Pre-Dawn Colours of the Bungle Bungles

[iceman (Mike)]

We had arrived way before dawn at the Bungle Bungles, in plenty of time for the trek down to Piccaninny Creek and to setup before sunrise. While it was still dark, I captured the Stars Before the Dawn in the beautiful dark skies.

As the sky lightened, the pre-dawn colours started to show, lighting up the stunning beehive domes of the Bungle Bungles.

It was a magic place to be at that time of day - very cold, but so calm and tranquil - apart from the flurry of photographers capturing images as the light changed rapidly.

This image is a 3:1 panorama, shot with a Canon 5D Mk II, Canon 17-40mm lens @ 40mm, 5 images at f/4, 2s exposures @ ISO1250.

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[Larryp (Laurie)]

Lovely photo, Mike!

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

Superb photograph. Love the colours. My better half has just been given three Ken Duncan Panograph jigsaw puzzles. Your image would drive the puzzle makers nuts.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Spectacular colours Mike! Beautifully captured.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Octane (Humayun)]

That light is just perfect.

Beautifully captured. I also like the fact that there's no visible seams, too. It's really hard to capture mosaics in lighting conditions that change so fast. I'm not game enough.

H

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's a very nice Pano. The foreground grass sets it up nicely. It's got an African Savanna feel to it.

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks guys, appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by Octane

That light is just perfect.

Beautifully captured. I also like the fact that there's no visible seams, too. It's really hard to capture mosaics in lighting conditions that change so fast. I'm not game enough.

H

haha I know what you mean. I've been pretty lucky so far - AutoPano Pro does a fantastic job at stitching the mosaics together. There's only been a couple I've had to throw away (and I took HEAPS!).

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's a very nice Pano. The foreground grass sets it up nicely. It's got an African Savanna feel to it.

Thanks Marc, that's what I liked about the grass too and what I was trying to portray while processing it.

[gregbradley]

Very nice Mike.

Greg.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Octane

That light is just perfect.

Beautifully captured. I also like the fact that there's no visible seams, too. It's really hard to capture mosaics in lighting conditions that change so fast. I'm not game enough.

H

Have you tried using aperture priority in that scenario?

Greg.

[Octane (Humayun)]

I do everything in manual, Greg. Like a real man.

But, in all honesty, I've never done multi-panel panoramas. I just stick the 17-40mm f/4L USM on, compose my scene and shoot. I have a very small window of opportunity when doing my landscape images and I can't waste time faffing about with taking lots of images. I'm just not game!

H

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Octane

I do everything in manual, Greg. Like a real man.

But, in all honesty, I've never done multi-panel panoramas. I just stick the 17-40mm f/4L USM on, compose my scene and shoot. I have a very small window of opportunity when doing my landscape images and I can't waste time faffing about with taking lots of images. I'm just not game!

H

LOL.

I use manual as well but I read just recently someone advised using aperture priority as it helped with the stitching and getting a smooth transition.

I have noticed on some of my panos that the sky colour can vary from deep blue to regular blue. I think I also had a polariser on which I think I won't use next time either.

They aren't that hard. Just handheld, lots of overlap, don't do panels with just plain sky (it can be like doing a jigsaw puzzle when stitching and one piece of plain sky looks the same as another). Portrait orientation is good as you keep some foreground in each panel which makes for easy stitching.

24-50mm focal length.

Greg.

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Colour and detail in the rocks is spectacular, great shot.

[Deeno]

Another beautiful scene!
So sharp....

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks Adam and Dean, much appreciated.