Calanais in Blue

Stitched panorama. Please view larger. Any thoughts would be very

welcome thanks!

very interestig indeed !!..great b&w tones...what do you mean stitched ? is there any photo editing work here ..

Hi Markos, Sorry i Should have explained. This image is stitched from a number of individual frames to make one photo with a higher resolution than my camera is capable of in a single shot. in this case the picture was made of up six portrait frames stitched together to creat the panorama. Thanks for your encouraging comments!

Thanks for the large version, really excellent detail. And very atmospheric B&W, the sky was perfect for this scenery. If it were mine, I would have tried to clone out the fence in the right background (not a major issue, but spoils the archaic feeling a bit IMO)

Thanks for your comments Carsten. I have a friend that agrees with you about the fence.

 

ben

This picture really appeals to me, the panorama format, the tones and subject and sky. The fence does not bother me. (Are you aware of the presence of 4 or 5 equidistant dots that appear just below the top of the frame - maybe stitching guides?)

Thanks all for your comments!

 

David, - ah good spotting. the dots are actually a result of dust on the sensor (camera was rather exposed to the elements during my trip to the Western Isles!). As the picture is stitched from individual frames, the speck appears in each frame. I must admit to not spotting this flaw before, but will now fix it asap! thanks again.

Excellent!!!

Very good, same objection..... Cheers A.

Ben, I really like your panos, the B&W conversion is something that I have just started gettin into. This interest was sparked by our friend Carsten. The blue toning (forgive me if I've used the wrong terminology) is very cool and something that I've experimented with. I tried this using hue to adjust. Is this what you have done also?

Hi Sean,

 

I hadn't thought of using the Hue slider but i guess that could work? let me know how you get on! One method i've used in the past is to create a layer filled with blue (or whatever colour you choose to tint with) then just adjust the opacity over the B&W layer until you get what you like. try using the 'color' blendmode so that the whites etc. stay white.

 

cheers,

 

Ben

Whatever your technique, the result is wonderful - love the range of tone - looks like something Ansel would have done...