The Rainbow Bridge in Monochrome Panorama: Odaiba, Tokyo
I shot this in colour originally but the field of view was so wide and the colour/light difference so great between the far left-hand edge and the far right-hand side of the image, that I ended up putting it into mono. Equalizing the light and colour between such wide panoramas shot at this time of day is a real nightmare. I probably should have paid more attention to it when I shot it or when I belnded the HDRs of each frame in Photomatix. I did try and equalize them but it was hard. Anyway, it looks kinda cool in black and white anyway and you must look at it large for best effect.
Nikon D300
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 @ f/6.3
7-frame bracketed burst HDR blended in Photomatix
Three frames merged into panorama and then converted to mono using Alien Skin filters in Photoshop.
7 comments
Songglod wrote...
great wide angle shot! love the lights and the composition!
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
@Gafo: I like Silver Efex but I have the Alien Skin set up, with a few tweaks, to perfectly mimic the effects, tone and colour sensitivities I used to get with certain films. It really depends on what mood I am in sometimes, though. I have this palette of tools and I pick up and use the ones I feel like using at any given time.
hector garcia wrote...
amazing perspective! I've never been down there, you really until to the limits to find the best shot :)
Ryan Mussbacher wrote...
Gorgeous pano, the details are brilliant and I think it works really well in B&W
UnGatoNipon wrote...
Hi Alfie,
I've been to the exact point this picture was taken from, it's amazing, gorgeous pano-HDR...
Eric Flexyourhead wrote...
Wow! Now that's a panorama! Blown away, Alfie. Blown away!
Why alien skin And not silver efex?