This is not a photo from Svalbard. This is how it looks in the center of Stockholm right now. Lots of snow and ice. But no Polar bears in sight.
Some data about the ship (source):
Tranan (Kongebybet -70, Kirsten Piil – 43)
Build 1935 in Helsingör Skibvaerft
Length 33.86 m
Width 6.0 m
Draft: 2.5 m
Engine: B&W Alfa Diesel 405 FLO 300/330 hpr
Speed: 11 knots
Stitched Panorama (3 portrait images – hand held – Autopano Pro 2). ISO 800, f/2.2, 1/40 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: 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…
Ulf Bodin Photography 
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