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RonBoyd said:
Nice shot!

However, I would have used less Saturation in the red/orange during Post for a more natural appearance. But that's just me... <chuckle>
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Thanks for the input - It was quite weird yesterday - The photo is very close to what the skies were like. I didn't amp up the colors, but the edit to the presets in the Nik Color Efex Pro did pop them a bit.

I thought the colors looked a little aggressive as well. I'm editing on a small laptop so its tough to tell. I'm saving the raw files until I can edit them with bigger monitor.
 
Ronstar said:
I'm editing on a small laptop so its tough to tell. I'm saving the raw files until I can edit them with bigger monitor.
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Yeah, and I am looking at it with a calibrated EIZO CS2420 monitor (ColorEdge CS2420 - Hardware Calibration LCD Monitor | EIZO) and I am sure that during the upload the image was "enhanced" by methods beyond your control (I suppose ER Forums software) to appear "better" on most computers.

In any event, it is a great shot... wished I was there.
 
Need for Extra-Wide Angle Lens in The Age of Panoramas

Having an interest in landscape photography, and after seeing the capability of panorama-stitching cameras/software (in my case Lightroom/Photoshop CC), I would appreciate feedback as to whether it's even necessary to purchase and lug to the field an extra-wide angle lens. Opinions?
 
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NatureBoy said:
Having an interest in landscape photography, and after seeing the capability of panorama-stitching cameras/software (in my case Lightroom/Photoshop CC), I would appreciate feedback as to whether it's even necessary to purchase and lug to the field an extra-wide angle lens. Opinions?
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I've used the panorama merge routine in Lightroom a few times and find that it does a decent job. I regularly go out with only a 16-35 and find that I miss some opportunities where a longer lens would work. So I was going to start lugging more lenses with me.

But I see your point. I think I'll try stitching more to see how it compares to a wide angle lens in quality and over ease of use.
 
NatureBoy said:
Having an interest in landscape photography, and after seeing the capability of panorama-stitching cameras/software (in my case Lightroom/Photoshop CC), I would appreciate feedback as to whether it's even necessary to purchase and lug to the field an extra-wide angle lens. Opinions?
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I am a fan of panorama-stitching and was even back in the early days (of digital) when it was completely manual. I, personally, find that a series of merged images shot at say 300mm provide much more post editing opportunities than a single image at say 18mm. (Particularly if most of the POST is done pre-merge -- exposure, for instance, being problematic in merged shots.)

Now having said that, I have no proof since I rarely have 18mm shots to work with.
 
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NatureBoy said:
Having an interest in landscape photography, and after seeing the capability of panorama-stitching cameras/software (in my case Lightroom/Photoshop CC), I would appreciate feedback as to whether it's even necessary to purchase and lug to the field an extra-wide angle lens. Opinions?
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Panorama software is not foolproof. Sometimes the program is not able to do it cleanly. I used to have 18mm at the wide end of a zoom lens with an APS-C body. The panos worked but still took time to get right. I now have a full frame sensor body and the zoom goes to 16mm, so about 50% wider than before. I like that better, and still do panos from there, but less often.
 
Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, Az

F18, 32 mm, 1/80 sec, ISO 500

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Need for Extra-Wide Angle Lenses in the Age of Panoramas

DrRoy said:
Panorama software is not foolproof. Sometimes the program is not able to do it cleanly. I used to have 18mm at the wide end of a zoom lens with an APS-C body. The panos worked but still took time to get right. I now have a full frame sensor body and the zoom goes to 16mm, so about 50% wider than before. I like that better, and still do panos from there, but less often.
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In my (limited) experience it seems software has the most trouble with combinations of foreground and background objects. If no foreground objects (e.g., trees) are present, things go more smoothly. The following are stitched photos (at least 6 frames each) from Glacier NP using a Nikon D600 (~55 mm focal length on a 24-85 mm zoom) held in portrait and landscape shooting positions, respectively. It was amazing to see how the boundary warp control brought the individual frames into alignment.

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It seems software has the most trouble with combinations of foreground and background objects. If no foreground objects (e.g., trees) are present, things go more smoothly.
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That is quite correct. The problem comes from trying to get close foreground (which often has some distortion) to match up well while at the same time keeping distant lines smooth. Sometimes the software just cannot do it without some sort of problem in the final image.
 
Shot of Castleton tower (left) and the Rectory, near Moab, UT. I was hiking near the Fisher towers and used a legacy 200 telephoto lens, 1/125s, ISO 64, F5.6. It's a bit softer than my liking from the tele, but sharp enough.

As a sidenote, about a decade ago a few friends and I climbed castleton tower, one of the fifty classic climbs in North America. What a view from the top that was! If I can find one of my old prints from that day, I'll post it.


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NatureBoy said:
In my (limited) experience it seems software has the most trouble with combinations of foreground and background objects. If no foreground objects (e.g., trees) are present, things go more smoothly.
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Are you using a dedicated panning head?


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Need for Extra Wide Angle Lens in the Age of Panoramas

photoguy said:
Are you using a dedicated panning head?


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No, these were hand-held shots. My only tripod has a ball head, which doesn't lend itself to steady horizontal panning.
 
Looking up while queuing to visit the Skygarden at the top of the 'Walkie Talkie' (20 Fenchurch Street) in London.

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Barred owl in my backyard tree.

Barred owl in my backyard tree.
 

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