Critique Welcomed Nymphenburg Palace, Germany

[John Holland]

Last summer I was able to visit Germany - Munich area. One of the places to visit was the Nymphenburg Palace. Both images I used a polarizing filter to cut the glare (I was shooting mid day)

Canon 7D, 24mm, f/8, 1/60 second


This is a pano consisting of 8 images (portrait orientation) stitched together. I also spent some time in Photoshop removing the "pesky tourists" in the image, and removing the restoration scaffolding that was in the way.

Canon 7D, 24mm, f/8, 1/125 second

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I would never have guessed about the tourists and scaffolding. Good work.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Agree with Rob.

Some say that photographing landscapes at midday or during harsh sunlight is taboo. Personally I don't agree if you do it right and your shots prove that.

 

[John Holland]

Thank you Rob and Milan for your comments.

 

[Brian Moore]

Looks like pretty near high noon based on the minimal shadows. That polarizing filter has done a great job. Which is to say, you've done a great job with these photos through your composition and selection of tools. Very well done indeed, John!

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I have to agree to all above, I normally don't agree to any of them , but in this case I have to. This is very well done and it's nice to see that you have used a polarizing filter. People seem to think that it is not necessary in digital. How wrong can they be. Beautiful scenery too and I like the colours of the first one very much.

 

[Kev Pugh]

Have to agree with all above comments, who is to say you shouldn't shoot LS at midday? Great work with the stitching and PS!

 

[John Holland]

Thank you for all the comments/feedback. Both images are going to the printer, the pano image will print out at over 30" wide.

When I am traveling, I usually do not get to pick the times that I get to shoot, so I have learned to adjust and use what is available to me. For me, that adds just a bit of challenge to the task.

 

[Pete Askew]

What more can I say. Gorgeous shots and very impressive post production (PP), John. Actually, thinking about it, especially for panoramics etc, I wonder if it is actually better to shoot when the sun is directly over and so avoid long and intrusive shadows. What do you think?

 

[John Holland]

Pete, I think it depends on the situation. Sometime shadows can provide a nice sense of depth or size. If the shadows are intrusive or cover/hide features of the image I want to capture, then you have to adjust shooting time or try something like blending multiple exposures (i.e. HDR) - doing that with a multi image pano is really tough without a tripod.

 

[Pete Askew]

Good points, John.