Panorama of the Swiss Alps - 13 frame stitch

Sander Meurs · Jul 31, 2004

I have learnt from my previous panorama posts that for a pano to be effective, the photographer should include a foreground element to lure the viewer into the scene, without it the pano looks flat and uninteresting.

For this panorama, I had no such foreground element, I stood at the summit of the Mont Fort, all alone at 3333 meters. Very quiet, very peacefull, far from the troubles of normal life. I metered my D2h with 70-200 at the surroundings, set it to manual f/11 and 1/400th and started my horizontal sweep, capturing 21 frames in portrait position, from right to left, being due-south to north-east. There are many big names among these mountains but I have not written them down, you can see the Mont Blanc and also the Matterhorn, albeit through the clouds, among others.

On my PC I decided that the 21 frame merged pano was too wide, I cut of some 8 frames, downsized, and this is the result. Being taken at 70mm each, I just used photoshop with layers set to 'difference blend' to stitch them together, at the end I applied a curves adjustment layer for black and white point compensation, because the haze took away too much contrast.

The 21 frame file has an original rez of 18932 x 2280 (43 MP).

Well here it is, maybe a bit flat and uninteresting, but it does give a nice peek into a prime viewpoint in the center of the Swiss Alps.

Hope you like it, more to follow next week. Any question or comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
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Nikonombi · Jul 31, 2004

That's pretty awesome and shows dedication, especially seeing how you shot in portait orientation to increase image quality size- nice!

CraigH · Jul 31, 2004

Sander Meurs said:
Well here it is, maybe a bit flat and uninteresting, but it does
give a nice peek into a prime viewpoint in the center of the Swiss
Alps.

This is superb! me likes this one lots. its level too.

Sander Meurs said:
http://www.sanderfoto.nl/dpr/DSC_7675-merge

Hope you like it, more to follow next week. Any question or
comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
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Sander Meurs · Jul 31, 2004

CraigH said:
This is superb! me likes this one lots. its level too.

;^) You so funny! Thanks Graig.

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
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Sander Meurs · Jul 31, 2004

Now for a printer that can handle this...

Thanks again.

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
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Anthony Medici · Jul 31, 2004

I'd send it here to be printed.

http://ezprints.mye-pix.com/ezdirect/products.asp?Type=Panorama

It will give you a print about 100 inches long by 12 inches tall and cost about $40 before shipping.

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Sander Meurs said:
Now for a printer that can handle this...

flew · Jul 31, 2004

It doesn't look flat and boring at all to me. I appreciate being able to share this magnificent scene with you and other forum members.

Regards,

Frank

Sander Meurs said:
I have learnt from my previous panorama posts that for a pano to be
effective, the photographer should include a foreground element to
lure the viewer into the scene, without it the pano looks flat and
uninteresting.

For this panorama, I had no such foreground element, I stood at the
summit of the Mont Fort, all alone at 3333 meters. Very quiet, very
peacefull, far from the troubles of normal life. I metered my D2h
with 70-200 at the surroundings, set it to manual f/11 and 1/400th
and started my horizontal sweep, capturing 21 frames in portrait
position, from right to left, being due-south to north-east. There
are many big names among these mountains but I have not written
them down, you can see the Mont Blanc and also the Matterhorn,
albeit through the clouds, among others.

On my PC I decided that the 21 frame merged pano was too wide, I
cut of some 8 frames, downsized, and this is the result. Being
taken at 70mm each, I just used photoshop with layers set to
'difference blend' to stitch them together, at the end I applied a
curves adjustment layer for black and white point compensation,
because the haze took away too much contrast.

The 21 frame file has an original rez of 18932 x 2280 (43 MP).

Well here it is, maybe a bit flat and uninteresting, but it does
give a nice peek into a prime viewpoint in the center of the Swiss
Alps.

Hope you like it, more to follow next week. Any question or
comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
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'..fools rush in, where fools have been before..'

--
Frank Wilson
Huntsville, AL
http://flew.smugmug.com
Looking, listening, learning....

digi-Dutch · Jul 31, 2004

--Hi Sander, Your pano is awesome... I really like this one.
One question: Why did you use 70mm for a pano?
Prettig weekend,
Edwin

The perfect shot was already inside your head...

Greyflash · Jul 31, 2004

Sander, it's like being on top of the world, very impressive. Must have been quite a hike to get in position to take this photo.

Gordon

Sander Meurs · Jul 31, 2004

flew said:
Regards,

Frank

Sander Meurs said:

I have learnt from my previous panorama posts that for a pano to be
effective, the photographer should include a foreground element to
lure the viewer into the scene, without it the pano looks flat and
uninteresting.

