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Published: 2011-01-30 20:59:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 9858; Favourites: 792; Downloads: 335
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These rocks were visited on my last trip with ~PastyGuy . We actually struck a deal for that trip that he wouldnt shoot Castell y Gwnt if I didnt shoot these rocks! This is his shot from the trip (he wasnt as fortunate with the conditions) [link]This was the very last moment of sunset. Then next set of images had the sun crossing beneath the cloud.
For those of you intereted of getting rid of image flare, a technique I used here (and on [link] ) was to shoot two or more shots in different directions in order to get the flares in different locations relative to the background. I then create a panorama of the images in PTGui, keeping the layers separate, then simply reveal the correct parts of the layers so that the flares disappear like magic!
I'd originally tried shooting this with my telephoto, but the flare was unworkably bad! [link] I cant beleive that an L lens can be that aweful but anyway...
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The texture is fantastic.
And that was some amazing flare.
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Fabulous photography, Alex! I think I faved every single pic of this latest series - they are just amazing! 
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Yeah I had the same with the 70-200 really nasty flare...
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congratulations! your outstanding work has been added to the Featured Gallery of #panoramicshot
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Clever processing and a pretty stunning image but a little too much for me. The sun kind of spoils it, I think it's too Alex 
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**** you!
Nah just kidding, fair comment. You know how I like these images and the rocks were a perfect opportunity for it. PS the processing is quite simple on this one. Just an edge mask for the rocks surrounding the sun, nowhere else
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The left side of this shot is fantastic, the right side doesn't add so much, but compositionally it all holds together really well, and it's a great scene
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Thanks Andy, obviously I agree with that, I was using the space on the right to leverage against the busy left side
Thanks
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its not hard to imagine why people thought of dragons and giants and whatnot , wandering ol' landscapes.
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This is a beautiful shot. It reminds of a stegosaurus' plates.
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great shot how the sun is peeking through the two pieces of stone
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Lovely shot and composition. I really like the pattern of the sun's flare too.
I'd be interested to know more about your technique for reducing lens flare if you don't mind. The different shots for the flare you mention, were they included in the panorama stitching or only blended in photoshop afterwards? Roughly how much of a change in direction was there between the flare images?
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Your probably best off exporing this yourself through experimentation. The panorama maker I use, PTGui allows you to export the blended panorama with the layers that created it all correctly positioned so that you can paint in (ont he layer mask) the bits you want to show The overlaps on the frames use to make this are about 50% by moving the sun from the left side to the right side of the image the flare m,oved sufficiently that the process worked.
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Nice shot!
yes i thought it looked like a dinosaur too.
but the picture is great
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HOLY JEEZUS 
That is a great picture, must have been a great trip.
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I dont know what that is. Yeah it was great, thanks
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Sorry about that.
If you are wondering about graboids watch the Movie: Tremmors, with Kevin Bacon than you will know
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how many people are going to say that!?
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This is fantastic and reminds me of a stegosaurus, which is also my favourite dinousaur. 
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you and the rest of DA apparently
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I love how it sort of looks like a stegosaurus 
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Nice. They sort of look like some kind of dinasaurs spike riddle back ^_^
I really like the way the sun is captured between the ridges
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Ha yeah, lots of dinosaur comments on this image. Also someone said it looked like a lionfish
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yeah it is a pretty amazing formation
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