I took the featured picture throughout my hike alongside the Panorama Path in Kodachrome State Park in Utah. I featured the situation in my earlier submit just a few 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 a protracted (10miles/16km) huge open path in 30C (90F) diploma climate at an elevation of 2000m (6500feet) above sea stage.
I made a decision to hike as gentle as attainable. 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 fascinating pictures.
However after I reached the Secret Passage space of the hike, I noticed that I had a difficulty to unravel.
The Secret Passage is a tiny space surrounded by tall rock formations, and I wanted an extremely huge angle lens to seize something significant.
The answer was to seize a number of pictures and merge them into huge angle panorama in Lightroom or Photoshop throughout post-processing.
That was exactly what I did, and it labored flawlessly.
Taking pictures
The rock formation I wished to seize had minimal area in entrance of it. After I was leaning in opposition to the other wall, the shot’s topic was so shut I nearly might attain it with my hand.
My unique plan was to take 3, a most of 4 pictures, to create a large angle panorama. After just a few makes an attempt, I noticed that I want extra pictures to cowl a whole rock formation.
In the long run, it took me six vertical pictures in complete to gather info from all the scene.
I used to be taking pictures handheld, making an attempt to be as nonetheless as attainable in the course of the taking pictures to attenuate the digital camera motion. On the identical time, even when I had a tripod with me, I’d not be capable of use it due to tight area.
Earlier than taking the collection of pictures, I made positive to lock publicity (AE-L) and autofocus (AF-L).
Modifying & Processing
It was a multi shot panorama processing workflow.
I began processing by choosing all the sequence of 6 pictures and sending them to the Photograph Merge module of Lightroom, selecting the Panorama choice.
Under is the screenshot of the Lightroom Panorama Merge settings:
Lightroom (80%)
Subsequent, I take advantage of the Crop Overlay software to adapt the picture to the 16×9 side ration.
To finish the Lightroom modifying, I
The Lightroom Preset Modifying Components: Napa (2, 9, 13, 20, 32)
Photoshop (20%)
In Photoshop, I used the Spot Elimination software to wash 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 newest model of DeNoise AI after upgrading from DeNoise 6. The latest model works otherwise in comparison with the outdated model. It doesn’t solely scale back the noise however sharpens the picture as nicely.
After I’m snug with the brand new model, I’ll replace my assessment of Topaz plugins.
Earlier than & After Transformation
