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    Default Elephants Taking a Bath, Tarangire NP

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    This image is a panorama of 2 images stitched together manually.

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    It was a hazy day and now thinking back I might have been better of with F11. The sky seemed to be pretty dirty (or my lens?) and everything seemed to show at F18.

    Brought up exposure by 1/3EV in LR5
    Levels, Curves, Added Saturation to the sky only

    It was a magnificent sight and this image does not do justice to what I witnessed with my own eyes. There were only me and my guide and the elephants, no other vehicle or people. We saw them at the tail end of their bath and there wasn't much time for me to compose. The matriarch took a step to come to investigate the vehicle and my guide decided to give her space and backed off.

    Hope I will have another chance next year, so appreciate your comments and feedback very much both the field techniques for successful panorama and PP.

    Thank you.

    Loi

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    Hi Loi -it's really tough to capture the feeling of a sighting like this. So much of it is the sense of being the only ones seeing it and hearing nothing but the elephants and birds. The colors look good and I like the layers of habitat. With so many of the eles facing away I think you needed more of an area of interest in the middle of the frame. Nice job on the stitching but there does seem to be a slight visible difference in the exp of the 2 sides of the frame. Just near the front ele's rear the fg grass, midground grass and sky to the right all are slightly darker than the lhs. Also there are some noticeable halos around some of the eles. If it were me I would process an image like this as a landscape rather than a wildlife image meaning I would apply adjustments and sharpening to the various zones of the image rather than to the eles.

    Good for you in thinking ahead to your next trip. Hopefully others will chime in with their thoughts and tips.

    TFS,
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    Loi, beautiful scene and the serenity of the place does show. Wish more elle's were facing us. Good colours and nice P work. Rachel has touched upon the main issues here. TFS.

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    Hi Loi, glad you got things sorted.

    Like the previous image, I'm still not sure about the overall colour, but…

    Rachel has covered most of the observations, however from my perspective I think it's great to take on a challenge like this, you did well. I think this will put you in stead for the next trip and what to lookout for.

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    Love the setting & comp on this pano here Loi, apart from the slight variation in the exp stitching, I would have liked to see a bit more sky as well.
    TFS


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    Hi Loi, good work on the stitching, and as we all know, when on safari, we dont get many opportunities to rectify or practice certain things. I like the overall setting with the ellies in their element, but am also seeing visible halos around them.

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    I see the mis-matched exposure now. Trying to stitch two images together manually is tougher than I could do at the moment. I think my mistake was not to have enough overlap, so the Photomerge function in CS6 can't stitch these images together and keep the horizn straight. A good lesson for next time. Thank you everyone for your comments. Loi

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    Can't add much more here Loi. The scene had potential but you also needed better cooperation from the actors...
    If you want better stitching capabilities - look at PTGui or Autopano Pro. CS5 has been sufficient for most of my needs but these packages are built-for-purpose and fare better when it's a challenging stitch.
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    Thanks Morkel. I will take a look at those software packages. Loi

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