A drive in the countryside.

[HansE]

It is Canola time.
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[Isac]

Great images Hans. The golden fields are a sight to see.

[HansE]

Thanks Isac It was a great pleasure to drive through as well.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Hans

yep - I like this time of year too for the golden fields

#2 & #3 for me, and if it were mine with #2 I'd make a pano of the top half which is glowing in sunlight

Phil

[HansE]

Have collected material to play with Phil. If I had a little more imagination and a lot more skill I would be making masterpieces. lol

[Isac]

You do have the imagination and skill, it's just hiding in there somewhere, just waiting to burst out! Next time you take shots like above, take a few shots to stitch in Microsoft I.C.E. Treat that as a challenge. Just take 3 or four or more shots while panning (portrait orientation) and overlap them. Manual mode of course and ISO not on Auto.

[Isac]

Shooting your Photos for Stitched Panorama

• Overlap the images – by at about 30%
• Keep your settings constant – you need to keep focal length, focus point, and exposure constant throughout the series of images so that you can combine them later. The easiest way that I’ve found to do this is to take one shot on P, look at the camera settings, and then dial those settings in on manual mode. I also focus on a suitable object about 1/3 of the way into the scene, and then change the camera to manual focus so that the focus will be constant.
• Shoot vertical – It’s usually best to shoot vertical (portrait orientation). Since you’ll merge multiple frames together later to get as wide as you need, shooting vertical will give you a taller overall panorama. Also, you’ll need some of this vertical space for cropping.

I hope this helps a bit, go give it a try.

[Isac]

I can't help with manual mode on you very expensive camera
With the brightness issue are you using "Bicubic Sharper"? Also what size (pixel dimensions) are you editing. If you are using the original size I would resize to about 3500 longest side and then "Save for Web" and see if that helps. Reducing down to the small size for the forum will lose IQ if it's a really large image.
I just tested one of my images at 3456 x 2304 pixels @72 PPI and it Saved to web as 1024 x 683, 81% Quality (Very High) 244k and it kept the IQ 99.9% the same as the PSD file. No noticeable change.

[HansE]

The Original default size is 6720x4480 at 300DPI I do use the bicubic sharpener. But as you can see they are large files.

[Isac]

I have large as well but usually only shoot JPG nowadays as most images are for the web. I only shoot raw if needed for large prints or for press publishing. Most raw shots need editing anyway, so I can't see the point in raw anymore. When I load a large file for editing I always knock it down to 3456 x 2034 (the original Canon medium size) and then save for web from that to 1024 longest side. I can't see any change in colour or lighting.