Landscape - Coldest landscape outing I ever have

for weeks. and here is still cold for me while waiting for the spring coming .. (range from 38F - 62F or 3C - 17C)

for the very first few days , while I still having my jet lag and I woke up 3-4 am to go out and find sunrise spot with google earth assistant ... I got 2 spots locate not far from my hotel and managed to capture some pictures (but not really able to process those pictures as my notebook screen is not calibrate correctly.. so have to wait till I back to MALAYSIA)

but I do shoot RAW + JPEG and let's share 2 coldest sunrise shot (for me) to you all

1. a sunrise that really cold ... it is so tough to press the shutter .... but great experience for me


2. the next day ... where the weather was better (not so cold) but not really shoot a lot as I park my car road side and got warning form Police where I shouldn't park my car at the road side ... (hmmmm and had looking for near by parking after this but can't find one so this will be my last chance here :( )

*** a reflection ... picture non crop, non rotate, non edit .. so any one can guess how I get this ?

News - 1st try on spherical panorama

for me spherical panorama picture is a art ... and it will be fun to see 360 degree view within single frame .. I not really a fan of it but while I have gear to make one so let have a try ....and for 1st timer let share what I face ...

1. nodal point is important to find out before go on field and sometime don't depend number from www but try to calibrate at home before go on field (some info of Nodal point /Entrance pupil point can look here http://wiki.panotools.org/Entrance_Pupil_Database )

2. try to overlap as much as possible ... (sometime it just can't auto find the crossing points then manual work need to be done)

3. understand your's camera, lock WB and exp else lot of work to adjust different exp and WB

4. try cover moving object in single frame else it can stitch properly and need some clone work

5. try cover strong exp area in single frame, avoid the stitch exp different

6. choose the right software, at 1st I facing problem to merge it trying vary software but after I get PTGui. It work perfect for most of my testing

7. use wider len (or fish eye) .. else need to shoot too many picture to cover 360degree
- 24mm @FF need 24 pictures (I cross 30-40% .. may be too much and if redicue the crossing may be can reduce to 18)

*** I shoot using Canon 5dm2 + 24-105 L @24mm and Canon 5dm2 + 12-24mm @12mm

here you god my 1st try


also sharing .mov view
small
http://www.liewwkphoto.com/360pano/PantaiKelanang-small/PantaiKelanang-small.html

large (need faster connection)
http://www.liewwkphoto.com/360pano/PantaiKelanang-Large/PantaiKelanang-large.html

leave me comments ... how you feel about spherical panorama ?

Panorama Series : 1. Golden Moment Bukit Panorama

as promise to myself, this year I will do more landscape and panorama photo shooting. so let me start a Panorama collection series ....

1. Golden Moment from Bukit Panorama


larger view click http://www.liewwkphoto.com/image-viewer.htm?Fgallery4-4 (2400 longer side)

shooting details
difficulty
1. not easy to control exposure as the light change too fast
2. the clouds, sun moving too fast while Golden moment
3. stitch full size of Canon 5dm2 pictures is not a fun job , it make my i5 750 PC with 8 GB memory run like a turtle
4. after stitch the original JPEG ~110MB in size and not easy to edit and need patient

Gear
Canon 5dm2 + Canon 24105L@50mm + Nodal Ninja 5
Bukit Panorama, Sg Lembing, Pahang, Malaysia
# 5 stitch 1 by using Nodal Ninja Full resolution available 22423 x 6871
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 32/10 second ===> 3.2 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 11/1 ===> ƒ/11
# ISO Speed Ratings = 100

more click http://www.flickr.com/photos/liewwk/sets/72157623387374373/