Svalbard

[Bill Dix]

Pano taken several weeks ago at 80 degrees North Latitude.

[Don Railton]

Hi Bill..

This is a cracker of a shot..Superb..!! Love all the detail and it exudes a cold stillness and calmness... What a wonderful place to be at with a camera.. Is it a stitch of multiple images..? I think it might be because of the detail (nothing published about gear and processing..). If I am right did you process all the images with the same white balance & settings..?, I ask because the RHS of the centre mountain (image center) seems warmer than the LHS.. It could easily be a natural phenomenon but its worth asking the question anyway.. There is a slight blowout of the spot where the sun is but nit picking really, but if you could fix it I would. STICK IT ON A WALL...!!

DON

[Bill Dix]

Thank you Don. I really appreciate the comments. As to the EXIF: It's been said that the best camera is the one you have with you. This is an iPhone panorama. I was surprised how well it showed the detail. The WB was unchanged from L to R, or course, but I did notice the greater warmth on the RHS. I'm assuming that was because the right was more influenced by the sun reflection, while the left showed reflection from the glacier and darker clouds. I did a gradient burn layer in the sky but probably could have toned down the sunny spot a bit more. It was indeed a great place to be with a camera, even an iPhone. (I did get lots of shots with the 16-80 and with the 150-600, but for some reason I felt this evoked the scene better than any of those.)

[Don Railton]

Hi Bill
... and even more wonderful that its from a Phone. Isn't it amazing what they can do now with Phone cameras. A lady in my camera club uses her latest Iphone quite a lot and instead of her Sony something...we call the images either 'Sonyies' or 'Phonies'... I do wonder if the algorithm that stitches the image together as you pan (I Think this is how they work) continually adjusts the WB of the incoming data.. you would hope not.. Well done anyway.

DON

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Very Nice Image. I like the choice of Composition (Panaroma). I might try to tone down the highlights in the Top Right corner a little.

TFS

[Bill Dix]

Thanks Krishna. I did tone down the highlight area in the upper right, and tried reducing the brightness even further to the point that it started to look greyed out. But I agree it does look overly bright. I'm not sure how to fix it without it looking strange.

[gail bisson]

WOW Bill! What a great image! Gotta love the iPhones.
I love the cool colors (no pun intended) and that wonderful calm water.
I am impressed!
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Thanks Gail. Yes, I was amazed at what the iPhone can do.

[John Mack]

Very nice. Looks great for an iPhone pano but i am not surprised.

[Walker Noe]

Nicely done Bill. Great detail and a stunning scene captured here. I agree with comments re highlights.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks John and Walker.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

No excuse for not posting comments earlier Bill, but I can say that I raved about and marveled at the extraordinary quality of this image, when you returned form this adventure, with you in person. I wanted to add that for what you possibly thought was going to be a "record" shot, in fact became more than a keeper.


Geoffrey




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