Stitched Panorama of Denali and Mt Hunter: This is my first attempt at stitching. Any critique is welcome. I can use all the help I can get. I used a D750 with a 24-120 lens. The...

Bill Munny Loc: Aurora, Colorado

This is my first attempt at stitching. Any critique is welcome. I can use all the help I can get. I used a D750 with a 24-120 lens. The clouds on Denali are relentless so I waited for an hour to get two frames and then stitched together in Affinity.

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lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Very nice, I like it. Great first anything actually!

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Bill Munny wrote:

This is my first attempt at stitching. Any critique is welcome. I can use all the help I can get. I used a D750 with a 24-120 lens. The clouds on Denali are relentless so I waited for an hour to get two frames and then stitched together in Affinity.

Great stitching of the images. Did you apply any saturation and/or clarity to the image? I ask because the colors of the trees are look artificial. Also, there's a fare amount of noise in the sky which is easy to correct.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

You say you waited and hour to get to shots to stitch because of the clouds - as you have fit all so very nicely causes me to wonder if you superimposed any part of the image...

Pixelpixie88 Loc: Northern Minnesota

Good job with the panorama. However, the green is off. Also, if you bring down the shadows a little bit, it would look more natural at the base of the mountains. Would also help with the trees. I think I stood in this exact spot a couple years ago waiting for the clouds to move. (They did.)

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

Bill Munny wrote:

This is my first attempt at stitching. Any critique is welcome. I can use all the help I can get. I used a D750 with a 24-120 lens. The clouds on Denali are relentless so I waited for an hour to get two frames and then stitched together in Affinity.

From where I sit, you don't need any help at all.

Very well photographed!!

Bill Munny Loc: Aurora, Colorado

Thanks for the suggestions. Not sure what you mean by superimposed but they are overlapped by about 1/4 of the frames. I used two frames taken about 10 seconds apart. The greens in Alaska are very vivid. The first comment I made after getting off the plane was "it is so green". Maybe the photos are too green, but being from brown Colorado (35 years of drought and beetle killed trees everywhere) may have skewed my vision of "green". I will tone it down and work with the shadows to see how that looks.

Pixelpixie88 Loc: Northern Minnesota

Bill Munny wrote:

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I could be wrong too but my first impression of the green was that there was a little too much blue in the green. I would love to see the photo again if you do any changes!

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

Pixelpixie88 wrote:

I could be wrong too but my first impression of the green was that there was a little too much blue in the green. I would love to see the photo again if you do any changes!

Maybe a bit of color balance correction needed because of the time of day (appears to be around noon from the cloud shadows) and, the altitude?

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Bill Munny wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions. Not sure what you mean by superimposed but they are overlapped by about 1/4 of the frames. I used two frames taken about 10 seconds apart. .

I mis-interpreted your comment - my brain read it as waiting an hour to take the second image. Sorry

Going against the grain - I like the colors.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent first effort! The colors do not disturb me, having been to Alaska in the spring.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Pixelpixie88 wrote:

I could be wrong too but my first impression of the green was that there was a little too much blue in the green. I would love to see the photo again if you do any changes!

That was my thought, too. Nice job on the stitching and photography. Not often one can actually see Denali.

Bill Munny Loc: Aurora, Colorado

Okay, I tried your suggestions. Got rid of most of the noise in the sky. Lightened up the greens and worked with the shadows. It seems to be more vivid and lively. Please let me know if I am on the right track or I need to do something different. Thanks to all, I am on the learning path with some excellent mentors.

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BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Actually, I think the original is the more vivid and lively image; like it much better than the 2nd image

Bill Munny Loc: Aurora, Colorado

Thanks, BboH, and I still like the first one better also. I need more practice with PP.