of the first photo. I was thinking of blacking out the trees in the foreground, but I think I like the minimal detail that I was able to extract. Thoughts?
Nice work, Charles. The extreme darkness of the right side of #1 kinda bugs me, but I understand why it's that way. I love #2! I think cropping from the top, just below the horizon line would help here. The horizon line is so straight that it grabs more attention than it deserves. I applaud your attempt to climb Lady Washington. It's on my list for this summer too.
Paul makes an interesting point about the darkness in the pano, but there are still trees visible in the dark blues. I would stay with what you have showing the transition from night to day. And those are some lovely warm layers in #2. I like seeing a little of the trees so I vote to not darken any more.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on June 7, 2010 at 11:46 AM
I like the hazy layering in #2. I concur with Paul about the crop right below the horizon. Seems to be a thin-line reflection upper left that might be cloned out.
Great job getting up so high despite the conditions. I really like the second image. I might be tempted to crop it to a 1/3 pano, removing some of the top and bottom.
Thanks for the input! The 1st image was photo-merged using both the cylindrical AND the perspective methods. The cylindrical made the picture more square and the perspective made the one posted above. This method was easier on the eye, but is still heavily weighted on the right. You can actually see Venus between the moon and the cloud in the shot.
The 2nd image had a lot of dead space at the top and was cropped as shown, but I agree that the flat horizon line is a little out of place. And thanks, Doug. I was thinking the same thing about the reflection toward the upper end of the picture.
I was amazed how dark the second image appeared on my work monitor, as opposed to my laptop monitor. I really had to tilt my laptop monitor back pretty far to match what I saw at work.
The final version here is much better! I really like this Charles! I was thinking of you this morning while post-holing on my way up the Longs Peak trail this morning. Some of us probably need to see a head doctor, doing what we do.
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14 repliesHere's one from timberline looking east. Not the best composition, but this is my third attempt at this pano due to the wind.
Paul makes an interesting point about the darkness in the pano, but there are still trees visible in the dark blues. I would stay with what you have showing the transition from night to day. And those are some lovely warm layers in #2. I like seeing a little of the trees so I vote to not darken any more.
The 2nd image had a lot of dead space at the top and was cropped as shown, but I agree that the flat horizon line is a little out of place. And thanks, Doug. I was thinking the same thing about the reflection toward the upper end of the picture.
I was amazed how dark the second image appeared on my work monitor, as opposed to my laptop monitor. I really had to tilt my laptop monitor back pretty far to match what I saw at work.
Thanks for the feedback, everyone!