Tuesday, March 8, 2011
dc sunrise in 25 steps
In order to take those 6 shots, I took two sets of 3 shots, one centered at -1Ev (-1, -2, 0) and the other centered at +1Ev (+1, 0, +2), so I was essentially shooting and switching the setting nonstop. The first shot was taken at 6:38, the last one at 6:45.
I processed all the HDR pictures using 5 of the pictures from each set of 6, and I used my software of choice, Nik HDR Efex Pro. I then used Photoshop CS5 to arrange this collage...
from Lincoln Memorial to Washington Monument
I've posted this panoramic on flickr, feel free to check it out in its largest size (7300 X 1000 pixels)!
from Lincoln Memorial to Washington Monument
I was walking around the Mall during the evening of Thursday 3 March hoping to get some sunset pictures of my favorite monument, the Lincoln Memorial. But with an overcast sky, and with the reflecting pool empty and undergoing maintenance, I had to look for other pictures to take.
All of a sudden I was standing across from the White House in between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. I gladly accepted the challenge presented to me at that moment to capture this scene in one panoramic shot, and what is better than a regular panoramic? An HDR panoramic of course!
To produce this panoramic, I set up my tripod and proceeded to take 9 bracketed shots (-2, 0, +2), beginning to the left of the Lincoln Memorial and ending to the right of the Washington Monument. I ensured there was about 1/3 overlap between the pictures.
I processed each HDR shot first using Nik HDR Efex Pro, and I stitched all 9 shots together using Photoshop CS5.
Behold and enjoy!