Wongi water hole - vertical panorama.

[redomatic]

Wongi water hole, vertical panorama.
I took it after trying my first time lapse!!
[time lapse on Facebook here] (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=513088642101680)

Nikon D800, 30 seconds, F2.8, 14mm, ISO6400.

[multiweb]

Very clever framing. Great catch. :thumbsup:

[matt34]

Great framing, the reflection on the water is great. Like the way the trees lead you up to the milky way.

[Larryp]

Great shot!

[iceman]

Very nice!

[redomatic]

Thanks Matt, Laurie, Marc and Mike - I might see if I can muck around with the tree on the left and angle it a bit better ;)
What about the time lapse? - A bit short.

[Joshua Bunn]

yea, thats a cracker, especially with the foreground lit up.

[redomatic]

Reversed the one dicky tree, looks much better now.

[alexch]

Superb image! In this composition the narrow vertical panorama works very well as well as the cool LED light on the foreground.

The timelapse looks fine however I find that portrait orientation does not work for me due to loss of the screen real estate in 16:9 format.

Cheers,
Alex

[dutch2]

Fantastic shot, love the setting.

[MortonH]

It needs to be printed as a large poster and hung on the wall :)

[matt34]

I agree shots like this look great printed up big. Just recently got a couple of My NZ ones back from the printer/framer and I look at them all the time :)

[redomatic]

Matt, I am going to get this printed - Any tips?
Did you use a dark boarder mat?
What about the frame?
Can you post one of the framed print?

[matt34]

For printers I went to "good quality" online place for these shots, all future ones I'll get the framer to print (got some test prints done and they came up great and similar cost to the online mobs) For star shots its worth talking to the printer asking things like best paper etc. It really depends on the size your getting printed but most half decent printers will work with you to get your shots looking their best.

Here are a couple of pics of the 2 most recent ones I got framed. the smaller one with the tree was 32*16 inch its hard to see but it has a cold blue grey matt and a black frame with a bit if a silver lining. After chatting with the framer they helped choose what matt would look best. The Church shot was 48*16 inch and as there was some warm, almost golden tones in the church (from the nearby lights) we double matted it with a golden under matt with a dark grey matt (this one was a little harder to match matt boards with due to its bigger size) Its in a black frame which also has some gold highlights on the edges.

One last tip I had a price in mind based on previuos framing I had done in melbourne. This actually came in at about 1/2 the price which allowed me to ask about anti reflective glass. It put the cost back up to what I thought it was going to be (eg doubled the quote) but I figured I'd give it a try and its what I went into it expecting to pay. I think it's made the world of difference as the shots are mainly black and in a well lit area it spots a lot of reflections (especially people going to look at them they aren't instancely greeted by their own reflection) So it all depends on the budget and where you get them done however its definately worth considering anti reflective glass for the prints.

Hope that helped a little.

[redomatic]

Excellent Feedback Matt!

Yes, I think the anti reflective glass is good for the dark shots. Dad got one on mine printed and had to take it back and get the glass changed - There was just too much reflection.
I'll have to look around for a decent local printer / framer, might be difficult in Maryborough.
Thanks for posting the finished products, they look great!
[p.s. I didn't think the white mat would look that good, but it does - I will have to play around in photoshop to try some colour options]

[matt34]

Yeah go anti reflective glass if you can afford the extra cost. I have another shot with a white matt but I like these more. The lighter coloured matt is a light blue grey. Good luck with the framer, I just tried out different things with the one I went too and you can get an idea on how it would look.

Photoshop is also a great idea I hadn't thought of that :)

[redomatic]

Wow, that makes a difference!! Here is a Photoshop mockup. (first time I had tried this, what a difference!)
I just picked colours at random (well nearly) from the photo...
I didn't know whether to go with the dark blue or maroon border from the bottom right (I liked the maroon)

[ourkind]

Excellent work Michael! The colours and contrasts are fantastic, well done!! :thumbsup: