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Hi all,

Hoping for a bit of advice to rescue this photo.

This was stitched together from two jpgs taken handheld a few minutes apart from the same location near Queenstown, NZ. I never intended for them to be part of a panorama, and indeed, neither of them stood out by itself when I was browsing through my photos from the trip. For a bit of fun, I tried to play around with stitching when I noticed they matched up quite well. The end result - a much more powerful image, and hence the "accidental" in the title.

I really like the way it projects the vastness of the landscape, but the hazy colours spoils some of the "excitement". Does anyone have some advice on what post-processing I can do to improve it?

Ben

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If that was my image - I'd mask off the top and the bottom. Try adjusting the exposure on the sky down 2/3rds as the hills are nicely exposed.

Increase the contrast and saturation...

Is that next to Coronet Peak? I did a walk ages ago and that view looks familiar.

I agree with Ronza. Maybe bring down the highlights in the sky. Mountains are exposed nicely.

Once you try Ronza's exposure treatment, you could always try a B&W conversion?

P

I agree with masking some of the sky out. Otherwise, i like it.

The mountains in NZ are a fantastic place. Could spend months there exploring...

agriffiths wrote:Is that next to Coronet Peak? I did a walk ages ago and that view looks familiar.

I agree with Ronza. Maybe bring down the highlights in the sky. Mountains are exposed nicely.

Correct. We ended up at that spot after going through Hell's Gate then Heaven's Gate (or the other way aruond) as part of a local 4WD tour.

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I'll give it a go tonight and post the results.

Ben