Winter still have Sweden in a very firm grip. I commute every day to Stockholm from the North Pole (Uppsala). It’s a trial. Every day is like a miniature polar expedition with cold, snow, poor road conditions and trains not running or running too late. This image was taken last night (March 4) in a small but anoying snowstorm. Today it’s sunny and -10 degrees outside. Where’s spring?
Stitched Panorama (Autopano Pro, 4 portrait images, hand held, F/1.4, ISO 800, 1/100-1/125 s.)
This small panorama (six images stitched in Autopano Pro) was rejected by OnExposure. Yeah, I know it has some “clearly blown highlights”, but I like it anyhow. I also have it on display at Fotosidan (in Swedish).
I’m not much into Photoshop manipulation. But I was a bit bored with my simple panoramas, so here we go:Â B & W with partial colouring. How unique… (It’s probably best in full size.)
This photo consists of four images stitched in Autopano Pro. I could not fully capture the smooth silky green texture and soft light of the field. And the panorama doesn’t entirely show my view of the field and the dark forest. Jim Radcliffe has better words for the process:
“I guess I always strive for a ‘unique light’ look, for lack of a better way to describe it… I like photos that make you want to touch them. I dodge, I burn, bump contrast, saturation, curves, etc.. To get my vision of the photo.. often the very original is quite drab in appearance. Most cameras do not capture what we see. What I try to do in post-processing is to add what the camera could not capture.” Jim Radcliffe (In the Sigma dpreview forum)
In this case I would like to concentrate and crop the image and boost some colours and saturation. Thanks to the image quality in the Sigma DP1 (using RAW-files and Sigma Photo Pro), it is possible to tweak the image and come somewhat closer to my view and feeling of the location. This is more like I saw it…
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