I took the featured photograph throughout my hike alongside the Panorama Path in Kodachrome State Park in Utah. I featured the placement in my earlier submit a couple of weeks in the past: Secret Passage in Kodachrome
It was my very first exploration of the Kodachrome space and Panorama Path particularly. I didn’t know what to anticipate, however I knew it was an extended (10miles/16km) vast open path in 30C (90F) diploma climate at an elevation of 2000m (6500feet) above sea stage.
I made a decision to hike as mild as potential. I took with me Fujifilm XT2 digital camera and just one lens Fujinon 18-135mm. And I even left my tripod at a campsite as a result of I used to be not planning to hike till sundown.
The hike was exhausting due to the warmth, however I had a good time, managing to seize some attention-grabbing photographs.
However once I reached the Secret Passage space of the hike, I spotted that I had a difficulty to unravel.
The Secret Passage is a tiny space surrounded by tall rock formations, and I wanted an extremely vast angle lens to seize something significant.
The answer was to seize a number of photographs and merge them into vast angle panorama in Lightroom or Photoshop throughout post-processing.
That was exactly what I did, and it labored flawlessly.
Capturing
The rock formation I wished to seize had minimal house in entrance of it. After I was leaning towards the other wall, the shot’s topic was so shut I virtually may attain it with my hand.
My unique plan was to take 3, a most of 4 photographs, to create a large angle panorama. After a couple of makes an attempt, I spotted that I would like extra photographs to cowl a whole rock formation.
In the long run, it took me six vertical photographs in complete to gather info from your complete scene.
I used to be taking pictures handheld, making an attempt to be as nonetheless as potential throughout the taking pictures to reduce the digital camera motion. On the similar time, even when I had a tripod with me, I might not be capable of use it due to tight house.
Earlier than taking the sequence of photographs, I made certain to lock publicity (AE-L) and autofocus (AF-L).
Modifying & Processing
It was a multi shot panorama processing workflow.
I began processing by choosing your complete sequence of 6 photographs and sending them to the Photograph Merge module of Lightroom, selecting the Panorama possibility.
Beneath is the screenshot of the Lightroom Panorama Merge settings:
Lightroom (80%)
Subsequent, I take advantage of the Crop Overlay instrument to evolve the picture to the 16×9 side ration.
To finish the Lightroom modifying, I
The Lightroom Preset Modifying Method: Napa (2, 9, 13, 20, 32)
Photoshop (20%)
In Photoshop, I used the Spot Elimination instrument to scrub up the picture.
And at last, I used the Topz DeNoise plugin to cut back digital noise. That was the primary time I used the most recent model of DeNoise AI after upgrading from DeNoise 6. The latest model works otherwise in comparison with the outdated model. It doesn’t solely cut back the noise however sharpens the picture as properly.
After I’m snug with the brand new model, I’ll replace my overview of Topaz plugins.
Earlier than & After Transformation
