First Digital Panorama (C&C please)

4thirds_dude · Feb 28, 2009

Thanks for taking the time to look and critique!

This shot was taken at Folsom Lake in Northern CA

flea77 · Feb 28, 2009

The panorama effect is excellent, but it looks way over processed (fake), to me anyway.

Allan

jv17 · Feb 28, 2009

wow great work..

dcclark · Feb 28, 2009

That is amazing, but yes -- the saturation of the colors is a bit overdone. It actually feels like it's HDR (is it? That would be a lot of effort on a panorama!).

polymoog · Feb 28, 2009

Really lovely pic, esp like the detail in the clouds and sky

astrostu · Feb 28, 2009

Stitching's good, but I agree that it's over-saturated.

eminart · Feb 28, 2009

Great work. As far as being over-saturated, that depends on if you're going for a natural look or not. Photography is an art and art can be what you want it to be. It isn't always about exact representation.

4thirds_dude · Mar 2, 2009

dcclark said:
That is amazing, but yes -- the saturation of the colors is a bit overdone. It actually feels like it's HDR (is it? That would be a lot of effort on a panorama!).

Yes, it is HDR. 5 shots wide x 3 exposures each.

I appreciate the critique and will probably re-evaluate the saturation before I print it.

4thirds_dude · Mar 2, 2009

jv17 said:
wow great work..

Thank you! I really appreciate you all taking the time to critique this piece... I was "on the fence" myself about the saturation and hearing it from other photographers has helped me make up my mind. I'll probably post a revision when I re-process.