Critique Style Requested: In-depth
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Self Critique
When I was shooting this photo I wasn’t attempting to shoot anything nearly as large as this turned out. My main goal was to capture a wall mural sized image of Palouse Falls at sunrise. It turned out fairly well. The one thing that bugs me is that the pond at the bottom of the waterfall seems distorted towards the bottom of the image.
Creative direction
As a wall mural photographer, at any location I shoot my goal is to capture the worlds largest photo ever take at that location. At the same time I want to capture the emotion and grandeur of the scene. It is fairly easy to shoot a technically good image that meets my size goals. It is far more difficult to capture the aesthetic and emotional aspects. I want my viewer to virtually feel like they are experiencing the scene in person.
Specific Feedback
As a photographer my specialty is Gigapixel Wall Murals. This photo is my personal best being the largest image I have ever created at over 15 Gigapixels. I didn’t really set out to set any records but as it turned out this one is the largest I have ever done.
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Technical Details
This panorama consists of 560 individual 45 mega-pixel focus stacked images derived from 5133 focus bracketed images. It was shot with Canon R5 at f/11, 1/60th second exposure time and ISO 400 using a 300mm focal length on a Canon RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM lens.
The image as shown is:
15.78 Gigapixels
106,196 x 148,675 pixels
354″ x 495″ (29 ft. 6 in. x 41 ft. 3 in.) 300 PPI original image size
Description
We had arrived at this area the day before and my wife and I scouted the park the evening before I shot this. I got up well before sunrise and drove to the park. I hiked to the location I had identified the previous evening and set up my gear. As the sun began to peek over the horizon I started shooting. Using a 300mm focal length, the HFD at f/11 is 869 ft, which required focus bracketing for any object closer than 435 ft. Most of the left side, right side and lower portion of the image is shoot focus bracketed.
This link will take you to a full screen virtual tour of the image that will allow you to zoom, pan & tilt your way around the image:
https://abbascreationsphotography.com/Palouse_Falls/index.html
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