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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Panorama skies
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:10:00 +1000
References: <CA+yJO1CvEL4PezqP8F2=XQ=L4L0SYdamTaSqS2QR1Ld10CO3Sw@mail.gmail.com> <CAE3QcF581KbGiBGZgHWdZr5=nf2==52otVAud6MVv5tqnFBJ-A@mail.gmail.com> <CA+yJO1CgPDfTRautM=ZY_aTs=eAbBfhzybt4RhPqokEMuvDgTg@mail.gmail.com>

I bet that LFI would like to see an article from you at least!

Cheers
Geoff

*Life's not black and white, except at both ends*
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 8 July 2011 07:44, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> 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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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: Panorama skies)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG: Panorama skies)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: Panorama skies)