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[JimFox]

This is from a few weeks back in Joshua Tree National Park, it's Arch Rock. After a night of Deep Space photography with no clouds, there was just a slight bit of clouds along the horizon, not much at all but enough to give me hope for sunrise so I ran over to where Arch Rock is and got this.

This is a 3 shot pano. And amazing enough it was stitched in ACR. I hadn't noticed the Panorama creation option in ACR before, maybe it's been there for a while, but I noticed it yesterday as I started processing this so I went for it. It stitched it perfectly.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

I like the result - nice positioning of the sunrise highlights and colors relative to the arch. The pinks radiating out from the top of the arch are a nice touch.

The pano stitch feature has been there for a while - actually a couple of years now. I prefer bringing the various images into PS as layers and using the Edit>Auto-Blend where I can specify the stitching model to use for the layers. Especially if I am stitching frames from a PS-E shifted pano where I want repositioning only.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Love this one Jim, How did I live in So Cal for 40 years and never get there.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice soft light on the arch and the sky with the sunrise hot spot carefully tucked away behind it.

 

[JimFox]

I like the result - nice positioning of the sunrise highlights and colors relative to the arch. The pinks radiating out from the top of the arch are a nice touch.

The pano stitch feature has been there for a while - actually a couple of years now. I prefer bringing the various images into PS as layers and using the Edit>Auto-Blend where I can specify the stitching model to use for the layers. Especially if I am stitching frames from a PS-E shifted pano where I want repositioning only.

Thanks Alan, in Photoshop as you mentioned is how I have been blending my pano's for quite a while now, Well I think starting with PS 5. Before that I used PT-Gui to stitch pano's.

But as to ACR doing it, I suspected it had been that ability for a while and I just had been blind to it. In this case it worked great, so it's something I might try again. It actually seemed faster combining the stacking and blending all in one button.

 

[JimFox]

Love this one Jim, How did I live in So Cal for 40 years and never get there.

Thanks so much Ben. It's amazing sometimes how we can miss things in our own backyard.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

This is really nice, Jim. The tones are perfect and so is the composition.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Great shot, the clouds are perfect.

I've been stitching most of my panos in ACR for a few years just because it is fast and easy once I have the files open there. Very rarely they don't come out well, or need the repositioning only like Alan says. The thing I prefer about ACR is that the result is a DNG file that can be edited in ACR again to change the color balance or something else best done there.

 

[Amy Earl]

Great composition and processing, Jim. Those beautiful pink hues work so well with the smooth shapes and tones of the rocks.

 

[Vieri]

Beautiful shot, Jim! Best regards,

Vieri

 

[Bart Carrig]

That is a really fine image, Jim. The colors and textures give it a real 3D feel. Beautiful features and comp.

Bart

 

[Michael Liskay]

Otherworldly Jim! Love it!

Mike

 

[JimFox]

Otherworldly Jim! Love it!

Mike

Hey Mike! Thanks so much, I am glad you liked this.

 

[John Holbrook]

Love this image Jim! An excellent panoramic creation as well, it’s always nice to learn other’s techniques.