Another Brisbane at night pano..

^Tems^ wrote:
Mark Thomas wrote:
More work in progress..

http://www.marktphoto.com/examples/pano_night1_test.jpg

Fuji S9000, fl~35mm, 3s f5.6, 5 images, PTGUI, adjusted levels/sat,
lightly denoised, reduced to about 1/3 size and USM.
(Need any of this explained or elaborated? just ask..)

Two conflicting thoughts struck me while taking the source images:

1. Why doesn't Brisbane City Council light up the botanical gardens a
bit, so it doesn't look like a huge black slug in the middle of my
image..? (O:

and then, hypocritically

2. Do all of those building lights really need to be on, wasting
energy like it doesn't matter? (OK, it *was* only about 6pm on a
weekday, so I guess it just reflects the long hours we Qlder's work.)

In regard to the image - yes, I'm aware of the stitching errors in the
foreground handrails, due to me shooting this without a pano head.
Maybe I'll go back and fiddle with the control points, maybe not -
consider it a copyright message to prevent misuse...!

And in hindsight, I should probably have used HDR to get more detail
in the sky. But the sunset wasn't a winner, so I couldn't be
bothered. Another for the maybe-next-time bin.

Constructive criticism welcome.

A couple I have done this week with PTGui (40d and 28-135 KIT lens)

8 stitch
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101666935

Very nice work.


6 stitch
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101666933
The centre horizon is very blown but 1/2 hour after sunset it is hard to
get perfect light.

I don't regard that as blown - a bit washed out, maybe, but not that
bad, and again it's a very nice scene. Maybe a candidate for HDR if you
are into that sort of thing. (As if panoramas aren't enough work
without hdr..!)

Just what I need, more inspiration..!

Mark Thomas wrote:
^Tems^ wrote:
Mark Thomas wrote:
More work in progress..

http://www.marktphoto.com/examples/pano_night1_test.jpg

Fuji S9000, fl~35mm, 3s f5.6, 5 images, PTGUI, adjusted levels/sat,
lightly denoised, reduced to about 1/3 size and USM.
(Need any of this explained or elaborated? just ask..)

Two conflicting thoughts struck me while taking the source images:

1. Why doesn't Brisbane City Council light up the botanical gardens a
bit, so it doesn't look like a huge black slug in the middle of my
image..? (O:

and then, hypocritically

2. Do all of those building lights really need to be on, wasting
energy like it doesn't matter? (OK, it *was* only about 6pm on a
weekday, so I guess it just reflects the long hours we Qlder's work.)

In regard to the image - yes, I'm aware of the stitching errors in
the foreground handrails, due to me shooting this without a pano
head. Maybe I'll go back and fiddle with the control points, maybe
not - consider it a copyright message to prevent misuse...!

And in hindsight, I should probably have used HDR to get more detail
in the sky. But the sunset wasn't a winner, so I couldn't be
bothered. Another for the maybe-next-time bin.

Constructive criticism welcome.

A couple I have done this week with PTGui (40d and 28-135 KIT lens)

8 stitch
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101666935

Very nice work.


6 stitch
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101666933
The centre horizon is very blown but 1/2 hour after sunset it is hard
to get perfect light.

I don't regard that as blown - a bit washed out, maybe, but not that
bad, and again it's a very nice scene. Maybe a candidate for HDR if you
are into that sort of thing. (As if panoramas aren't enough work
without hdr..!)

Just what I need, more inspiration..!

I have tried a few HDR panorama's.
This one was more arty than an actual picture
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101667821

and a more normal one

http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101667909/large


This is one you'll like
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101668208/original

69 photos taken at 300mm with my old 400d and 70-300 IS USM.

The tree's aren't trimmed at the lookout so i had to stand on the top of
a 4 inch pipe filled with concrete.
This is reduced to 7% of original with a about 2 inches taken off each side.

It took 2 hours to stitch at 20% with autopano. One afternoon i will
set it up on the work computer at 100% and let it stitch overnight and
see how it looks.

^Tems^ wrote:
Mark Thomas wrote:
^Tems^ wrote:
Mark Thomas wrote:
More work in progress..

http://www.marktphoto.com/examples/pano_night1_test.jpg

Fuji S9000, fl~35mm, 3s f5.6, 5 images, PTGUI, adjusted levels/sat,
lightly denoised, reduced to about 1/3 size and USM.
(Need any of this explained or elaborated? just ask..)

Two conflicting thoughts struck me while taking the source images:

1. Why doesn't Brisbane City Council light up the botanical gardens
a bit, so it doesn't look like a huge black slug in the middle of my
image..? (O:

and then, hypocritically

2. Do all of those building lights really need to be on, wasting
energy like it doesn't matter? (OK, it *was* only about 6pm on a
weekday, so I guess it just reflects the long hours we Qlder's work.)

