David Terao  

Weeping Cherry by David Terao

December 2020 - Weeping Cherry

December 2020 - David Terao

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December 2020 - David Terao

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About the Image(s)

This month, I decided to shoot a panorama image at the Brookside Gardens near me. I've photographed this weeping cherry tree many times, but this was the first time I tried a panorama image of it. I shot it in the early morning to get the sun back lighting the tree and peeking through the branches. It was taken using a rectilinear fish-eye lens (~14mm full-frame equivalent when de-fished) with 10 stitched images. The first original shows a single image with the lens, and the second original shows the result of stitching the 10 images together. Using Photoshop's transform tool, I pulled the corners up and leveled the horizon to make the image more natural looking. Taken with an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mk II camera with an 8mm f/1.8 fisheye lens on a tripod.

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Hi David: Very nice star burst and I really like the fine branch silhouettes. Those fine and delicate branches make the silhouette for me along with a clear, blue sky. So, I like photo #2 best (with a flat horizon) and then I would like to crop out half of the trunk shadow and enough on the right to eliminate the golden leaves of this #2.   Posted: 12/02/2020 13:59:27
David Terao   David Terao
Hi, Don. I tried your suggested edit, and, as a result, there are less distracting elements in it. I also cropped out the yellow tree on the left because the image didn't look balanced. It's not bad, but, it is no longer a panorama. It looks like my other images of this tree.   Posted: 12/02/2020 15:14:04
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Ray Henrikson   Ray Henrikson
Interesting exercise in stitching. The starburst is overwhelming - I wonder if some viewers might be turned off by it.   Posted: 12/07/2020 18:35:40
Cindy Lynch   Cindy Lynch
You did a great job stitching together this panorama. I like your complimentary colors and the shadow leads me right to the main subject of the tree. Everything is nice a sharp and crisp. To my eye, the trees on the sides are leaning in. I used the transform-skew edit in Photoshop to straighten them out and then decided to crop the left side so the tree was not so centered but still balanced by the orange leaves on the right.   Posted: 12/08/2020 07:54:04
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Charlie Yang   Charlie Yang
The view is awesome!
great day for you be able to do 10 then stitching together.
Prefer the star burst just come up from the tree branch, or just below it, the light just amazing, and won't be the intensity as such. Or post proc it GND a bit.   Posted: 12/18/2020 10:13:40
Phyllis Peterson   Phyllis Peterson
I can see why you would want to photograph this tree. The lines that the branches form are not symmetrical and it keeps your eye looking. I especially like the shadow in the foreground that draws your eye into the scene and the bright orange leaves of the tree on the right complement the color of the sky. It would be even better if you could move around and get the whole tree against the blue sky without the orange tree behind.   Posted: 12/19/2020 07:15:51
David Terao   David Terao
I agree. However, moving to the right, I would have lost the trunk shadow coming down the middle of the image, and I wouldn't be able to get the sunstar effect. I'll probably try it again in the spring when there are cascading blooms.   Posted: 12/19/2020 07:40:27
Cindy Lynch   Cindy Lynch
I'd love to see it then.   Posted: 12/29/2020 11:28:22
Bai Chuang Shyu   Bai Chuang Shyu
I like the silhouette effect of the tree branches. The star burst in the center is really catching my eye. I am now not used to see the subject placing in the middle of the field. I enjoy seeing Cindy's version which made a shift and balanced by the right side yellow trees.   Posted: 12/27/2020 05:10:55