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EDIT - new version of the panorama added at the bottom of the thread


Here's a panorama of Dubai Marina and the waterfront, taken from the Palm Jumeirah's crescent last night.

55 shots in total, with 5 exposures (1", 2", 4", 8", 15") per composition within the pano and 11 compositions, at 35mm, F8, ISO200

Wow that's amazing! Now that's something you can put against a wall or something like that

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550D + 18 - 55mm kitlens
50 mm F1.8
I apologize in advance for my poor spelling..

Thanks Matz45

The morning after some very late night pp, it still needs a bit more tweaking!

I missed out of cropping rocks on the very bottom left, there's a blemish in the sky around the skyline 1/3rd of the way in from the right, and I missed a star trail or two

The detail's pretty good though - I'm getting more detail from the Carl Zeiss 35mm than the 24-70 f2.8 at 48-50mm from the same viewing point.

It may take a while to load as it's a big file, but the full sized link is here:

Looks mint! I agree with Matz - this needs to be put up on a wall.

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Wonderful pic! A `wall-hanger` for sure.

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Nikon D700 & D7100 bodies + Nikkor 300mm F2.8 VR11, 1.7TC, 50mm F1.4G, 16-35mm f/4G VR, 105 F2.8 VR macro, 70-300mm lenses. A couple of filters, Giotto tripod & ballhead. Lowepro Slingshot 302 AW

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldcarlos/

The detail in the full res. version is really incredible, although maybe you should watermark it?

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I apologize in advance for my poor spelling..

amazing panorama! thanks for sharing

I had the opportunity last night to revisit and try again. This time there was no full moon just out of the frame, giving a less blue tinge to the shot and more even sky colour. There was less humidity and the tidal differences are apparent too, with small currents effecting the waterline.

9 images, each with 5 bracketed exposures, manual WB, ISO 200, 70mm


And the original size image can be viewed here:
http://philpage.zenfolio.com/img/v26/p244272076.jpg

I like it much more now with the black sky. Dubai looks like the Hong Kong of the Middle East, it seems.

I'm just curious, how much midtone would you lose in an HDR if you only used the 1" and 15" exposures? I'm completely clueless about HDR, but with a 4-stop difference from lightest to darkest exposure and most sensors capturing 8 or 9 stops of EV, it seems like alot of extra processing. Again, I've never done HDR.

Both great photos Phil. I think I prefer the lighter sky.

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Canon EOS 550D (with Magic Lantern)
18mm - 135mm Kit Lens, 50mm f1.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
430EX II Flash with Phottix Strato Wireless Tigger Set
Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 with 496 Ball Head. Gorilla Pod SLR
Canon Powershot A720IS with CHDK and intervalometer script. Pentax Optio W90

My Blog - http://www.ianganderton.wordpress.com

Great photo phil

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Camera: Canon 550D with battery grip
Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4L, Canon 50mm f1.4, Canon 18-55mm, Tamron 70-300mm,
Accessories: Manfrotto 055XPROB with 808RC4 head, Canon 430ex II speedlite, Lowepro Nova 180AW and Lowepro Pro Runner 450AW

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Thanks guys

I prefer the currents in the water (or lack of them) on the first shot, but the colour temp and cast is more accurate for the buildings in the second. It will be a pain in the *** to select the skline to brighten the buildings on the 2nd shot though - I may give it a try.

Ideally I'd have a dusky twilight sky colour, but with the speed of the sunset it may be tricky to get an even light across the panorama as it takes time to shoot the whole view.

Hard to make up my mind between the two.

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Phil

Would you mind explaining the work flow for you used to generate these images

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Canon EOS 550D (with Magic Lantern)
18mm - 135mm Kit Lens, 50mm f1.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
430EX II Flash with Phottix Strato Wireless Tigger Set
Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 with 496 Ball Head. Gorilla Pod SLR
Canon Powershot A720IS with CHDK and intervalometer script. Pentax Optio W90

My Blog - http://www.ianganderton.wordpress.com

No problem, Ian - I'll share when I get into work