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Lhasa valley

Lhasa valley
Copyright ©2005, Alfred Molon
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View of the Lhasa valley from the Ganden monastery (4500m). Panorama stitch of three images.

Photographer: Alfred Molon
Folder: Alfred Molon
Uploaded: 16-Nov-2005 21:50 CET
Current Rating: 7.75/4
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Camera: Olympus C8080
Exposure time: 1/160s
Aperture: F4
Focal length: 28mm
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Focusing method: iESP P-AF
ISO: 50
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Flash: no
Image format: RAW
Processing applied: RAW conversion, panorama stitch with PTGUI
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Image resized to: 359x800

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Great atmosphere. Can you tell something about the distances?

Udo Altmann at 21:55 CET on 16-Nov-2005 [Reply]

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I realy like those pano shots, well done..

Best regards,

Fonzy - at 22:23 CET on 16-Nov-2005 [Reply]

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I'm a big fan of panoramics Alfred, this is an excellent one you have included some foreground detail which gives depth to the shot and gives a sense of scale, fabulous view.
Best wishes Steve

Steve Elliott at 08:50 CET on 17-Nov-2005 [Reply]

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Udo Altmann wrote:
> Great atmosphere. Can you tell something about the distances?

Distance to Lhasa? It's about 1:30h by car (60-80km). From the Lhasa valley (3700m) to the monastery it's 20-30 minutes.

Alfred Molon at 18:32 CET on 17-Nov-2005 [Reply]

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Hey Alfred, nice image but it looks like it's been overworked in photoshop. Do you always manipulate?

Cleveland Aaron at 14:20 CEST on 15-Aug-2010 [Reply]

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Cleveland Aaron wrote:
> Hey Alfred, nice image but it looks like it's been overworked in photoshop. Do you always
> manipulate?

It's a panorama stitch, that is why the perspective is like that. Or what specifically do you mean with manipulate?

Alfred Molon at 18:35 CEST on 15-Aug-2010 [Reply]

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Hi Alfred, I know the image was stitched. By manipulated I mean colours, contrast & Sharpness. It's a lovely image nonetheless, I was just curious.

Cleveland.

Cleveland Aaron at 21:23 CEST on 15-Aug-2010 [Reply]

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Cleveland Aaron wrote:
> Hi Alfred, I know the image was stitched. By manipulated I mean colours, contrast & Sharpness.
> It's a lovely image nonetheless, I was just curious.

The processing applied is actually quite simple:
- RAW conversion (with a certain choice of contrast, saturation, white balance etc.)
- panorama stitching
- some postprocessing to fill the gaps, typically by cloning parts of the sky in case the images do not overlap properly which often is the case with panorama sequences shot without a panorama head)

The sky has this variation of brightness due to the use of a polariser filter and the wide angle of view. Some people choose not to use a polariser filter for this reason.

Alfred Molon at 21:51 CEST on 15-Aug-2010 [Reply]