For this panorama, I had no such foreground element, I stood at the
summit of the Mont Fort, all alone at 3333 meters. Very quiet, very
peacefull, far from the troubles of normal life. I metered my D2h
with 70-200 at the surroundings, set it to manual f/11 and 1/400th
and started my horizontal sweep, capturing 21 frames in portrait
position, from right to left, being due-south to north-east. There
are many big names among these mountains but I have not written
them down, you can see the Mont Blanc and also the Matterhorn,
albeit through the clouds, among others.

On my PC I decided that the 21 frame merged pano was too wide, I
cut of some 8 frames, downsized, and this is the result. Being
taken at 70mm each, I just used photoshop with layers set to
'difference blend' to stitch them together, at the end I applied a
curves adjustment layer for black and white point compensation,
because the haze took away too much contrast.

The 21 frame file has an original rez of 18932 x 2280 (43 MP).

Well here it is, maybe a bit flat and uninteresting, but it does
give a nice peek into a prime viewpoint in the center of the Swiss
Alps.

Hope you like it, more to follow next week. Any question or
comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
------------------------------------------------------------------

'..fools rush in, where fools have been before..'

Click to expand...

--
Frank Wilson
Huntsville, AL
http://flew.smugmug.com
Looking, listening, learning....

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Cheers,

Sander Meurs
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Sander Meurs · Jul 31, 2004

I guess there are some advantages to living in the States after all ;^)

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
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Sander Meurs · Jul 31, 2004

I had 3 lenses with me up there, the 12-24 DX, the 17-55 DX and the 70-200 VR. I had been shooting separate mountains for over half an hour with the 70-200, and opted for the 70mm for the panorama because a long lens will give you a very easy and clean cylindrical stitch, I just dropped the 21 frames on top of each other and they all fitted, no angular distortions to correct. Added benefit was the extra resolved detail in the mountains, over the next candidate: the 55mm.

Thanks for your comment, Edwin

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
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'..fools rush in, where fools have been before..'

Sander Meurs · Jul 31, 2004

Hi Gordon,

here I have to admit, that allthough it took some effort, it wasn't all that hard. From Seviez (Swiss village) we took 3 seperate gondola's, at first open seaters, and in the end cabines that would fit 20 people. Those dropped us off at 3300 meters, and I just walked the last 33 meters on my own power ;^)

Nonetheless it felt like quite a victory, having come from far to witness the Alps, i was up there al alone for about an hour, it was very serene.

Thanks for your comment Gordon.

Greyflash said:
Sander, it's like being on top of the world, very impressive. Must
have been quite a hike to get in position to take this photo.

Gordon

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Cheers,

Sander Meurs
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Ed Prust · Jul 31, 2004

Printing pano's is easy if you have a printer wich takes rolls of paper. I had a pano printed by a friend. I couln't find a printservice online here in the Netherlands which could do it.
Does anybody know one??
Ed

Sander Meurs said:
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Yves P. · Jul 31, 2004

Outstanding ...

You rock at this.

Sander Meurs said:
I have learnt from my previous panorama posts that for a pano to be
effective, the photographer should include a foreground element to
lure the viewer into the scene, without it the pano looks flat and
uninteresting.

For this panorama, I had no such foreground element, I stood at the
summit of the Mont Fort, all alone at 3333 meters. Very quiet, very
peacefull, far from the troubles of normal life. I metered my D2h
with 70-200 at the surroundings, set it to manual f/11 and 1/400th
and started my horizontal sweep, capturing 21 frames in portrait
position, from right to left, being due-south to north-east. There
are many big names among these mountains but I have not written
them down, you can see the Mont Blanc and also the Matterhorn,
albeit through the clouds, among others.

On my PC I decided that the 21 frame merged pano was too wide, I
cut of some 8 frames, downsized, and this is the result. Being
taken at 70mm each, I just used photoshop with layers set to
'difference blend' to stitch them together, at the end I applied a
curves adjustment layer for black and white point compensation,
because the haze took away too much contrast.

The 21 frame file has an original rez of 18932 x 2280 (43 MP).

Well here it is, maybe a bit flat and uninteresting, but it does
give a nice peek into a prime viewpoint in the center of the Swiss
Alps.

Hope you like it, more to follow next week. Any question or
comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
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Osku · Jul 31, 2004

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hans200177 · Jul 31, 2004

Awesome,very good work
Mountains are always impressive ,you captured that well!

Sander Meurs said:
I have learnt from my previous panorama posts that for a pano to be
effective, the photographer should include a foreground element to
lure the viewer into the scene, without it the pano looks flat and
uninteresting.

