One word - stunning. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com
-----Original Message----- From: Larry Hodgson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - HorseShoe Bend Below is a link to a shot that I made yesterday (Saturday). This is called "Horseshoe Bend" and is on the Colorado River just below the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona. This is a world class trout fishing river. The water is crystal clear and cold as it exists the base of the dam. Many people have taken this exact same image, but since it is only 4 hours from my home I thought I would give it a shot. If you look closely you can see some boats and in the full size version (not posted) you can see fishermen in the water. I say "Made" this image because it is actually from 10 separate images from my *istD with FA 28 lens. I shot in RAW and converted in Photoshop. I stitched together with Panorama Maker 3.0 It was 2 rows 5 wide. Shots were vertical and then rotated during conversion. The resulting image after cropping is 4837x3900 pixels. I also took this shot with my Sigma 14 which just got the entire scene. I was not happy with it because the 14 that I have is one of the first ones and is not very sharp and is low on contrast. With all the discussion lately about full frame sensors and 14 MP sensors and such, this shows what can be done with just 6 MP camera. I know not all subjects can be captured with this technique, but it sure works with landscapes. The saturation was bumped up a little, but this is about what it looks like in person. Comments welcome. Larry from Prescott The Link: http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2851282/Large
