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Horseshoe Bend No. 3

108-photo multi-row HDR panorama. 35,605 x 18,276. (650 megapixels.)

 

A little bit after sunrise. Sky starting to fill in with beatiful clouds over a deep blue background.

 

In the previous two photos that I shared of Horseshoe Bend, I had to crop the fully stitched image below ~512 megapixels in order to import into Lightroom. This resulted in a lot of the sky being removed as well as some of the edges of the canyon.

 

This photo's sky had fantastic clouds and color; I wasn't prepared to simply crop it off, so I had to go back to the drawing board.

 

After trying a few different methods, I ended up processing this almost the same as the last two shots in PTGui, but instead of cropping and then going back to LR, I cut the photo in half and took each half into LR. I processed each half separately and then reassembled.

 

This probably took around 3 or 4 hours to process since I had some trouble slicing and reassembling the photo properly.

 

 

Max zoom version.

 

 

My gear

Canon EOS R5

Canon EF50mm f/1.2L USM lens (w/ hood)

Hoya UV filter (sometimes I use a polarizer)

iFOOTAGE TC7 Carbon Fiber Tripod w/ Quick Fastbowl

Acratech Multi-row panoramic head

Acratech Nodal Rail

Acratech L-bracket

EOS R/R5 compatible mounting plate

Remote trigger

 

Software

PTGui Pro

Adobe Lightroom Classic CC

Adobe Photoshop CC

Topaz DeNoise AI

Color Fidelity Color Profiles for Canon EOS R5

 

 

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Uploaded on March 11, 2021
Taken on February 10, 2021