Hello, everyone, and Happy New Year.
I promised Jay I would start to post in the new year, so here's my first, taken at the Grand Canyon last month a little after 3 pm (sunset was around 4:30 pm). This was stitched in CS5 using six images - 3 across and 2 rows; the only adjustments in Lightroom 3 to the Raw captures were to invoke the lens profile and to use the 2010 processor. Since I was pretty close to the foreground, there was considerable distortion, and I adjusted this using Warp. The squared up image was then processed using Topaz Adjust 4 (Photo Pop preset), a mild S curve, and then Viveza 2 for local adjustments to increase saturation and structure of the distant formations and to lighten the lower right corner foreground.
Camera: Canon 7D
Capture date/time: Dec 5 10; 3:15 pm
Light condition: late afternoon
Lens: Canon 17-40 mm f4 L
Focal length: 40 mm
ISO: 160
Exp Prog: Av
Speed: 1/25
Aperture: f/16
Exp Comp:
Metering: Evaluative
WB: Auto
AF Drive: One shot
Tripod: yes
Pixel Genius Sharpener Pro for Capture and Output sharpening
Please give me your comments and critiques/suggestions.