On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:53:39 -0700 Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Subash Jeyan wrote on 9/13/18 5:39 PM: > > that's gorgeous. just a niggle though. i wish you hadn't cut off the > > beach at the bottom. like i said, just a niggle in what is a > > wonderful shot. > > Thanks for the kind words. > > I shot from 8:55 to 10:40 using the same lens without moving the > tripod. Most of the shots were bracketed at 10 and 20 seconds, f/1.4 > ISO 6400. In theory they could all be stitched together. > > I stopped shooting when my battery went dead and I had forgot to > put a spare in my little bag. My pano has a lot of shots that aim > lower. I did run into a few issues: > > 1: discontinuities when the pano software lines up the stars but not > the horizon. This was the one set that I shot with the camera in > horizontal/landscape orientation. In the future, I'll have to do a > bunch of shots either below the horizon or above the horizon with > only one set overlapping the horizon. > > 1A: I wonder if there is a way in lighroom to crop photos at above or > below the Horizon and export those crops as DNGs for the panorama > stitching to use. > > 2: just to camera right a few feet of where I was shooting there was > a gate across the path to the normal place that people photograph > McWay falls, my tripod was up against the guard rail, so you can't > see much more of the beach, just the brush on the hillside. > > 3: some other shots in my proof album show the foreground > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157701017161594 > here is one > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/43751929995/in/album-72157701017161594/ personally speaking, i much prefer that.... > > On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 11:33:49 -0700 > > Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I was working in Carmel yesterday. After work I headed South on 1, > >> on my way back I stopped at one of those iconic spots to practice > >> my astro landscape work. > >> > >> I think this pano has potential: > >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/43751947585/in/album-72157701017161594/ > >> > >> I'm still dealing with some issues with stitching in lightroom, > >> particularly discontinuities in the horizon when it matches up on > >> the stars. > >> > >> It's going to need a lot more work, so suggestions are most > >> welcome. > > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
