I took the featured picture throughout my hike alongside the Panorama Path in Kodachrome State Park in Utah. I featured the placement in my earlier put up 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) extensive 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 doable. I took with me Fujifilm XT2 digicam 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 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 extensive angle lens to seize something significant.
The answer was to seize a number of pictures and merge them into extensive 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 area in entrance of it. Once I was leaning towards the other wall, the shot’s topic was so shut I nearly may attain it with my hand.
My authentic plan was to take 3, a most of 4 pictures, to create a large angle panorama. After just a few makes an attempt, I spotted that I would like extra pictures to cowl a complete rock formation.
In the long run, it took me six vertical pictures in whole to gather info from the whole scene.
I used to be capturing handheld, attempting to be as nonetheless as doable in the course of the capturing to reduce the digicam motion. On the similar time, even when I had a tripod with me, I’d not be capable to 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 deciding on the whole 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 exploit the Crop Overlay software to adapt the picture to the 16×9 side ration.
To finish the Lightroom enhancing, I
The Lightroom Preset Modifying Method: Napa (2, 9, 13, 20, 32)
Photoshop (20%)
In Photoshop, I used the Spot Removing 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 in another way in comparison with the outdated model. It doesn’t solely scale back the noise however sharpens the picture as nicely.
After I’m comfy with the brand new model, I’ll replace my assessment of Topaz plugins.
Earlier than & After Transformation
