Panoramas

DonaldG · 07-23-2009, 01:59 PM

Let's see your panoramas

maximum width no more than 1024px wide please

Here is one to start off with:

Durdle Door, Dorset England
(A haunt of an errant Scotsman

)

**wrench97** · 07-23-2009, 02:30 PM

Here's one I did awhile ago off the deck from our old beach house.

DonaldG · 07-23-2009, 03:29 PM

That looks like a nice place to chill out...Where is it?

**wrench97** · 07-23-2009, 03:51 PM

Wildwood Crest New Jersey on the back bay. Wildwood is an island Ocean on the front and bay in the back, it's about 8 blocks to the beach of course the beach is 4 blocks of hot sand to the ocean.

**Done_Fishin** · 08-17-2009, 02:58 PM

The Acropolis in Athens, cropped otherwise untouched

**Done_Fishin** · 08-17-2009, 03:08 PM

2 pictures taken one after the other of the same landscape .. changing the camera settings can alter the way one sees the same scene without resorting to paintshop

I like that dark broody sky and think that a photoshop job with the lighter foreground might just help make the picture .. one of the advantages of using a tripod is that you can experiment with your digital camera taking more photo's than you would do normally to see how changes affects the result.

**wrench97** · 08-17-2009, 03:20 PM

Like this?

**Done_Fishin** · 08-17-2009, 03:30 PM

You're too fast for me .. and now that I see it .. I am not quite so sure any more .. the original colouring adds to the mood, the vivid colouring above makes it look (to me) somewhat fake, like in DonG's touched up photo's in another thread!

I really must get a handle on photoshop one day to do my own experimenting. What took you 5 minutes to do now would have taken me a couple of days at my present level of expertise

Thanks ever so much so though for the effort .. really appreciated

**wrench97** · 08-17-2009, 03:43 PM

That is fairly large jump, the nice thing after you have the area selected you can make the adjustments real time to see the changes, it would probably have looked better if I left the Gamma alone and just upped the contrast.
I like to play with the buttons.

DonaldG · 08-18-2009, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Done_Fishin

somewhat fake, like in DonG's touched up photo's in another thread!

Oi! wot fakes? I'll have you know all mine are original masterpieces untouched by human hands!

Now...

This was produced by a process of my own invention. (honest) I call it "FauxHDR"

Taking the darker of D_F's images & save as 1a.jpg
Then making a much lighter version with levels pallet Save as 1b.jpg
open 1a.jpg & make a darker version & save as 1c.jpg

Then tone-map the 3 versions in Photomatix Pro.
The resultant mapped image is then given a burst of Fred Miranda's Velvia plugin and a small amount of saturation & finally a wee sharpen....

(I bet D_F doesn't like it!

)

DonaldG · 08-18-2009, 05:21 AM

You don't need good kit to make a panorama....

This one is made from 5 overlapping images taken with a mediocre 2 Mp mobile phone, hand held, not on a tripod.

Taken, processed & up on the 'net in 10 minutes!

**carsey** · 08-18-2009, 05:30 AM

Zante - View over Zante Town

**zuluclayman** · 08-18-2009, 07:18 AM

beach shot from two summers ago - about two and a half hours drive from me

**zuluclayman** · 08-18-2009, 07:38 AM

the Pasha Bulker on Nobby's Beach after huge storm two years ago - this was the morning after she ran aground

DonaldG · 08-18-2009, 09:18 AM

ZCM - the beach... I see it was crowded that day....

The beached boat - That is a lovely capture. The clouds and the seas peaks volumes about the passing storm. The sun & reflections are the real 'silver lining'.

That would look good framed and on the wall....I love it.

DonaldG · 08-18-2009, 09:59 AM

I have a couple of 360 degree panos that are too large to display here. If you want to view them, see the links below

360 pano of Ham Hill, Somerset

360 pano Nihotupu Dam, Nr Auckland, New Zealand

I have a load of panoramas on Google Earth, Click here to see my pano thumbnails page

**Done_Fishin** · 08-18-2009, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonaldG

Oi! wot fakes? I'll have you know all mine are original masterpieces untouched by human hands!

You're a pro Don .. I am just too fussy

I even find myself "lip-reading" when I watch video clips & synch the lips with the voice that is supposed to be "live" .. you probably won't be surprised at how many "live" performaces are playbacks these days .. In artistic terms your photos are great, but as mementos or historical fact .. they defeat the old adage that "photo's don't lie"!! They tell MORE than the truth ..

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonaldG

Now...

This was produced by a process of my own invention. (honest) I call it "FauxHDR"

Taking the darker of D_F's images & save as 1a.jpg
Then making a much lighter version with levels pallet Save as 1b.jpg
open 1a.jpg & make a darker version & save as 1c.jpg

Then tone-map the 3 versions in Photomatix Pro.
The resultant mapped image is then given a burst of Fred Miranda's Velvia plugin and a small amount of saturation & finally a wee sharpen....

(I bet D_F doesn't like it!

)

I regret to say that you hit the nail on the head .. artistic license rules and it's been rendered very well .. but the colouring (to me!!!) is not "alive" it's more like a painting than a photo ..

