Today I wanted to try something a tad different. While hiking in Cinque Terre, I saw a great opportunity to get a vertical panoramic of these spectacular rock formations off the coast of Riomaggiore. I wanted the whole shot, but couldn’t get the detail with a regular 3 shot HDR image. This is a 9 shot HDR composed vertical panoramic. A what!? Though it looks like just a single vertical shot, it is 3 horizontal sets of brackets batch processed in Photomatix, sticked together in Photoshop Elements, then finely tuned in Lightroom. Still a “newbie” in the Photog game, I got this idea from Justin Kern over at TheGoldenSieve.com. One of his recent posts displays the difference in the level of detail when shooting and processing panoramic HDR images vice single bracketed ones. Does that makes sense?? If you want detailed instructions on how YOU can do this, there is a great tutorial located here. Thanks for the tips Blake!
Please let me know what you guys think!!
When zoomed in on the left side, you can clearly see the people standing on the seaside path. With a normal bracketed HDR, this level of detail would not be possible.
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Adam,
Looks great – the bottom of the photograph with those strata lead my eye right into the frame. Really beautiful. I’ve found that using photomatix for panoramas becomes problematic past the ~10 image per panorama stage. It becomes impossible to get a uniform “HDR effect” across the image. I’ve been using enfuse, which is a similar idea but doesn’t have as neat an HDR effect on the images, but it lets me get an even, seamless exposure in big panoramas. This one came out awesome – you should be really proud!
Thanks Justin, I will check it out. Thanks for visiting the site, I really appreciate the support!
Very nice, Adam
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Wow Adam, pretty amazing. The detail is incredible. I like how you are experimenting. It will serve you well. Also thanks for the link. I think I will give it a try when I go to Alaska.
Awesome shot Adam, the rocks really draw attention to the photo, well framed and well composed. One thing I might suggest, it seems a little hot on the Saturation, especially in the reds in the upper left. Some people like the highly saturated HDR’s but I feel they distract from the beauty of the image as you saw it. Great photo!
Blake
Thanks Blake. I appreciate the criticism, keep it coming. I am still pretty new and love hearing stuff from others… The only way I’ll get better!