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Here is one from the end of October up in the Olympics in Washington state. While the rest of our group was sleeping off the effects of Martins wonderful cooking and bountiful wine, I headed out early the next morning with a clear head but a foggy sky. It didn't look promising as the cloud cover was rather thick, and to the east there was no real color. But as the sun was rising, the light and color actually bounced over to the west above and through the clouds. This was something that several of us experienced the following day at 2nd beach also.

This is a 4 shot pano, it stitched rather well considering the movement of the water. All comments are welcome.

Jim

Jan 12, 2016 at 05:15 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · 2nd Beach Pano

SOOOWEEET!!

Jan 12, 2016 at 05:36 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · 2nd Beach Pano

Jim; this is very nice. My only question is the lower left side? The water and bubbles seem to be cut off - almost as if the blend was a little off? Either way, that lower left corner immediately pulled my eye from what is a pretty cool shot
Todd.

Jan 12, 2016 at 05:53 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · 2nd Beach Pano

Sunny Sra wrote:
SOOOWEEET!!

Thanks Sunny! You should have been there!

Jim

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tmiller9 wrote:
Jim; this is very nice. My only question is the lower left side? The water and bubbles seem to be cut off - almost as if the blend was a little off? Either way, that lower left corner immediately pulled my eye from what is a pretty cool shot
Todd.

Hey Todd,

You got me to go back and look at the original for the left, and that's the way the bubbles were. Of course now you got me with my eyes focused over there!

Maybe a crop off the side a bit to get the bubbles all the way to the edge is an idea.

Glad you liked it.

Jim

Jan 12, 2016 at 06:01 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · 2nd Beach Pano

Looks fine to me. Great in fact. OK, fantastic. You got some great light.

Jan 12, 2016 at 06:02 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · 2nd Beach Pano

Jim:

That is REALLY nice. It's a great comp; all of the elements are well seen. You've got that vision.

Bart

Jan 12, 2016 at 08:35 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · 2nd Beach Pano

Hi Jim,
The panorama aspect ratio works very nicely. Beautiful sunset with great reflections and perfect sky.
The bubbles on the lower left give the effect of an abrupt cut but it may not be the case. Congrats on the capture!
Best,
Fred

Jan 12, 2016 at 08:47 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · 2nd Beach Pano

Nice work, Jim. I think the pano look often works well with landscapes.

Jan 12, 2016 at 08:51 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · 2nd Beach Pano

very nice

Jan 12, 2016 at 09:35 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · 2nd Beach Pano

Sweet light indeed... feels like I am standing there.

Jan 12, 2016 at 09:36 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · 2nd Beach Pano

+1^^ This has a very immersive feel to it. Just beautiful Jim! I really like the colors both in the sky and reflected in the water. It's very impressive that this stitched so well...nice work!

Jon

Jan 12, 2016 at 10:55 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · 2nd Beach Pano

Great shot Jim - the pano was a perfect choice

Jan 12, 2016 at 11:03 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · 2nd Beach Pano

Great image. How are you stitching it together?

Jan 12, 2016 at 11:45 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · 2nd Beach Pano

Great capture Jim! The depth of the image is impressive. Lovely colours and reflections

Jan 12, 2016 at 11:48 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · 2nd Beach Pano

Hey Jim. I like what you have going on here. A few things. The afore mentioned left edge with the edge of the water bubbles, I think a crop is your best solution there. The main issue for me is the "fanning" perspective going on. The left is leaning left and the right is leaning right. Not typical when I stitch panoramas. I mostly use PTGui and and leaning issues are corrected.

Now if you're blending in photoshop I find this method works best:

1. open all images and copy/paste into on file with each image on a layer. Or you can use File>Scripts>Load Files into Stack... then select the images for the pano.

2. Now manually align your images. Use layer mode "difference" to get the best alignment. Of course they will not be perfectly aligned but you just need the alignment to be close. You will have to expand your canvas to fit all images.

3. Select all layers and click Edit>Auto-Align Layers... and then choose Auto.

4. Time to blend the layers. You can now blend by hand with layer masks. This works best with water situations like yours or you can click Edit>Auto-Blend Layers... then choose Panorama. This works best for images without moving things like water.

This process should result in a panorama that is blending perfectly and your verticals should be vertical.

Jan 13, 2016 at 01:51 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · 2nd Beach Pano

Beautiful image. Great lighting, clouds and reflections. I see what Scott is talking above and will try his method on one of my panos. ( Thanks Scott)
Harsha

Jan 13, 2016 at 09:34 AM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · 2nd Beach Pano

very nice!!

Jan 13, 2016 at 10:12 AM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · 2nd Beach Pano

Nice comp, colors and sky. Considering the wave actionI say you were able to pull off the pano quite well.
Dave

Jan 13, 2016 at 10:22 AM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · 2nd Beach Pano

Jim,

Lovely, inviting image.

Jan 13, 2016 at 12:13 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · 2nd Beach Pano

Well thats a sexy lil' diddy...

Jan 13, 2016 at 12:24 PM

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