Northern Japan D2x panorama

in the description: 'this image is made from about 40 D2x RAW images assembled for DR, flare reduction and field of view. The initial image is 12.000 * 4000 (sharp) pixels.' i was just staring at the picture in awe, wondering 'what the hell...' until i read your comment. :o)

let me just say that you did a great job. the composition works for me (with the sun and lake breaking the 'stillness' of the mountain in the centre), i like the framing (hills), wonderful contrast and color saturation, and, above all, the way you processed it - despite having an extreme dynamic range, it looks very natural. (ok, perhaps i'd dodge&burn the clouds just a tad.) anyway, i'm sure no current form of electronic presentation known to man can do justice to this wonderful picture - one has to see a 60x20" print to appreciate it!
 
Magnificent composite Bernard. What would you estimate the time lapse from first to last capture? Also, do you use any additional hardware to your camera/tripod setup?

I've noticed you floating about in the MF/alternative forums but with captures like this I see no rush.

davidbogdan
 
in the description: 'this image is made from about 40 D2x RAW
images assembled for DR, flare reduction and field of view. The
initial image is 12.000 * 4000 (sharp) pixels.' i was just staring
at the picture in awe, wondering 'what the hell...' until i read
your comment. :o)
let me just say that you did a great job. the composition works for
me (with the sun and lake breaking the 'stillness' of the mountain
in the centre), i like the framing (hills), wonderful contrast and
color saturation, and, above all, the way you processed it -
despite having an extreme dynamic range, it looks very natural.
(ok, perhaps i'd dodge&burn the clouds just a tad.) anyway, i'm
sure no current form of electronic presentation known to man can do
justice to this wonderful picture - one has to see a 60x20" print
to appreciate it!
Thanks a lot for your kind words. There is indeed definitely room for improvement. :-)

Cheers,
Bernard
 
Magnificent composite Bernard. What would you estimate the time
lapse from first to last capture? Also, do you use any additional
hardware to your camera/tripod setup?

I've noticed you floating about in the MF/alternative forums but
with captures like this I see no rush.
David,

Thanks a lot for your kind words.

I would say that less than 2 minutes between the first and the last, considering that I took 3 to 5 images in each pano angle for DR etc...

I used a RRS pano head on top of the Gitzo tripod.

I love my D2x, and moving to something else - if I could afford it - would be a difficult move, but I feel that it is better to always consider other options. :-)

Anyway, I always have the 4*5 camera when quality is even more important...

Cheers,
Bernard
 
that is beautiful, thank you - anything good below it too? -
Thanks Keith,
Sorry, I didn't get that, what do you mean?
Cheers,
Bernard
  • sorry Bernard, i just thought the picture was really lovely and i was wondering if the valley below the shot was pretty too - it looked like it may be, and, not having seen Nth Japan before i'm always interested in seeing more -
thanks again for the lovely picture -

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keith
 
A brilliant capture of a tricky, but stunnging scene. It makes me want to spend more money on a good pano set up.

Just out of curiosity, setting aside the geographic and demographic difference between Hokkaido and other parts of Japan, do you find the light to be different or better in Hokkaido? This may sound like a strange question, but here in Kyoto, the sky is often murky due to the humidity. I am also tempted to ask as Hokkaido is at a higher latitude, and that would change the angle of the sun, while the termperature in Hokkaido I suppose might also have an effect on the quality of light.

In any event, given the awful heat these days, this is a most refreshing view.

Thank you for sharing.

Haruna
Dear all,

One image take/made 2 weeks ago in Hokkaido:

http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=1807951

Comments most welcome,

cheers,
Bernard
 

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