Ed Ogle
October 2026 - No Title Given
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About the Image(s)
Canon R5 with RF 100-500mm at 100mm
Pole Hill is just East of Estes Park, Colorado. This is a stitched panorama made from 6 individual images that were stitched together and processed in Photoshop. I was trying to catch the moody atmosphere at the time.
The original image shown here is what the 6 images looked like immediately
after stitching them together.
4 comments posted
Really like the way this is processed-the tones and details work very well. However, I feel the crop is a little too tight. Personally, I would prefer a wider composition to show more of the surrounding landscape and give the image a greater sense of scale. Posted: 10/03/2026 02:36:23
Great for you to be stitching panos. I was just out west and only created panos with my cell phone. Agh! Missed opportunity!
I can see Sunil's point of wanting more space, but it doesn't look like you have it. An option to create the sense of a wider vista by cropping up a bit from the bottom and in from the top to create more a sweeping panorama.
For me, I'd like a bit more contrast. I understand that we lose depth as we go further away, so maybe choosing the trees ("vegetation" choice in Lightroom's Landscape panel) and darkening them. Then a bit more contrast on the middle rock, just to create a sense of more depth. I'd probably use "DeHaze". You had some more blue in the original for the far mountains, that looks beautiful and natural. Posted: 10/06/2026 14:07:15
I can see Sunil's point of wanting more space, but it doesn't look like you have it. An option to create the sense of a wider vista by cropping up a bit from the bottom and in from the top to create more a sweeping panorama.
For me, I'd like a bit more contrast. I understand that we lose depth as we go further away, so maybe choosing the trees ("vegetation" choice in Lightroom's Landscape panel) and darkening them. Then a bit more contrast on the middle rock, just to create a sense of more depth. I'd probably use "DeHaze". You had some more blue in the original for the far mountains, that looks beautiful and natural. Posted: 10/06/2026 14:07:15
I agreed with Brenda; adding a bit more contrast is a good suggestion. Personally, I would even add a little bit more saturation as well. Posted: 10/06/2026 16:26:22
I'd crop a lot more off the bottom, which would change the subject from the gap between the two nearby "hills" to a study of the multiple ranges of mountains in view beyond the first "hill". Posted: 10/06/2026 23:33:03