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Little River Panorama<\/h4>\n

I tried a pano of this view earlier this spring. The Full Bend in the Little<\/a>. Since then I have started using PhotoShop Elements Panorama feature, in conjunction with the Easy Panorama mode of the Canon SX20IS. As noted in a previous post, Elements\u2019 pano engine is considerably smarter than the one in the Photo Stitch software Canon provides with the camera.<\/p>\n

This shot is 5 shots taken at about 50mm equivalent. Exposure was determined by the camera in Panorama mode, but averaged about F4 at 1\/640th @ ISO 80.<\/p>\n

Of course I never have a tripod with me. I have started carrying a light-weight monopod, which, for panoramas, is not as much help as I had hoped it would be. I tried this shot three times and every time the last shot was considerably off horizontal. I had to straighten and crop to get a level horizon and lost from every edge to do so. This is the best of the lot.  Third try lucky.<\/p>\n

Do try it at as large as your monitor will take by clicking the image above and using the size controls at the top of the window that appears. <\/p>\n

After processing the shots in Elements for pano, I took the whole thing into Lightroom as a PhotoShop file for final processing. Recovery for the sky, a bit of Fill Light for the foreground, Blackpoint to the right, added Clarity and just a little Vibrance. Sharpen landscape preset. Finally, the left most exposure was just a bit dark, even with Element\u2019s intelligent blending, so I applied a Lightroom graduated filter effect from the left to brighten it slightly.<\/p>\n

From Rachel Carson NWR Seasons<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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