Lindis Pass

[whited3]

The Lindis Pass, South Island NZ, in April.

[Round Tuit]

You certainly live in a beautiful part of the world.
All three panoramas are breathtaking. My preference goes to the first one with its strong central element and dramatic sky.

[Geoff F]

Yes they look good, although with the second one I would prefer a slight crop from the bottom to lose a bit of the road and a similar amount from the left side ?

[whited3]

Yes they look good, although with the second one I would prefer a slight crop from the bottom to lose a bit of the road and a similar amount from the left side ?

Agree. It's quite a busy road so my concentration was split between composition and "what's coming up behind me!"

[DanK]

Very nice panoramas. I agree with Andre: I prefer the first. It's the most interesting, in part because of the jagged skyline.

If it were mine, I would put a good bit of time into more postprocessing. It's fairly drab as is. If you select everything but the sky, the histogram shows what I expected, which is a somewhat limited tonal range (although wider than I expected from the appearance). I would start with tonality to increase contrast and and make some texture adjustments, mostly local rather than global. I think I would also play with color, maybe using subtle changes in "selective color", to increase color contrast. The image is nice enough to make it worth this investment, IMHO.

[billtils]

Agree completely with everything Dan says about these.

[Mark S Vuleta]

It (well, the entire South Island...) is a spectacular place to take photo's, Summer and Winter.

This is a 7 image pano of the same area I took a long time ago. I have had it printed reasonably large and the detail is fantastic.

[Chataignier]

Wow ! Fabulous scenery and well shot too. While I like them as they are, I also agree with Dan that the first (and the last) suffer a bit from lack of colour contrast. B/w might improve the shots with a bit of dodging and burning, or what Dan suggested. Worth the effort in my opinion.