I am just extremely hard to please ..

**Done_Fishin** · 08-18-2009, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zuluclayman

the pasha bulker on nobby's beach after huge storm two years ago - this was the morning after she ran aground

Quote:

BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!

**TheAtheist** · 08-19-2009, 06:39 AM

https://cid-22a15573023d2d71.skydriv...ublic/pano.jpg - its only linked because skydrive,for some obscure reason, cannot host images in the conventional way!

Apologies for the curved edges, i think this has to do with the fact the ground on which this was taken was sloping and the camera was at an angle. Ah well, i think it looks alright nonetheless

**Done_Fishin** · 08-29-2009, 07:32 AM

this is a single photo, cropped to keep the interesting stuff visible .. otherwise unedited.

on the other hand this is a montage, using panoramic software, of the famous Meteora range in Greece with many, many Monastries built on the edges of sheer drops .. you really have to go there to appreciate it. Most places are now accessible by roads which take you to convenient access points .. stairways etc

07-23-2009, 01:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Panoramas Let's see your panoramas maximum width no more than 1024px wide please Here is one to start off with: Durdle Door, Dorset England (A haunt of an errant Scotsman ) __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,339 OS: Win7	Re: Panoramas Here's one I did awhile ago off the deck from our old beach house. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Panoramas That looks like a nice place to chill out...Where is it? __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,339 OS: Win7	Re: Panoramas Wildwood Crest New Jersey on the back bay. Wildwood is an island Ocean on the front and bay in the back, it's about 8 blocks to the beach of course the beach is 4 blocks of hot sand to the ocean. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

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Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,370 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Panoramas The Acropolis in Athens, cropped otherwise untouched __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

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Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,370 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Panoramas 2 pictures taken one after the other of the same landscape .. changing the camera settings can alter the way one sees the same scene without resorting to paintshop I like that dark broody sky and think that a photoshop job with the lighter foreground might just help make the picture .. one of the advantages of using a tripod is that you can experiment with your digital camera taking more photo's than you would do normally to see how changes affects the result. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

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wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,339 OS: Win7	Re: Panoramas Like this? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

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Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,370 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Panoramas You're too fast for me .. and now that I see it .. I am not quite so sure any more .. the original colouring adds to the mood, the vivid colouring above makes it look (to me) somewhat fake, like in DonG's touched up photo's in another thread! I really must get a handle on photoshop one day to do my own experimenting. What took you 5 minutes to do now would have taken me a couple of days at my present level of expertise Thanks ever so much so though for the effort .. really appreciated __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

08-17-2009, 03:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,339 OS: Win7	Re: Panoramas That is fairly large jump, the nice thing after you have the area selected you can make the adjustments real time to see the changes, it would probably have looked better if I left the Gamma alone and just upped the contrast. I like to play with the buttons. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

08-18-2009, 05:21 AM	#11 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Panoramas You don't need good kit to make a panorama.... This one is made from 5 overlapping images taken with a mediocre 2 Mp mobile phone, hand held, not on a tripod. Taken, processed & up on the 'net in 10 minutes! __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner . Last edited by DonaldG; 08-18-2009 at 05:22 AM.

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carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 10,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: Panoramas Zante - View over Zante Town __________________ Submit New Articles Here

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zuluclayman Design Team Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 3,049 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium My System	Re: Panoramas beach shot from two summers ago - about two and a half hours drive from me __________________ AutoGordianKnot Audacity K-Lite codec pack Irfan View GSpot TSF Photographer's Corner Last edited by zuluclayman; 08-18-2009 at 07:22 AM.

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zuluclayman Design Team Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 3,049 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium My System	Re: Panoramas the Pasha Bulker on Nobby's Beach after huge storm two years ago - this was the morning after she ran aground __________________ AutoGordianKnot Audacity K-Lite codec pack Irfan View GSpot TSF Photographer's Corner

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Panoramas ZCM - the beach... I see it was crowded that day.... The beached boat - That is a lovely capture. The clouds and the seas peaks volumes about the passing storm. The sun & reflections are the real 'silver lining'. That would look good framed and on the wall....I love it. __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Panoramas I have a couple of 360 degree panos that are too large to display here. If you want to view them, see the links below 360 pano of Ham Hill, Somerset 360 pano Nihotupu Dam, Nr Auckland, New Zealand I have a load of panoramas on Google Earth, Click here to see my pano thumbnails page __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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TheAtheist Mentor, Articles Team Join Date: May 2006 Location: Portishead, Bristol Posts: 1,312 OS: xp sp3 My System	Re: Panoramas https://cid-22a15573023d2d71.skydriv...ublic/pano.jpg - its only linked because skydrive,for some obscure reason, cannot host images in the conventional way! Apologies for the curved edges, i think this has to do with the fact the ground on which this was taken was sloping and the camera was at an angle. Ah well, i think it looks alright nonetheless __________________ Submit New Articles "Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds, which follows from the advance of science" - Darwin Join the TSF folding team - Team 85015 Last edited by TheAtheist; 08-19-2009 at 06:40 AM.

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