I finally have Photoshop again and I've been working on some manual blending. Here are three examples...photos are from the Lake City, CO area. Please give me feedback on how natural they look! The pano is not a blend, but was taken on top of Mt. Elbert. I was VERY impressed with how CS3 blended this. My faith in Photoshop's ability to make panoramics has been restored. Thanks for looking:
Posted by Momo Vuyisich on August 22, 2010 at 11:48 AM
To me, the first photo looks great. If anything, I would slightly darken the LRC slope. The second one looks great. In the third one, I am puzzled by the light FG and very dark mountain slope. Maybe that's what it looked like, but it looks unnatural. The pano is spectacular. Thanks for posting.
Posted by John Mumaw on August 22, 2010 at 1:15 PM
You did a fine job of blending these, Justin. I wouldn't have known had you not mentioned it, and that's a sure sign that you were successful.
#3 has me puzzled as well...thought your blending might include more detail in the shadows of that slope.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on August 22, 2010 at 1:51 PM
I'll break from the previous comments and say that I really like #3. The layers and the vertical pano treatment (I normally don't think of taking vert pano comps) are striking. I wouldn't change a thing. I can see quite a bit of shadow detail present in my monitor, but the dark area also showcases the light on the peaks above nicely. I love finding these partly cloudy, spotlighting types of situations like the one you have here. I'm more confused with #2. The tree trunk on one side and the rock face on the other are a bit jarring. The image leaves me wondering what the intended subject was supposed to be. #1 is a cleaner rendition of the scene IMO.
Nice Elbert stitch. When did you visit? I was up there on Wednesday and have been working on a pano of my own from my trip. The view is spectacular up there and you did it justice. You also had fewer jet contrails than what I had to deal with!
1 and 3 are done very well. I see some haloing along the rock faceand sky on the right and the edges of the tree, but I struggle with this every time I blend, too. All have nice comps and color. That pano is great!
Thanks everyone for the comments. I really appreciate your constructive feedback. #2 isn't my favorite comp either, but the blend really gave me some good practice. I've received similar feedback on #3 about not seeing enough detail on the mountain slope...I'll revisit that. Thanks again!
Posted by Jack Brauer on August 23, 2010 at 9:08 PM
#3 is sweet... I think the whole lower portion of that one could be brightened a little... and maybe the saturation punched up just a tad too?
Posted by Dan Walters on August 25, 2010 at 11:26 PM
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11 repliesLarger versions of the Lake City shots can be seen in this folder:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinger/sets/72157624633822928/
Larger version of the pano can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinger/4893023806/sizes/l/in/set-72157624633807700/
#3 has me puzzled as well...thought your blending might include more detail in the shadows of that slope.
Nice Elbert stitch. When did you visit? I was up there on Wednesday and have been working on a pano of my own from my trip. The view is spectacular up there and you did it justice. You also had fewer jet contrails than what I had to deal with!