In regard to the image - yes, I'm aware of the stitching errors in
the foreground handrails, due to me shooting this without a pano
head. Maybe I'll go back and fiddle with the control points, maybe
not - consider it a copyright message to prevent misuse...!

And in hindsight, I should probably have used HDR to get more detail
in the sky. But the sunset wasn't a winner, so I couldn't be
bothered. Another for the maybe-next-time bin.

Constructive criticism welcome.

A couple I have done this week with PTGui (40d and 28-135 KIT lens)

8 stitch
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101666935

Very nice work.


6 stitch
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101666933
The centre horizon is very blown but 1/2 hour after sunset it is hard
to get perfect light.

I don't regard that as blown - a bit washed out, maybe, but not that
bad, and again it's a very nice scene. Maybe a candidate for HDR if
you are into that sort of thing. (As if panoramas aren't enough work
without hdr..!)

Just what I need, more inspiration..!

I have tried a few HDR panorama's.
This one was more arty than an actual picture
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101667821
MMMmmm - I just love monochrome. Wonder what it would have looked like
in colour... ((O: Seriously, I like this image very much, but would
like to see it 'normalised'..

and a more normal one

http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101667909/large
Nice, but I think it wants a little more foreground interest. Maybe I
woulda chucked in a big rock.. (O: Would look great as a wall sized
mural in the right room.

This is one you'll like
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101668208/original
Correct - I do like! That's a winner. I'm trying to work out where it
is - my first thought was Lakes Entrance in Vic, but the coastline
doesn't look right.. There's so many danged entrances around the place..

69 photos taken at 300mm with my old 400d and 70-300 IS USM.
Are you kidding me? I have not the patience for that sort of project...
We're talking Gigapixel territory..

The tree's aren't trimmed at the lookout
Don't you hate that!! I'm quite green, but when it comes to lookouts in
forests.. (O:


so i had to stand on the top of
a 4 inch pipe filled with concrete.
Nah, you havta be kidding. It would be bad enough standing lazily with
a tripod...

This is reduced to 7% of original with a about 2 inches taken off each
side.

It took 2 hours to stitch at 20% with autopano. One afternoon i will
set it up on the work computer at 100% and let it stitch overnight and
see how it looks.

It's interesting that you should say this - I dumped Autostitch because
it couldn't handle my bigger panos - I presume Autopano has addressed
that issue. I'd be very interested to see the result if you get a round
tuit...

Mark Thomas wrote:
Two conflicting thoughts struck me while taking the source images:

1. Why doesn't Brisbane City Council light up the botanical gardens a
bit, so it doesn't look like a huge black slug in the middle of my
image..? (O:

and then, hypocritically

2. Do all of those building lights really need to be on, wasting energy
like it doesn't matter? (OK, it *was* only about 6pm on a weekday, so I
guess it just reflects the long hours we Qlder's work.)

Don't forget the astronomers!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pollution

BugBear

bugbear wrote:
Mark Thomas wrote:
Two conflicting thoughts struck me while taking the source images:

1. Why doesn't Brisbane City Council light up the botanical gardens a
bit, so it doesn't look like a huge black slug in the middle of my
image..? (O:

and then, hypocritically

2. Do all of those building lights really need to be on, wasting
energy like it doesn't matter? (OK, it *was* only about 6pm on a
weekday, so I guess it just reflects the long hours we Qlder's work.)

Don't forget the astronomers!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pollution

BugBear

As it happens, that is my third favorite hobby (photos first, then
marine biology/anything ocean-related second, then stargazing third).
But I've never had the desire to combine photography and astronomy*,
preferring to leave that to David Malin and Hubble the Telescope.. By
the way, even though some of the Hubble stuff is truly gob-smacking, I
think David's AAO Pleiades image is *the* astronomy image...

Oh, and I'll give Qld some credit in that a lot more of their street
lighting is downwards directed than in Adelaide/SA.


* That's not entirely true... I did take some rather uninspiring comet
images when McNaught made its recent appearance - here's one of the
weirder ones..
http://www.marktphoto.com/examples/m...unfiltered.jpg
I was quite cheesed off when these folk setup right in front of me and
started flashing away (to capture what was presumably their first time
out with their Tasco - woohoo!) (O:

However, I quite like the unintended result!

"Mark Thomas" wrote in message
...

1. Why doesn't Brisbane City Council light up the botanical gardens a bit,
so it doesn't look like a huge black slug in the middle of my image..?
(O:



Is your photography more important than the life of the birds which live in
the gardens?

Do you sleep with your lights on?

N wrote:
"Mark Thomas" wrote in message
...

1. Why doesn't Brisbane City Council light up the botanical gardens a
bit, so it doesn't look like a huge black slug in the middle of my
image..? (O:



Is your photography more important than the life of the birds which live
in the gardens?

Do you sleep with your lights on?
Do you have a sense of humour?
Do you know what smilies are for?