For this panorama, I had no such foreground element, I stood at the
summit of the Mont Fort, all alone at 3333 meters. Very quiet, very
peacefull, far from the troubles of normal life. I metered my D2h
with 70-200 at the surroundings, set it to manual f/11 and 1/400th
and started my horizontal sweep, capturing 21 frames in portrait
position, from right to left, being due-south to north-east. There
are many big names among these mountains but I have not written
them down, you can see the Mont Blanc and also the Matterhorn,
albeit through the clouds, among others.

On my PC I decided that the 21 frame merged pano was too wide, I
cut of some 8 frames, downsized, and this is the result. Being
taken at 70mm each, I just used photoshop with layers set to
'difference blend' to stitch them together, at the end I applied a
curves adjustment layer for black and white point compensation,
because the haze took away too much contrast.

The 21 frame file has an original rez of 18932 x 2280 (43 MP).

Well here it is, maybe a bit flat and uninteresting, but it does
give a nice peek into a prime viewpoint in the center of the Swiss
Alps.

Hope you like it, more to follow next week. Any question or
comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
------------------------------------------------------------------

'..fools rush in, where fools have been before..'

--
hans

paulfrye · Jul 31, 2004

Great job, Sander. It is a treat to see. Did the clouds moving quickly cause a problem in your stitching? Did you use a pano head?

Regards,

Paul

Sander Meurs said:
I have learnt from my previous panorama posts that for a pano to be
effective, the photographer should include a foreground element to
lure the viewer into the scene, without it the pano looks flat and
uninteresting.

For this panorama, I had no such foreground element, I stood at the
summit of the Mont Fort, all alone at 3333 meters. Very quiet, very
peacefull, far from the troubles of normal life. I metered my D2h
with 70-200 at the surroundings, set it to manual f/11 and 1/400th
and started my horizontal sweep, capturing 21 frames in portrait
position, from right to left, being due-south to north-east. There
are many big names among these mountains but I have not written
them down, you can see the Mont Blanc and also the Matterhorn,
albeit through the clouds, among others.

On my PC I decided that the 21 frame merged pano was too wide, I
cut of some 8 frames, downsized, and this is the result. Being
taken at 70mm each, I just used photoshop with layers set to
'difference blend' to stitch them together, at the end I applied a
curves adjustment layer for black and white point compensation,
because the haze took away too much contrast.

The 21 frame file has an original rez of 18932 x 2280 (43 MP).

Well here it is, maybe a bit flat and uninteresting, but it does
give a nice peek into a prime viewpoint in the center of the Swiss
Alps.

Hope you like it, more to follow next week. Any question or
comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
------------------------------------------------------------------

'..fools rush in, where fools have been before..'

--
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition.
The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Herbert Kaufman

gilles racine · Jul 31, 2004

Hi Sander, this is great pano. I was at mont-blanc last year. Is mont-blanc the one at the right of the pano ?

paulfrye said:
Regards,

Paul

Sander Meurs said:

I have learnt from my previous panorama posts that for a pano to be
effective, the photographer should include a foreground element to
lure the viewer into the scene, without it the pano looks flat and
uninteresting.

For this panorama, I had no such foreground element, I stood at the
summit of the Mont Fort, all alone at 3333 meters. Very quiet, very
peacefull, far from the troubles of normal life. I metered my D2h
with 70-200 at the surroundings, set it to manual f/11 and 1/400th
and started my horizontal sweep, capturing 21 frames in portrait
position, from right to left, being due-south to north-east. There
are many big names among these mountains but I have not written
them down, you can see the Mont Blanc and also the Matterhorn,
albeit through the clouds, among others.

On my PC I decided that the 21 frame merged pano was too wide, I
cut of some 8 frames, downsized, and this is the result. Being
taken at 70mm each, I just used photoshop with layers set to
'difference blend' to stitch them together, at the end I applied a
curves adjustment layer for black and white point compensation,
because the haze took away too much contrast.

The 21 frame file has an original rez of 18932 x 2280 (43 MP).

Well here it is, maybe a bit flat and uninteresting, but it does
give a nice peek into a prime viewpoint in the center of the Swiss
Alps.

Hope you like it, more to follow next week. Any question or
comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Sander Meurs
------------------------------------------------------------------

'..fools rush in, where fools have been before..'

Click to expand...

--
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches'
ambition.
The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Herbert Kaufman

Sander Meurs · Aug 1, 2004

I don't know about a printerservice here in Holland either, but Anthony gave me a url for a service in the stated, 40 bucks for a very large print, and add shipping to that, it might be interesting. I'll keep looking for a service a little closer to home though...

Ed Prust said:
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