#96 first idea! C&C always welcome!!

CHANDLERJACHANDLERJA Registered Users Posts: 400 Major grins
edited February 24, 2012 in The Dgrin Challenges
This is my first idea for this challenge. Any comments or suggestions? Any would be greatly appreciated!

Main Street

Main-Street-Final7d-XL.jpg
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2012
    Great shot, but my eye is drawn right to the wire on the left! Clone time!

    :D

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  • CHANDLERJACHANDLERJA Registered Users Posts: 400 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2012
    What wire? :D

    Thanks Don! thumb.gif
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  • PedalGirlPedalGirl Registered Users Posts: 794 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2012
    Awesome shot!! I don't see what wire Don's talking about.
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  • CHANDLERJACHANDLERJA Registered Users Posts: 400 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2012
    Thanks PedalGirl!

    I was just messing wiht Don! I removed the wire and replaced the image :D
    He was correct it was distracting!

    Here is a little brighter version. I think I prefer this one!

    Main-Street-Final7gs2-XL.jpg
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  • PedalGirlPedalGirl Registered Users Posts: 794 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2012
    I agree... I like the brighter one a little better.

    Glad to know I wasn't blind. Laughing.gif
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  • SAMBALAMSAMBALAM Registered Users Posts: 64 Big grins
    edited February 15, 2012
    Love it!! Great shot!
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  • GretaPicsGretaPics Registered Users Posts: 373 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2012
    Nice work putting this all together! Cool image. GP
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  • CHANDLERJACHANDLERJA Registered Users Posts: 400 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2012
    Thank you for the kind words! One of these days Ill get a fish eye lens so I wont have to stitch together 8 shots for images like this :D

    Of course as frustrating as it can be I really do love the processing as much as taking the shots!!
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  • travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2012
    Fantastic work - I prefer the lighter one thumb.gif
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  • tinamarie52tinamarie52 Registered Users Posts: 954 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2012
    Nice!
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  • Troy RaymondTroy Raymond Registered Users Posts: 171 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2012
    Wow, from the other thread mentioning to check out your files and try it myself... I did. I have to congratulate you on pulling this off and getting it all together looking great.

    I use PTGui Pro, which flawlessly stitches most of my panos. I ran the limited photos you have available (8) and it was a mess. Tips that may help shorten your process time. Shoot more images. Each photo needs enough overlap to accurately select multiple points for stitching (the program will do this automatically). 1/3 to 1/2 overlap in all directions will greatly help. Shoot wider than you want, then crop it to your desired dimensions, easier to crop than wish you had more, and prevents a weird warp on the sides. Also, if you can bracket the images it will really bring out all the detail and with the proper settings will not look like an over processed HDR. I would also like to note a fisheye is not actually needed as it will not catch as much detail, only fewer images. 10mm - 18mm will make it much easier, just shoot wide, or take a lot more image. 24 images would have made this much faster to process.

    Shooting full manual will also help prevent the variations in exposure from each image. I can see the exposure lines of several of the images. If you have an 'exposure blending' option in your stitching program it will help, but not much with little overlap information.

    Hope this will help for future shoots.

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  • DaffodilDaffodil Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited February 24, 2012
    love it!
    My equipment so far:
    Canon EOS 500D
    Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II Lens
    Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens
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