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edited December 17, 2008
Okay, here's another variation from tonight that was from a darker exposure.
Reason I chose it is the room it's going in is a TV-watching entertainment
room and we're thinking of going darker than we normally would and Andy is
hoping we can somehow have special lighting that we can turn on when
people come to see the print. I'll have to post pics of a few lightboxes we
did.
So I stitched together this darkish one and it looks pretty dramatic, no?
Since the LCD are much brighter then an actual print, it will be hard to actually know which print would be better.
The last one is pretty freaking awesome but have you made some tear strips yet to see how it will look on paper??
Good idea.
I have a couple more ideas too. The print will take up 3 walls so we thought that on the back wall, the one you don't see while viewing the print, I'd hang two prints: the first would be a collage of attempts showing how SF looks on different nights. Hard to remember some of the older tries like:
And second, place a very tall (96") but narrow (maybe 60") strip of the orange sky version taken with the 600. Maybe just the pyramid or whatever.
Would you consider cloning out the huge bright sign under the bridge? It jumps out at me in every shot and it really looks out of place. I know it's there in "real life" but I vote for digital demolition of the eyesore!
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Would you consider cloning out the huge bright sign under the bridge? It jumps out at me in every shot and it really looks out of place. I know it's there in "real life" but I vote for digital demolition of the eyesore!
Hahah, every time I look at it the Shakespeare my mother loved so much comes to mind:
I have a couple more ideas too. The print will take up 3 walls so we thought that on the back wall, the one you don't see while viewing the print, I'd hang two prints: the first would be a collage of attempts showing how SF looks on different nights. Hard to remember some of the older tries like:
And second, place a very tall (96") but narrow (maybe 60") strip of the orange sky version taken with the 600. Maybe just the pyramid or whatever.
What a great idea The journey itself deserves its own wall:ivar
BaldyRegistered Users, Super ModeratorsPosts: 2,853moderator
edited December 20, 2008
In related news, after mostly figuring out the long lens stitched thing from Treasure Island,
I got curious what the Twin Peaks shot would look like at 800mm. I hadn't seen anyone
do it and I liked the idea of being able to see the ferry building clock tower at the end of
Market.
Here's a not-so good quick stitch and I cropped out the sides like to Coit Tower for display
here. It's a gigapixel with very sharp original pixels. Too bad the sky wasn't more interesting.
I really love the treasure island view, and the magical mauve-y purpl-y color that bathes the buildings in the waning light. I've a bit wider shot, same colors, 6 frames with at about 220mm that I stitched and sent you a nice standout-mounted print from
Yours looks to be quite nice, I can see that in Duratrans or big print, either way.
I really love the treasure island view, and the magical mauve-y purpl-y color that bathes the buildings in the waning light. I've a bit wider shot, same colors, 6 frames with at about 220mm that I stitched and sent you a nice standout-mounted print from
Yours looks to be quite nice, I can see that in Duratrans or big print, either way.
I liked either the light or post-processing better on yours. The colors were richer and warmer on the buildings.
You oughta post it here.
I liked that mine was right down the barrel of Market Street.
The sky was dingy on both of them, tho my shot had less sky. Sam is gonna try his hand at this shot and maybe he'll get something good enough to print.
Wonder what it'd look like at sunrise instead of sunset?
Wonder what it'd look like at sunrise instead of sunset?
The problem with shooting at dawn is that the fog forms overnight - it's rare to have a really clear sky looking in this location at dawn. You might get lucky, but my experience is that I get up early, head into SF, and find fog. :-(
My experience with shooting SF in this direction (north-east) is that it works best on a clear night 20-30 minutes after sunset. The next time we have one of those AWESOME warm days where it is warm and sunny all the way out to the coast (Pacifica, Half Moon Bay) AND it is forecast to be warm that night and warm again the next day, this means BLUE sky after sunset. Hie thyself to a scenic location in SF to shoot north/north/east after sunset.
Is there a gallery with all the panos and closeups in one place?
jc
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edited December 21, 2008
Are you getting bored yet? Here's one later in the evening, stitched from 56 frames... It gets more interesting if you scroll right.
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edited December 24, 2008
From the obsessive pixel-peeping department, since I had the 800 I took a shot of the ferry building clock tower from Treasure Island to see...well...to see what we could see.
I planted myself to where it was lined up with Market Street behind:
These are truly amazing! Are you using the 5D II? also how big, in pixels, as well as GB is the original 56 image stitch? I would struggle to process an image a 10th of this size.
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Reason I chose it is the room it's going in is a TV-watching entertainment
room and we're thinking of going darker than we normally would and Andy is
hoping we can somehow have special lighting that we can turn on when
people come to see the print. I'll have to post pics of a few lightboxes we
did.
So I stitched together this darkish one and it looks pretty dramatic, no?
Phenomenal
That last one really is awesome. You just can't beat that patch of lit sky over the Transamerica building
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Since the LCD are much brighter then an actual print, it will be hard to actually know which print would be better.
The last one is pretty freaking awesome but have you made some tear strips yet to see how it will look on paper??
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I have a couple more ideas too. The print will take up 3 walls so we thought that on the back wall, the one you don't see while viewing the print, I'd hang two prints: the first would be a collage of attempts showing how SF looks on different nights. Hard to remember some of the older tries like:
And second, place a very tall (96") but narrow (maybe 60") strip of the orange sky version taken with the 600. Maybe just the pyramid or whatever.
Out, damned spot!
I should honor my mother and Shakespeare.
What a great idea
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Ha ha ha!
too freaking funny
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I got curious what the Twin Peaks shot would look like at 800mm. I hadn't seen anyone
do it and I liked the idea of being able to see the ferry building clock tower at the end of
Market.
Here's a not-so good quick stitch and I cropped out the sides like to Coit Tower for display
here. It's a gigapixel with very sharp original pixels. Too bad the sky wasn't more interesting.
Yours looks to be quite nice, I can see that in Duratrans or big print, either way.
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You oughta post it here.
I liked that mine was right down the barrel of Market Street.
The sky was dingy on both of them, tho my shot had less sky. Sam is gonna try his hand at this shot and maybe he'll get something good enough to print.
Wonder what it'd look like at sunrise instead of sunset?
The problem with shooting at dawn is that the fog forms overnight - it's rare to have a really clear sky looking in this location at dawn. You might get lucky, but my experience is that I get up early, head into SF, and find fog. :-(
My experience with shooting SF in this direction (north-east) is that it works best on a clear night 20-30 minutes after sunset. The next time we have one of those AWESOME warm days where it is warm and sunny all the way out to the coast (Pacifica, Half Moon Bay) AND it is forecast to be warm that night and warm again the next day, this means BLUE sky after sunset. Hie thyself to a scenic location in SF to shoot north/north/east after sunset.
Is there a gallery with all the panos and closeups in one place?
jc
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The sharpness is truly spectacular!
You're really making me miss San Fan with those latest ones!!!
(So like, where's all the snow!!!)
I planted myself to where it was lined up with Market Street behind:
Also, how thw heck are you gona get this printed?
Thanks,
Sam
Fantastic quality to your shots, Baldy.
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