Arches - Balanced Rock Panorama

jamesl

Hi All,

I've finally gotten to my last day of Arches shots from my recent trip! Phew. It's taken me a while, but I am almost done processing my pics.

I wanted to share this shot of Balanced Rock that I was pretty happy with:


Canon 30D with 28-135 IS lens. 6 shot pano stitched using PTGui and finalized in CS3.

I was surprised at the intensity of colors in these shots. They were taken at a pretty bad time light wise at 3 pm. However, the sun was to my back, and a polarizer really made the sky pop. I love the deep blue on this particular day due to the clarity of the air.

Wait till you see the IR shot! :lust

James

jamesl

Here's another shot of balanced rock from closer:



James

Skippy

jamesl wrote:

Hi All,

I've finally gotten to my last day of Arches shots from my recent trip! Phew. It's taken me a while, but I am almost done processing my pics.

I wanted to share this shot of Balanced Rock that I was pretty happy with:

Canon 30D with 28-135 IS lens. 6 shot pano stitched using PTGui and finalised in CS3.

I was surprised at the intensity of colors in these shots. They were taken at a pretty bad time light wise at 3 pm. However, the sun was to my back, and a polariser really made the sky pop. I love the deep blue on this particular day due to the clarity of the air.

Wait till you see the IR shot!

James

Beautiful James, came together very nicely, cant see any faults in the sewing

Can even see the snow caped mountains in the background.
Well Done! .... Skippy
.

Jack'll do

Simply spectacular!!clap

dlplumer

Super

coscorrosa

There is a *lot* of stuff going on in that pano... and it works! I like the composition (I might clone out the people in the middle, but they're hard to notice anyway).

anwmn1

:jawdrop That pano is SICK!! When I learn to edit I want to be like you!



Very nice James you have posted some amazing shots and this might be the best one yet.

jamesl

Skippy wrote:

Beautiful James, came together very nicely, cant see any faults in the sewing

Can even see the snow caped mountains in the background.
Well Done! .... Skippy
.

Thanks Skippy! I appreciate it. It sure was an awesome site to see.

James

jamesl

Jack'll do wrote:

Simply spectacular!!clap

Thanks Jack! Glad you enjoyed them.

jamesl

dlplumer wrote:

Super

Thanks Dan! Good to see you.

jamesl

coscorrosa wrote:

There is a *lot* of stuff going on in that pano... and it works! I like the composition (I might clone out the people in the middle, but they're hard to notice anyway).

Woah! I didn't even notice the people in there. I guess it kind of gives it a sense of scale for the whole scene. But I will probably clone it out so that it is one less thing going on.

Thanks!

James

jamesl

anwmn1 wrote:

:jawdrop That pano is SICK!! When I learn to edit I want to be like you!



Very nice James you have posted some amazing shots and this might be the best one yet.

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it, although I hope it didn't make you sick. I was surprised that it came out well, give the crappy time of day that I shot it.

James

kdog

Beautiful work, James.

This also blows the theory out of the water that says that CP's only work at right-angles to the SUN. I'm gonna start using mine more after seeing this.

Cheers,
-joel

jamesl

kdog wrote:

Beautiful work, James.

This also blows the theory out of the water that says that CP's only work at right-angles to the SUN. I'm gonna start using mine more after seeing this.

Cheers,
-joel

I tell you, I pretty much just keep mine on all the time anymore. Even with a bit of gradient in the overall sky, I vastly prefer the polarized sky to non-polarizer. Good luck!

James