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The Unknown El Capitan Pano (click for larger version)

By Scott on Monday, April 30th, 2007 at 1:12 am | updates.

I say “unknown” because I had forgotten I had taken it, and hadn’t run across it until yesterday while searching through my Yosemite photos for something else (the only reason I found it at all, is because immediately before I shoot a pano, I shoot a shot of my hand holding up my index finger, then immediately after the last shot of the pano, I shoot my hand holding up two fingers. So, while I was scrolling through the photos in Lightroom, I saw “my finger” and I was like “Hey, a pano!”).

The pano is made up of eight vertical photos, switched together using Photoshop CS3’s Photomerge automation (Scroll down to the next post to see the eight photos that made-up the pano above). Photoshop switched the pano together first time without a hitch–all I had to do was click OK, and then crop it a tiny bit afterward to make it straight, since I didn’t use a pano nodal point attachment on my tripod—I just shot it with my regular ol’ ballhead. The final version is over 83 inches wide.

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The colors look nice but unfortunatelly the basement is missing.

Peter on April 30th, 2007 at 11:49 am

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Hi Scott. 2 quick questions:

1. When are you planning to post your Scott Kelby Location Lighting Kit techniques, and

2. the website of your Lightroom book does not have the free frame posted for download.

Brad

Brad Vautrinot on April 30th, 2007 at 7:21 pm

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I’d like to see you do that with the St. Louis Arch. I bet that would be cooool.

Jeff on April 30th, 2007 at 7:31 pm

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The ChromaticSoul link does not have the review, just an endless slide show of a couple and a baby ….

Neat pano…saw George Lepp do a demo on panos recently in the DC area (Meadowlark Gardens) and he, too, recommended the vertical approach with stunning results…and El Capitan at 83 inches ought to be stunning, too!

I bought the Lightroom book from NAPP (’d planned to get it at PhotoshopWorld but illness prevented my attendance) and find it incredibly full of useful info. I occasionally have to write procedures (for project management) and your combined text-image approach is superb. Thanks.

Craig Beyers on April 30th, 2007 at 7:44 pm

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The pano has great depth, color gradation and a pleasantly strong but not overwhelming emotional impact. ( I think we too often get caught up in the technical aspects of photography and ignore it’s stronger impact of emotion or metaphor). Which all brings me to my real intent for this post — can I buy a signed print?

Bill Sheck on April 30th, 2007 at 10:36 pm

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To Brad:
(1) I thought I would have it up by now, but keep running into snags with my production schedule. Hopefully later this week.
(2) Thanks for the “head up” on the frame. I’m forwarding an email to my Web team right now. Really appreciate you letting me know.

Craig:
I just tried the link on this page, and it worked fine:
Try this: http://chromaticsoul.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/adobe-lightroom-tour/
(if you just type in the chromaticsoul.com, it won’t get you there, you have to use that link. Also, thanks SO much for your very kind comments on my Lightroom Book. Hearing stuff like that just makes my day.

To Bill:
I’m actually working with a brand new site that will be selling my prints direct (along with the work of a number of other Photoshop World photographers and artists). The company is called “Digital Photo and Art” and although I don’t have my prints up there for sale yet, I don’t think this particular print would be offered by them, but if you email me at skelby@photoshopuser.com with your full contact info, I’ll print you a 16×20 later today, I’ll sign it and send it out to you with my compliments.

Now to everyone else; this “free print” offer is only for Bill, not “friends of Bill” or people who saw Bill’s post, or people whose name rhymes with Bill, etc.

Scott on May 1st, 2007 at 8:08 am

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Hey Scott, I was wondering where I could print up a great panorama that won’t cost me an arm and a leg. Can you help me? I tried ezprints, but their customer service stinks. Thanks!

Priscilla on May 2nd, 2007 at 6:34 pm

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