Some days it feels like there are monsters hiding in the shadows just waiting to pounce
On a lonely drive across the hills of Comboyne , through many muddy roads and intermittent rains showers I noticed this small tree perched on the hill. It looked so vulnerable sitting there almost encased in the fog with the large trees looming behind, seemingly wanting to take its place on the ridge.
Only moments after taking the picture(s) the ridge and tree disappeared and the rain caught up with me…
This image is a panoramic image made from 3 frames, something I learnt with this image and scene was that when +Adobe Photoshop (or i guess any other stitching software) attempts to stitch the and blend the frames its does a good job except it never quite gets the blending right in that pea-soup grey area and results in banding, not particularly evident until contrast is added. It kind of makes sense , blending a gradients would be quite tricky. Thus a future note – I am not sure how to avoid it, but in teh post processing one thing that minimises the telltale signs of it is to locally reduce the clarity or midtone contrast in the banding area.
Exif love:
D750 coupled with 300mm f4 @ 300mm Aperture: f/8 and Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO 250
out front – a ridge, a farm, a tree and some fog 🙂
Love the mood +Gerard Blacklock – fantastic shot.
Love the mood +Gerard Blacklock – fantastic shot.
I love the eerie feelings you get looking at this photo. Stunning Gerard:-)
I love the eerie feelings you get looking at this photo. Stunning Gerard:-)
Awesome photo +Gerard Blacklock love the looming black cloud on the left..half expecting the Hounds of Baskerville appear on the ridge 😀
Extraordinary shot and processing!
Outstanding G! 🔝
Wonderful photo!
So Beautiful :-))
Beautiful B & W photo!
Very subtle..
We have a similar tree on the horizon as we look out from my wife's stables. We call it 'the lonely tree.'
MAGIC
Awesome! 👍
Awesome image!!
+Gerard BlacklockAwesome moody image mate! Don't know how to avoid the banding issue. I figured setting shutter speed, aperture, wb etc manually (along with manual focus) would do the trick. Have you checked the wb of each shot? I took a series of night shots that i just stitched (hope to post soon) and noticed slight wb variations (colour temp) in each due to auto wb setting. Adjusted each image to the same colour temp in LR. Haven't noticed any banding though it is dark blue sky rather than grey!
Eerie .love it
Thanks +Mike Hankey , appreciate the comment mate.
Thanks +Nila Sweeney
, also loving your recent waterfall shot too.
+Kitten KaboodleInc
, hmm now ya got me thinking, the best i had at the time were some docile cows… well they looked docile…maybe if i set the timer and chased them up the hill ? darn.. got go back and reshoot 🙂
Thanks Kit.
Thanks +Thomas Deckert
Cheers +Michael Domaradzki I like your recent stuff from Cape Solandar…
Thankyou very much
+Jody Lynch
+linda sunshyne
+Kelcey Putri
+Ctra Vii
+MUSTHAFA CHENNATTE
+G V
nice +John Smyth – if you did not live half way across the globe I would come round and check it out 🙂
Thanks +Sabine Kaufmann
+Tom Testone
yeah not sure, I think it comes with the blending the shots in PS since I cannot see it in individual images…
I do like your nice astro image from jindy 🙂
Thanks +Jane P
+Gerard Blacklock could well be a PS blending issue. Glad you like the Jindy astro image, I'm stoked it came together in the end! Thought I may have been trying to balance too many elements at the same time! 🙂
+Gerard Blacklock hehe now I'd pay money to see that 'herding' action 😀 would you let me watch if I promise to eat my popcorn quietly Gerard? ;-)) ps. perhaps you could get +Rodney Campbell to help out? :D
+Kitten KaboodleInc
hehe.. just tell Rod thats there pizza over the hill and I'll sit back and eat that popcorn too…but not so quietly 😉
+Tom Testone
thats the great thing about panos 🙂 you can fit it all in and the eye just laps it up 🙂
+Gerard Blacklock your welcome Gerard :-))
Thanks for sharing
+Gerard Blacklock lol!! 😉
Herding cows… sure why not – anything for the shot right 🙂 +Kitten KaboodleInc +Gerard Blacklock … and did someone say PIZZA!!!!
Gerry – I too have used the localised negative clarity, negative contrast trick (and sometimes adding noise reduction as well helps) to overcome some pano stitching banding – I sometimes see it in subtle pastel skies stitches as well
+Rodney Campbell spoken like a dedicated professional Rodney 😀 I have herded cows up a hill once..it's not a fast process! So don't order the pizza too early is all I'm saying +Gerard Blacklock! 😉
+Kitten KaboodleInc
Up there, i would probably need to order it the night before for it to get there on time 🙂 I suspect these people (that live there) drive into town once a week just to get their mail 🙂
+Gerard Blacklock whaaat? You mean Dominoes DOESN'T deliver?? Darn it!
:-/
+Kitten KaboodleInc that spot is over 1 hours drive to the nearest pizza joint..yep.. i just checked lol..
+Gerard Blacklock hahaha doh! :p
insome way it remindsme on pictures of the 1.and2. worldwar…….
Good work here +Gerard Blacklock 🙂