Another Brisbane at night pano..

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.