Cologne Cathedral 2x3 stitch

[Ian]

This is two rows of three images stitched in Photoshop CS6. The perspective was badly out so I used DxO ViewPoint to normalise it.

Ian

[Caz]

Re: Cologne Cathedral 2x3 stitch

Marvelous image Ian, love the tones, the light. And if that's what the new DXO does for perspective, think I'm going to have to invest!

Carol

[Pol]

Re: Cologne Cathedral 2x3 stitch

Nice job. It's a good picci, despite the scaffolding.

I also very much like the colour tones. Are those the natural colours and tones are did you tone it yourself after stitching it?

Pol

[Ian]

Re: Cologne Cathedral 2x3 stitch

Thanks Pol - no I aimed to reproduce the lighting as I remembered it. I was very pleased with the way PS CS6 stitched this as I know PS is not regarded as the best solution for stitching. It's also the first two-tier stitch I have tried for a while.

Cologne Cathedral is massive - look at the people at the base of the picture Our local cathedral is St.Albans Abbey and that seems like a village chapel in comparison!

I was about 30-40 yards in front of the main door and used a 12mm (24mm in full frame terms) focal length using the 12-50 standard zoom on my Olympus OM-D E-M5. The exposure was just 1/10th sec and hand held, so full marks for the IS system.

I also used the new DxO ViewPoint tool for dealing with perspective distortion.

Ian

[Pol]

Re: Cologne Cathedral 2x3 stitch

I was about 30-40 yards in front of the main door and used a 12mm (24mm in full frame terms) focal length using the 12-50 standard zoom on my Olympus OM-D E-M5. The exposure was just 1/10th sec and hand held, so full marks for the IS system.

Ian

Those details make it even more impressive! The blackness of the sky also looks superb and sets off the cathedral very well.

Pol

[Pops]

Re: Cologne Cathedral 2x3 stitch

Looks magical