Pano #1

[klassylady25]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1030/1316240857_0e3d641024_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1020/1316271081_dfed3eeb64_o.jpg

The first link show middle section only.
The second link shows the pano. That is not the original size but it is as large as Flickr would allow. 

What a job!!   :wow:

[sanbie]

 :up: :wnw: You have done an awesome job with this...well done hun..it looks great!

Sanbie

[Hannie]

Wow Candice!  That looks really great, good job!  :up:
(I wouldn't even know how to start a project like that)

Hannie

[kiska]

Looks good Candice!

[kstruve]

Hi Candice!

It's looking much cleaner and brighter!  I have one question and one comment.  Question:  Did you crop off the top portion of the photo, or is it just the Flickr size limitation?  If you cropped it, I would suggest that you don't and let the client make that decision.

My comment:  I notice that in adjusting the curves/brightness/contrast/levels, that the photo has lost some information in the shadow areas.  It's particularly noticable in the trees, and on the shady underside of the seated men.

Trees comparison:


Guys comparison:



Kurt

[kiska]

I had to crop mine after turning it to straighten it with transform.

[kstruve]

Kiska,

Certainly, we've all at one point or another needed to crop a little bit to restore a rectangular format to a photo.  But what I was talking about (and I apologize for not including an example in my post) is that the top of this image has been cropped a significant amount from the original.  See example below:



I've overlaid the restored image on top of the original and you can see the restored version crops the top 10% of the image off.

Kurt

[klassylady25]

Kurt, when the three were combined the picture was very uneven around the parameters.  A crop was the only way to even it up because I couldn't add trees that weren't in the others.  I'm sure that the trees won't be missed.  They went AWOL but the soldiers stayed.  That's what counts.   :)

Here's the next one.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1190/1323795613_34d5a3351d_b.jpg

[klassylady25]

Kiska, Certainly, we've all at one point or another needed to crop a little bit to restore a rectangular format to a photo.  But what I was talking about (and I apologize for not including an example in my post) is that the top of this image has been cropped a significant amount from the original.  See example below:
I've overlaid the restored image on top of the original and you can see the restored version crops the top 10% of the image off.  Kurt

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/1324795702_6e8a404719_b.jpg
The pano before crop.

[kiska]

The link below is to the pic of the officers, not the one we're talking about.

[kstruve]

Oh I see, it just wasn't shot or pieced together to include the original photo in its entirety.

Kurt

[klassylady25]

I've just posted the enlisted men's original pano, prior to crop. 

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/1324795702_6e8a404719_b.jpg

[klassylady25]

Exactly Kurt.  It came in pieces.  5 to be exact but 2 were duplicates.  It's the same way with the officers however, I can create the upper left of the officers since it is horizon and most of the grass too. 

[cmpentecost]

If I may add my two bits, I think that when these panos were photographed, they were not photographed "evenly", so we ended up with some discrepancy.  Kiska alerted us to this problem when we were on the Biloxi run, so we took great care in making sure the panos were all shot very level.

Chris

[klassylady25]

 :up2: and that's how we learn what not to do for future pano's.   ;)   I have a friend that says that our success is directly proportional to our mistakes.  I'm beginning to believe it!!  lol  I've learned with each 'oops'! 

Candice