Santos GLNG City of Lights

TwinII · 30th September 2012, 11:48 AM

Hey,

I headed down to South Bank to watch the Santos GLNG City of Lights again this year. Last year I did an exposure blend with two images. This year I got my mate to come along and we tried to get a wider shot. This image contains 4 shots. There is an image blend for the left shot and the right shot and then they were merged.

We had a few technical difficulties. His camera moved between the twilight shot and the light display shot so I had to manually align the images as Photoshop couldn't do it properly. I also had to manually blend the images this year too as the auto blend function in Photoshop revealed poor results. Also, Photoshop had a hard time stitching my first few attempts but was able to stitch this one. I have purchased PTGUI now to use for future stitching.

Anyway image is below. I know it's not prefect but I thought it was good enough to share. Let me know what you think!

Santos City of Lights 2012 I by Martin Canning, on Flickr

C&C Welcome!

Thanks,

Martin

Reason · 30th September 2012, 1:17 PM

The drop shadow makes it look a bit tacky, but otherwise a cool night shot.

Psyentist · 2nd October 2012, 9:28 PM

Yeah nice shot.

However, IMO this is one those things where the most obvious framing works best, especially since they ditched the lights off QVB. Didn't even bother once I saw that.

30th September 2012, 11:48 AM	#1
TwinII Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brisbane Posts: 974	Santos GLNG City of Lights Hey, I headed down to South Bank to watch the Santos GLNG City of Lights again this year. Last year I did an exposure blend with two images. This year I got my mate to come along and we tried to get a wider shot. This image contains 4 shots. There is an image blend for the left shot and the right shot and then they were merged. We had a few technical difficulties. His camera moved between the twilight shot and the light display shot so I had to manually align the images as Photoshop couldn't do it properly. I also had to manually blend the images this year too as the auto blend function in Photoshop revealed poor results. Also, Photoshop had a hard time stitching my first few attempts but was able to stitch this one. I have purchased PTGUI now to use for future stitching. Anyway image is below. I know it's not prefect but I thought it was good enough to share. Let me know what you think! Santos City of Lights 2012 I by Martin Canning, on Flickr C&C Welcome! Thanks, Martin __________________ View my photos at MartinCanning.com View Flickr

2nd October 2012, 9:28 PM	#3
Psyentist Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 70	Yeah nice shot. However, IMO this is one those things where the most obvious framing works best, especially since they ditched the lights off QVB. Didn't even bother once I saw that. __________________ Flickr :: 500px

30th September 2012, 1:17 PM	#2
Reason Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 333	The drop shadow makes it look a bit tacky, but otherwise a cool night shot.