I took the featured picture throughout my hike alongside the Panorama Trail in Kodachrome State Park in Utah. I featured the placement in my earlier publish a number of weeks in the past: Secret Passage in Kodachrome
It was my very first exploration of the Kodachrome space and Panorama Trail specifically. I didn’t know what to anticipate, however I knew it was a protracted (10miles/16km) large open path in 30C (90F) diploma climate at an elevation of 2000m (6500feet) above sea degree.
I made a decision to hike as gentle 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 attention-grabbing pictures.
But once I reached the Secret Passage space of the hike, I spotted that I had a problem to resolve.
The Secret Passage is a tiny space surrounded by tall rock formations, and I wanted an extremely large angle lens to seize something significant.
The resolution was to seize a number of photographs and merge them into large angle panorama in Lightroom or Photoshop throughout post-processing.
That was exactly what I did, and it labored flawlessly.
Shooting
The rock formation I wished to seize had minimal area in entrance of it. When I used to be leaning in opposition to the other wall, the shot’s topic was so shut I nearly may attain it with my hand.
My unique plan was to take 3, a most of 4 photographs, to create a large angle panorama. After a number of makes an attempt, I spotted that I want extra photographs to cowl a whole rock formation.
In the tip, it took me six vertical photographs in complete to gather info from your entire scene.
I used to be capturing handheld, attempting to be as nonetheless as doable throughout the capturing to attenuate the digicam motion. At the identical time, even when I had a tripod with me, I might not be capable of use it due to tight area.
Before taking the sequence of photographs, I made certain to lock publicity (AE-L) and autofocus (AF-L).
Editing & Processing
It was a multi shot panorama processing workflow.
I began processing by deciding on your entire sequence of 6 photographs and sending them to the Photo Merge module of Lightroom, selecting the Panorama choice.
Below is the screenshot of the Lightroom Panorama Merge settings:
Lightroom (80%)
Next, I take advantage of the Crop Overlay software to evolve the picture to the 16×9 side ration.
To full the Lightroom enhancing, I
The Lightroom Preset Editing Formula: Napa (2, 9, 13, 20, 32)
Photoshop (20%)
In Photoshop, I used the Spot Removal software to scrub up the picture.
And lastly, 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 a different way in comparison with the outdated model. It doesn’t solely scale back the noise however sharpens the picture as nicely.
After I’m snug with the brand new model, I’ll replace my evaluation of Topaz plugins.
Before & After Transformation
