Barn and Tractor Pano.

[gahspidy]

I have been experimenting and this is really a trial run at something. I am really curious as to how you feel about this.
It works, does not work, and why.
Thanks

[Overbeyond]

I have not tried panos very much but when I did it was always a complete mess. I suppose the first thing we look for are the join lines and I could find no evidence here. Then when I noticed the half barn on the left I headed to your gallery to see if there was any reason to exclude the other half and I saw no reason. Of course you are closer in perhaps because there is good detail in the bush around the silo.
So my only nit pic would be the cut off barn.
As usual the lovely rural atmosphere of peace is here in abundance and this is aided by your usual sympathecic treatments.
So for a "trial" this is great and we can now look forward to whatever you will consider to be the "real thing".

[mjs1973]

I think you did very well with this scene Gary. Like OB, I'm wondering why the barn is cut off.

One of the biggest problems that I see with panos is that there isn't anything to anchor both sides of the image. I'm guilty of this myself. The way you composed this shot, you don't have that problem. The placement of the tractor and the barns give this image two good solid anchors. Nicely done Gary.

[Tyson L. Sparks]

I really like this one Gary. I think you did a wonderfull job here.

[AgingEyes]

I think I'd try this myself.

[threelions usa]

i really like the sky, and how it looks perhaps like a storm is coming is.

the shot looks too still considering the conditions, more like in the eye of a storm. therefore it seems as though the shot was taken and the sky added.

assume that you are trying a P/S thing but it looks less like a photo and more like a painting. is that where you are going with this one ??


i prefer the shot as is maybe, with less P/S-ing so to speak.

[OldSchool]

Nice composition Gary. I like how you brought out the cloud detail and balanced it with the rest of the image. I like the gentle warmth in the foreground. I also like the chaulky texture.

I'm not so affected by not seen all the building. However, I'm wondering how the image would present if the curvature (wide angle?) was un-warped.

BR,
Tim

[Tuna]

Great stuff, Gary. It is always nice to see work that has a distinct signature.

Tuna

[freygr]

I can't find any nit pics with your photo, and I like it. And it's not too wide a mistake that I feel I make all too many times.

[gahspidy]

Thanks to everyone for the comments.
This started out as a mildly serious attempt at creating a pano but when all was said and done i was not happy with the result. The original pano was wider and had a bit of shrubbery and bush on the right end. I cropped that off and left it with the "negative " space. (The tractor is a composite) I thought it looked strangely appealing like that but decided that it really did need something else in that right area. I cut out the tractor that I had a photo of from a nearby location and worked it into this pano. I thought it looked fine but was not happy about having to do that.
I have nothing against creating images that are composites but that is not what I want to do. My plans for the near future will be to form images from stitching mulitple shots together, not necessarily as panos.
As for this image, I will leave it be considering the favorable responses and that I have grown fond of it myself.
Thanks again for everyone's time to offer comment here. It is invaluable to me.

[readingr]

Now it could be my eyesight, my failing PC or my mind playing tricks. Have you added a touch of an Orton type effect to just the barn?

Whatever it is I love it. It just gives me the feeling of the winter months back in Wales when not much happens on the farms.

Nice work.

Roger

[Greg McCary]

To me Gary, because of the size of the tractor in relation to the barn it looks as thought one or the other was PSed in. The tractor is to big and the barn to small without enough seperation between the two for it to look real. I hope all of this makes since?

[GB1]

Gary - Looks great, like a painting. I'd really like to try this ASAP - can you explain the technique again? Something about two shots I think, one out of focus?

G

[gahspidy]

Roger, yes I applied the effect very lightly to this, not as much so as my earlier "Barn and silo" thread. I'm glad you get that winter looming feeling out of this.

Greg. . .you are absolutely right about the size relationship. I had saw that right after i worked it in and had thought about and even tried reducing the size of the tractor but I kept coming back to this proportion for some reason. It seemed to have the best visual impact on me. It gave me the feeling of a "theater set" or stage set somehow. I was wondering if anyone was going to point out that aspect of this.

GB . . .I know the effect has been discussed here in the past and you can google all kinds on info about it. My version of the effect is basically to duplicate a layerof the image, apply a 30.0 gaussian blur to it and then set it's layer property to "multiply". The picture becomes very dark Reduce that layers opacity to about 60-70%.
then make a duplicate of that layer and change it's property to "Screen". By reducing or increasing the opacity of either layer you can lighten or darken the image as you like. Also, I will use the eraser brush to reduce the overall blur effect from certain areas (usually foreground elements) that I may want to appear sharper and less affected by the process.
Mike,"Didache" has had some great results with this effect.
thanks for your comments, hope this helped.