Panorama Pictures of Mountains in Hawaii

Hey folks,
I registered yesterday and got a lot of Information about Hawaii in other Topics and via PM, thanks for that again.

I made a Panoramic Picture (my first one) with the following material:

I had 12 pictures shot in cr2-File-Format, in first picture I didn't edited the pictures and put them right into Microsoft ICE.

In the second one, I put each single Picture in Photomatix Pro, to make an HDR-Picture. I did the same editing with all 12 Pictures. After that I put them into Microsoft ICE to generate an HDR-Panorama.

What do you think?
Which one do you like the most?

I like the second one the most, for myself.


Please feel free to give me some feedback, wether bad or good one.


Your winam!

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I feel the clouds in the HDr version are overly dramatic. What if you'd make a compromise between the two versions?

Good Idea RaZe42,
I'm going to do it in the next days.


thanks winam!

I like the first. Not a huge fan of HDR. If the clouds in the first were more dramatic it would work well. Also is the horizon off?

The HDR version has better contrast, but the clouds are overcooked. If you could tone down the clouds, it'd be a better image. Also, crop out whatever is in the lower right corner.

Were these shot in landscape format? If so, try shooting more in vertical format...you'll have more wiggle room for cropping.

argyle wrote in post #10662788
The HDR version has better contrast, but the clouds are overcooked. If you could tone down the clouds, it'd be a better image. Also, crop out whatever is in the lower right corner.

I agree about the clouds and the horizon is not level.

RE; Lower right (and left hand corners)
I'd crop from the bottom as much as possible because it doesn't add much to the image. This will leave a small right hand corner "thing" to deal with. Rather than then crop the right hand side I'd usually just use the PS clone tool to remove the remainder, particularly as you just have to clone the grass which is relatively easy.