I really like the fanned look. I usually don't like those coast bubbles but this one plays well. The patterns all point inward, which is great. Good take Jim.
Scott Kroeker wrote:
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. ...Show more →
I find that simply letting Lightroom do the blending, (so that I still have DNG editability on the file) ...and then using puppet warp to straighten both horizontal and vertical lines, works great.
That is REALLY nice. It's a great comp; all of the elements are well seen. You've got that vision.
Bart
Thanks Bart, I am glad you like this. The height of the tide at sunrise was just perfect I think.
Jim
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Fred Miranda wrote:
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
Hey Fred,
I am glad you like this, it was certainly beautiful being out there.
Yeah, I had double checked on that left side, but that edge in the bubbles is how it really was. So unless I was going to go in and manipulate the bubbles in Photoshop which I would rather not do, I will just end up cropping up to that edge for printing this. Thanks for pointing out that it does feel like an edge there.
Scott Kroeker wrote:
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. ...Show more →
Hey Scott,
Thanks for your comments and suggestions. You have some great suggestions here that I will have to try out.
I like PTGui, for years it's all I used for doing pano's. But Adobe has stepped up their game with the last few versions of Photoshop, so I do usually use Photoshop to put the pano together, either with the Batch system off the File menu, or with Alignment options off of the Edit menu.
The leaning at the sides is a little distracting but that is a nice-looking pano. I haven't done those in ages, especially at the beach where the moving water makes it more difficult, but you got some great results.
Beautiful image, great clouds and it is so nice to see the detail in those sea stacks, that I missed when I was there. It is very pleasing to see a great photo from that location. I do find the bottom fanning action a bit awkward but as I rarely do panos, i have no idea about the difficulty and the results.
Brian
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