Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/07

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Panorama skies
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 17:44:24 -0400
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Yes.  When I started going to Golden Trout Workshop 5 years ago, I was the
only one with a Leica.  This year there were 5!  I think Leica should pay me
a commission!

I mean the first. There are bands from the individual photos and when I try
to correct them, it makes a smeary mess.

Thanks,

Tina

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Tina. That's quite a view! I bet all of the M9 users were smiling more
> than the larger format folks after the hikes ;-)
>
> Do you mean lighter to darker bands due to vignetting in each individual
> frame or blotchy overall effect where the tone should be smooth and
> continuous?
> Two things I do are
> shoot frames to be stitched with a moderate wide only, stopped down and in
> vertical orientation (I use the new 35 and 30 degree increments currently
> while I'm learning) and
> be sure to use a good amount of masking when you apply capture sharpening
> (the Faces preset in LR3 is an excellent place to start). You can be
> selective where you use any output sharpening by using an adjustment brush
> of course.
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/133506658
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
>
> *Life's not black and white, except at both ends*
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 8 July 2011 02:54, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>
> > PESO:
> >
> > I always have a problem smoothing out skies in panoramas.  I'm using
> > PSCS5's
> > automatic merge to panorama and the skies end up blotchy:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/136216932
> >
> > Is there a better way?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > www.tinamanley.com
> >
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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