This place gives me a tiny insight into what some of the eastern block countries have – I follow a number of photographers from over that way and some of the amazing places and abandoned buildings they have over there make or stunning photography. But, like the saying goes, you gotta make do with what you have, so here you have it Blast Park, the scene of the old smelter works. The bit on the right is the remains of the crucible, now thats a sight to see!
+Tom Testone recently posted a image from a few years back and it got me into the nostalgia side of things and I had a quick squiz at a few images from this time last year, this is one such image , which, like 80% of my images, sits patiently waiting to be given some love 😉 geez they are well behaved 🙂
4 Shot Panorama, stitched in +Adobe Photoshop and corrected with Adaptive Wide angle, since there was some freaky distortions happening here 🙂
Exif data, 'cause i now ya hanging for it 🙂
Nikon D7000 coupled with the 11-16mm f2.8 (damn i love that lens) @ 15mm, aperture f/8
Shutter speed 8s
ISO 100
EV: 0
+Gerard Blacklock 😀 I do love going back and looking over old images from time to time! Don't do it often enough! That's a cool B&W pano! Glad to spark some nostalgia, especially when images like this are the result! 🙂
+Tom Testone
Thanks Tom, I wish I had more time for it too 🙂
Love the mono treatment on this one +Gerard Blacklock
+Mike Hankey
cheers Mike.
Very nostalgic…….brings back old memories…….
Beautiful picture ☺ ☺
I hate those damn distortion lines, looking forward to seeing if the new Lightroom panomaker is any better
Makes me wonder what happened there 🙂
Great shot(s) +Gerard Blacklock
Thanks +June Ibrahim and +Stephanie B. Regan
+Matt Evans
🙂 nothing PS can't fix.. just about anyway 🙂
+Mike Disbury
hey mike, it's the site of an old smelter works which started way back in the late 1800's, had mixed success early on, however in the early 1900's was quite successful and produced alot of steel. it closed around 1927..
Dude – and you complain about my shots from last century! 🙂
Feels maybe a little left heavy – perhaps it needs a little more negative space on the right?
I forsee a light painted & star trailed future mate (when we are feeling brave enough for a 2+hr drive each way… sigh…)
+Rodney Campbell 😀 Gotta love the driving! That amount of time on the road used to be me heading into Sydney for work! At least you shouldn't have to deal with peak hour madness (I would hope)! 🙂
+Rodney Campbell
as mentioned – i should really look at images from the past, 80% barely get a look in
heres one from this spot with some light painting
https://plus.google.com/+GerardBlacklock/posts/4s6xkZcvDXh
+Tom Testone
wow.. but you would still have to live in Lithgow!
Haha +Gerard Blacklock! I really love Robo which is why I did it for 8 years (plus sharing the driving with +Elizabeth Testone)! All the marketing says I live 1.5 hours from Sydney but that just isn't the case in peak anymore! 🙁
+Tom Testone
robo vs lithgow….hmm thats a no brainer 🙂
I really like robo, it has so many interesting spots, like Carrington Falls..
+Gerard Blacklock 😀 couldn't agree more (no offense to anyone living in Lithgow)! +Elizabeth Testone & I would occasionally stop by Carrington and Belmore falls on the way home from grocery shopping! I must admit we are spoilt. We are within 10 – 20 minutes drive from a handfull of amazing waterfalls! We've just let life get too busy to enjoy them more often!
+Tom Testone
lol no offence, trust me.. i was born there 😉
Wonderful image – I am just curious to know, instead of spending all this time working the image in photoshop or some other computer program, why don't you just buy a panoramic film camera? Load up with good ol Tri-X, use a roll or two, wait for the weather that you want, and voila! If you keep detailed notes you can manipulate the film in the processing or better yet in when printing the material. Plop on a few different filters and results will be more than stunning.
The Hasselblad X-Pan is amazing 35mm camera and costs less than the combination purchase of a digital camera plus on the computer and software that one may need?And best of all there is no tricky distortion that you will need to work out.
+Thomas Lindahl Robinson
Unfortunately I have only really ever used digital so I have no experience in film so i cannot say that it may be more time efficient or better, however it only cost me time to produce this image, whereas with film there is a whole additional side to get to the same point, which for me would surely be more time consuming, especially given i am a mere amateur..
That said I have seen great images produced from panoramic film cameras such as teh one you mention 🙂
Thank you for taking the time to explain. I have very little experience working with the various digital applications, so it would be quite challenging for me to create an image like this in the computer. I also understand how working with film for some people would be more time consuming; it is for me at times too. I am in support of both the analogue and digital methods of photography, and I don't think one is better than other, it seems to be just a matter of works best for the individual. Thanks again.
nicely summed in this statement +Thomas Lindahl Robinson
and I don't think one is better than other, it seems to be just a matter of what works best for the individual
said it much better than I could 🙂