"Mark Thomas" wrote in message
...
N wrote:
"Mark Thomas" wrote in message
...

1. Why doesn't Brisbane City Council light up the botanical gardens a
bit, so it doesn't look like a huge black slug in the middle of my
image..? (O:



Is your photography more important than the life of the birds which live
in the gardens?

Do you sleep with your lights on?
Do you have a sense of humour?
Do you know what smilies are for?


I'll take that as a yes to both my questions.

N wrote:
"Mark Thomas" wrote in message
1. Why doesn't Brisbane City Council light up the botanical gardens
a bit, so it doesn't look like a huge black slug in the middle of my
image..? ****************(O:********************

Is your photography more important than the life of the birds which
live in the gardens?

Do you sleep with your lights on?
Do you have a sense of humour?
Do you know what smilies are for?

I'll take that as a yes to both my questions.

Apart from *highlighting* the smilie in question (see above), I don't
think I can help with your misconstrual in more simple terms, so I guess
that ends this rather pointless diversion.

"Fortunately the world is full of people who have differing opinions and
behaviours."

Mark Thomas wrote:
^Tems^ wrote:
Mark Thomas wrote:
^Tems^ wrote:
Mark Thomas wrote:
More work in progress..

http://www.marktphoto.com/examples/pano_night1_test.jpg

Fuji S9000, fl~35mm, 3s f5.6, 5 images, PTGUI, adjusted levels/sat,
lightly denoised, reduced to about 1/3 size and USM.
(Need any of this explained or elaborated? just ask..)

Two conflicting thoughts struck me while taking the source images:

1. Why doesn't Brisbane City Council light up the botanical gardens
a bit, so it doesn't look like a huge black slug in the middle of
my image..? (O:

and then, hypocritically

2. Do all of those building lights really need to be on, wasting
energy like it doesn't matter? (OK, it *was* only about 6pm on a
weekday, so I guess it just reflects the long hours we Qlder's work.)

In regard to the image - yes, I'm aware of the stitching errors in
the foreground handrails, due to me shooting this without a pano
head. Maybe I'll go back and fiddle with the control points, maybe
not - consider it a copyright message to prevent misuse...!

And in hindsight, I should probably have used HDR to get more
detail in the sky. But the sunset wasn't a winner, so I couldn't
be bothered. Another for the maybe-next-time bin.

Constructive criticism welcome.

A couple I have done this week with PTGui (40d and 28-135 KIT lens)

8 stitch
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101666935

Very nice work.


6 stitch
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101666933
The centre horizon is very blown but 1/2 hour after sunset it is
hard to get perfect light.

I don't regard that as blown - a bit washed out, maybe, but not that
bad, and again it's a very nice scene. Maybe a candidate for HDR if
you are into that sort of thing. (As if panoramas aren't enough work
without hdr..!)

Just what I need, more inspiration..!

I have tried a few HDR panorama's.
This one was more arty than an actual picture
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101667821
MMMmmm - I just love monochrome. Wonder what it would have looked like
in colour... ((O: Seriously, I like this image very much, but would
like to see it 'normalised'..

and a more normal one

http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101667909/large
Nice, but I think it wants a little more foreground interest. Maybe I
woulda chucked in a big rock.. (O: Would look great as a wall sized
mural in the right room.

This is one you'll like
http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101668208/original
Correct - I do like! That's a winner. I'm trying to work out where it
is - my first thought was Lakes Entrance in Vic, but the coastline
doesn't look right.. There's so many danged entrances around the place..

69 photos taken at 300mm with my old 400d and 70-300 IS USM.
Are you kidding me? I have not the patience for that sort of project...
We're talking Gigapixel territory..

The tree's aren't trimmed at the lookout
Don't you hate that!! I'm quite green, but when it comes to lookouts in
forests.. (O:


so i had to stand on the top of a 4 inch pipe filled with concrete.
Nah, you havta be kidding. It would be bad enough standing lazily with
a tripod...

This is reduced to 7% of original with a about 2 inches taken off each
side.

It took 2 hours to stitch at 20% with autopano. One afternoon i
will set it up on the work computer at 100% and let it stitch
overnight and see how it looks.

It's interesting that you should say this - I dumped Autostitch because
it couldn't handle my bigger panos - I presume Autopano has addressed
that issue. I'd be very interested to see the result if you get a round
tuit...

It's the entrance to lake Macquarie, just south of Newcastle.

I ran the 170mm 70 shot one last night.
Only thing edited is cropping the jagged edges.
It saved as a 519mb PSD file.

This one is 8.5mb jpg at level 8 on photoshop

http://www.pbase.com/temuchin/image/101714581/original

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which is concerned with film cameras that use 35mm film, not digital
cameras that look like 35mm SLRs.

I should use an appropriate newsgroup for postings on digital cameras.
One of the following groups would be a good place for such postings:

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