Day #17 - Oakland Bay Bridge & Downtown San Francisco
Panoramic stitched from 21 images taken from Treasure Island. This is actually a crop of the original. The original spans all the way to the Golden Gate bridge which is on the opposite side of the Bay Bridge. The file was just too large to post here so I cropped it and lower the resoultion.
These series of 21 shots were taken at about 100mm focal length with a 20 second exposure at f/16.0. I set the exposure based on the reflection in the water. I took them with the camera set vertically so I can get as close as possible without having to take two series of shots, one for the top portion and one for the bottom; processing 21 exposures was already quite taxing on my computer. I tried taking these shots on two previous nights that week but the wind made it impossible to get a sharp shot. This was my last night in San Francisco so I was very happy when got to Treasure Island and found absolutely no wind and crystal clear skies. This was my first endeavor into night shooting and long exposures so the two previous nights helped me get some practice.
I did a little post processing to the individual images in Lightroom... adjusted the curves a bit and cleaned up some spots. Then I used PTGui to stitch the images together. I then used Photoshop CS3 to clean up the minor stitch marks and create the final crop.
This image was inspired by Baldy and Andy, a couple of Dgrinners that are making a 6 foot panoramic of the same shot that puts this one to shame.
I plan on printing this image at the highest resolution possible and having it professionally mounted. Should make a nice print for the office.
Panoramic stitched from 21 images taken from Treasure Island. This is actually a crop of the original. The original spans all the way to the Golden Gate bridge which is on the opposite side of the Bay Bridge. The file was just too large to post here so I cropped it and lower the resoultion.
These series of 21 shots were taken at about 100mm focal length with a 20 second exposure at f/16.0. I set the exposure based on the reflection in the water. I took them with the camera set vertically so I can get as close as possible without having to take two series of shots, one for the top portion and one for the bottom; processing 21 exposures was already quite taxing on my computer. I tried taking these shots on two previous nights that week but the wind made it impossible to get a sharp shot. This was my last night in San Francisco so I was very happy when got to Treasure Island and found absolutely no wind and crystal clear skies. This was my first endeavor into night shooting and long exposures so the two previous nights helped me get some practice.
I did a little post processing to the individual images in Lightroom... adjusted the curves a bit and cleaned up some spots. Then I used PTGui to stitch the images together. I then used Photoshop CS3 to clean up the minor stitch marks and create the final crop.
This image was inspired by Baldy and Andy, a couple of Dgrinners that are making a 6 foot panoramic of the same shot that puts this one to shame.
I plan on printing this image at the highest resolution possible and having it professionally mounted. Should make a nice print for the office.
Day #17 - Oakland Bay Bridge & Downtown San Francisco
Panoramic stitched from 21 images taken from Treasure Island. This is actually a crop of the original. The original spans all the way to the Golden Gate bridge which is on the opposite side of the Bay Bridge. The file was just too large to post here so I cropped it and lower the resoultion.
These series of 21 shots were taken at about 100mm focal length with a 20 second exposure at f/16.0. I set the exposure based on the reflection in the water. I took them with the camera set vertically so I can get as close as possible without having to take two series of shots, one for the top portion and one for the bottom; processing 21 exposures was already quite taxing on my computer. I tried taking these shots on two previous nights that week but the wind made it impossible to get a sharp shot. This was my last night in San Francisco so I was very happy when got to Treasure Island and found absolutely no wind and crystal clear skies. This was my first endeavor into night shooting and long exposures so the two previous nights helped me get some practice.
I did a little post processing to the individual images in Lightroom... adjusted the curves a bit and cleaned up some spots. Then I used PTGui to stitch the images together. I then used Photoshop CS3 to clean up the minor stitch marks and create the final crop.
This image was inspired by Baldy and Andy, a couple of Dgrinners that are making a 6 foot panoramic of the same shot that puts this one to shame.
I plan on printing this image at the highest resolution possible and having it professionally mounted. Should make a nice print for the office.
Panoramic stitched from 21 images taken from Treasure Island. This is actually a crop of the original. The original spans all the way to the Golden Gate bridge which is on the opposite side of the Bay Bridge. The file was just too large to post here so I cropped it and lower the resoultion.
These series of 21 shots were taken at about 100mm focal length with a 20 second exposure at f/16.0. I set the exposure based on the reflection in the water. I took them with the camera set vertically so I can get as close as possible without having to take two series of shots, one for the top portion and one for the bottom; processing 21 exposures was already quite taxing on my computer. I tried taking these shots on two previous nights that week but the wind made it impossible to get a sharp shot. This was my last night in San Francisco so I was very happy when got to Treasure Island and found absolutely no wind and crystal clear skies. This was my first endeavor into night shooting and long exposures so the two previous nights helped me get some practice.
I did a little post processing to the individual images in Lightroom... adjusted the curves a bit and cleaned up some spots. Then I used PTGui to stitch the images together. I then used Photoshop CS3 to clean up the minor stitch marks and create the final crop.
This image was inspired by Baldy and Andy, a couple of Dgrinners that are making a 6 foot panoramic of the same shot that puts this one to shame.
I plan on printing this image at the highest resolution possible and having it professionally mounted. Should make a nice print for the office.
