I took the featured photograph throughout my hike alongside the Panorama Path in Kodachrome State Park in Utah. I featured the situation in my earlier publish a number of weeks in the past: Secret Passage in Kodachrome
It was my very first exploration of the Kodachrome space and Panorama Path specifically. I didn’t know what to anticipate, however I knew it was a protracted (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 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 attention-grabbing photographs.
However after 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 needed to seize had minimal area in entrance of it. Once I was leaning in opposition to the alternative wall, the shot’s topic was so shut I nearly 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 number of makes an attempt, I spotted that I want extra photographs to cowl a whole rock formation.
Ultimately, it took me six vertical photographs in whole to gather info from all the scene.
I used to be taking pictures handheld, making an attempt to be as nonetheless as attainable through the taking pictures to attenuate the digital camera motion. On the similar time, even when I had a tripod with me, I might not have the ability to use it due to tight area.
Earlier than taking the collection of photographs, I made certain to lock publicity (AE-L) and autofocus (AF-L).
Enhancing & Processing
It was a multi shot panorama processing workflow.
I began processing by deciding on all the sequence of 6 photographs and sending them to the Photograph Merge module of Lightroom, selecting the Panorama choice.
Beneath is the screenshot of the Lightroom Panorama Merge settings:
Lightroom (80%)
Subsequent, I exploit the Crop Overlay instrument to adapt the picture to the 16×9 side ration.
To finish the Lightroom enhancing, I
The Lightroom Preset Enhancing Method: Napa (2, 9, 13, 20, 32)
Photoshop (20%)
In Photoshop, I used the Spot Elimination instrument to scrub up the picture.
And eventually, I used the Topz DeNoise plugin to scale 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 in another way in comparison with the outdated model. It doesn’t solely scale back the noise however sharpens the picture as effectively.
After I’m comfy with the brand new model, I’ll replace my evaluation of Topaz plugins.
Earlier than & After Transformation
