My first attempt at a Pano

adm793

Please be honest, its the only way I can get better. This was taken of San Diego while I was there this week. Used PS Elements to sticth 4 images together.

-Andre

DanielB

sweet pano, they're so much fun.


maybe just because its smaller, but seems like it wouldn't hurt it to give it a once-over with the sharpener.

gluwater

Very nice shot Andre. Like Daniel said it is hard to get a good view of it because it is small but it looks good.

Ric Grupe

Very nice shot, Andre!

I think it's fine the way it is. I loaded your shot in Corel PhotoPaint and masked the water....added a little (1 pixel) Guassian blur and it made the buildings stand out better IMO. For what it's worth....etc.

adm793

Daniel and Nick,

I would have to agree with both of you, the image does look soft, but I did the sharpening based on the Print Size of 8" x 36". At that size it is almost on the verge of too much sharpening, I am thinking that the smaller web version doesn't do it justice. If I get a little more time, I will play with a version soley for the web, but it could definetly use more sharpening.

Thanks for the replies.

-Andre

adm793

Ric Grupe wrote:

Very nice shot, Andre!

I think it's fine the way it is. I loaded your shot in Corel PhotoPaint and masked the water....added a little (1 pixel) Guassian blur and it made the buildings stand out better IMO. For what it's worth....etc.

I will have to try the Guassian blur, didn't even look at that way, do you mind posting the blurring effect, or is that even aloud on the boards, sorry I am new and havn'r read all of the rules yet.

-Andre

Ric Grupe

adm793 wrote:

I will have to try the Guassian blur, didn't even look at that way, do you mind posting the blurring effect, or is that even aloud on the boards, sorry I am new and havn'r read all of the rules yet.

-Andre

What photo editor do you use?

Gaussian blur is an effect that most editors have in a drop down box named "effects" or possibly "filters".

Just select the water area with a freehand or maybe a rectangle mask. That way you are only applying the blur to that part of the image.

ChrisJ

This is a really nice panorama. My only comment is on the sky in the middle third: it looks like it doesn't quite match the two ends.

Great job if this is your first attempt!

adm793

Ric Grupe wrote:

What photo editor do you use?

Gaussian blur is an effect that most editors have in a drop down box named "effects" or possibly "filters".

Just select the water area with a freehand or maybe a rectangle mask. That way you are only applying the blur to that part of the image.

Sorry must have taken me wrong, I know what Gaussian blur is, just didn't think about appling it on the water. I definetley like what you have done, when I get a little more ambitious I will have to play around with layers and masking a little more. BTW, I am using Photoshop Elements 3 until I get comfortable enough with its limitations to justify the full nlown version.

Thanks for the tip, I definetley like it more than the orginal.

-Andre