Garden Route Panoramic

[Elmar Venter]

I have created this 18 image stitch on South Africa's beautiful Garden Route coastline. This is the beach at the small coastal town of Herolds Bay.

f11
1/50
Canon EOS 50D
17 - 40 mm lens

All comments welcomed!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Elmar,
Stitch looks VG. The small size limit here on BPN makes for a tough assesment......I like the comp flow of the scene but I do feel the light is a bit harsh....but do remember.....I am judging a small image. I do like the pano presentation as it showcases the bay nicely.

[Elmar Venter]

Thanks Roman. Yes, the light is a bit harsh as we stopped at this spot a couple of hours before noon. It was however so beautiful that I could not let the opportunity for a photograph pass by. I appreciate your comments!

[Dave Mills]

Hi Elmar, Agree with Roman regarding the light but feel you did a good job with composition and put together 18 images nicely. Good job minimalising the sky.

[Indranil Sircar]

Pretty impressive with image stitch panorama! Agree with Roman and Dave on the light. Excellent work. TFS.

[Robert Amoruso]

Elmer,

I can see why this attracted you. The harsh light can be partially addressed using a reverse s-curve (see my tutorial here http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20434).

We also have a 1024x800 pixel image size limit. Your at 984. Combine that with eliminating the border and the presentation can be better.

My repost employs the reverse s-curve.

Thanks for posting.

[Elmar Venter]

Thanks Robert. I tried the reverse S-curve, but I am working in Elements and I am not sure how successful the attempt was. Here is the repost without the border.