Same pano twice. I have had the B&W one printed to canvas and is on the wall now (13" x 64"). because it's so short and wide, I am thinking about doing the colour one the as well and putting them up like I have posted here.

 

That's is sweet, but I think I want to see a little more of the top.

 

thanks jupiter, but that day the top was not available, here's a couple backed off shots

 

Nice shots!

 

Very cool.

 

Sorry, what I meant was I think the comp of that image would have been a little better with a little more to the top of that image. A little less foreground. But that's just my opinion. Though you couldn't see the top, the clouds would have balance it out a little more.

 

nice...who are you using to print these?

 

Nice pics!

 

thanks everybody it was a fun trip

drigo I used canvaspop.com, no complaints. it took them a couple hours to send me a conformation copy, a day to process, and shipping arrived in 2 business days even though I paid for standard shipping. it was very well packaged and was what I expected. wife loves it too.

jupiter, I see what your saying and always appreciate input, especially composition direction.

 

I hope it didn't sound mean, it is much easier as well to see things after the fact. I do it a lot to myself. So when I'm out shooting, I try to think about what I would say when I chimp peak at my images on the back of the camera.

 

Where is this?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Mountain

 

Thanks!

All I was finding was a ski resort.

Beautiful shot, Zipho!

 

thanks stogie, I just had to pill off the highway at a municipal truck yard.

jupiter not mean, quite civil actually. besides this is still ramblings, if you get emotional on the internets it'd be best not to post. as I said I always appreciate advice, and your work speaks of your experience so don't hold back.

 

How many shots to make the pano?

What used to stitch?

HDR each portion then combine or combine then HDR?

 

stogie I do have this pano in an 11 portrait shot version, but this one is 4 landscapes. what can I say it just seemed to turn out better.

used cs4 photomerge

no HDR done, I've tried HDR a couple of times. not very good at that technique. don't laugh, but I'll tell you how a noob does it.
stitch the shots
save as best quality jpeg and close
"open as" a camera raw file, I like working in ACR for the majority of my work
then finish off in CS4 (curves, shadows/highlights, b&w via "gradient tool" in adjustments window)
I often give photoshop a chance to improve my shots by selecting each "auto" (contrast, colour, tone), then toggle with "cntrl z" to see if each auto mode helps or hurts. I find it usually hurts, but there have been a few times where I've kept the adjustment
the last step is always usm

if anybody has a better work flow that would help (especially final IQ) please feel free to pass along any tips

 

Awesome, thanks Zipho!

 

 

Awesome pano pic!