# Tidal View

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tidal-view/26918>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** weekly-challenge\
**Created:** [February 6, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tidal-view/26918 "2022-02-06T19:27:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Minish](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/gary_minish/32/525_2.png) [@Gary\_Minish](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Gary_Minish)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tidal-view/26918/1 "2022-02-06T19:27:52Z")

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![Tidal View](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/a/9a2714d6ea9ba514c7624a5d7e548be282da79bd.jpeg)

This is a very old 10 photo stitched panorama taken with a 5 mp Sony fixed lens camera. I shot it from the shoulder of the highway just before you enter Valdez, Alaska new townsite.

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Is this a composite: Yes  
The tide was going out and the water was flowing toward the bay from the other side of the road through a culvert where I was standing. The seagulls were feeding on something in the water exiting the culvert and they were riding the current out, then flying back to the culvert in a repetitive loop. I waited until a seagull was in the right spot on the way back and shot that frame first. Then I shot the rest of the frames to complete the panorama. The photos were pretty noisy so it required quite a bit of noise reduction. I recently re-processed the panorama using Topaz’s latest ai noise reduction and it really helped maintain some image quality in the parts that count.

The camera was a Sony DSC-F707 and the AutoPanoPro stitching software didn’t keep the EXIF data and my archives of the original photos are buried pretty deep so I don’t have that information.

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**Author:** ![karlag](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/karlag/32/40112_2.png) [@karlag](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/karlag)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tidal-view/26918/2 "2022-02-07T03:12:19Z")

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@Gary_Minish This is really a beautiful image. I love the color, with the white mountains and ground, the beautiful scenery, and the element of the gull in the sky.

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**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tidal-view/26918/3 "2022-02-07T13:32:38Z")

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Wow it’s so majestic. The colors are creamy and the light to die for. The texture in the ice adds yet another dimension. Great job.

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tidal-view/26918/4 "2022-02-07T14:17:00Z")

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Gary, looks great! You placed that seagull perfectly. The light, the mountain, and the water come together beautifully.

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**Author:** ![kelly\_cole](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kelly_cole/32/38345_2.png) [@kelly\_cole](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/kelly_cole)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tidal-view/26918/5 "2022-02-08T13:07:43Z")

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Gary, great job! It is a beautiful scene with beautiful colors.

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**Author:** ![Pieter\_Opperman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/pieter_opperman/32/2114_2.png) [@Pieter\_Opperman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Pieter_Opperman)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tidal-view/26918/6 "2022-02-09T22:31:22Z")

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This is the kind of panorama that I love and aspire to. Very well done!