There are times when I think about how we as people can’t help but change the world around us. It’s like we can’t help but interpret the earth around us, even if that means altering it. Our generation is not the first to do this:
ISO 800 50mm f/10 1/1250 sec
When you walk around Stonehenge you can’t help but wondering why people did this. There are no shortage of theories, but not a whole lot of definitive answers either. That makes it more intriguing, but even if we had all the answers I think this site would still be awe inspiring.
Stonehenge is currently administered by English Heritage, and while there are a few different ways you can visit, we were in the area by car and did use the walking audio tour. For this photo, I used my Canon 50D and took several shots with the thought of stitching them together in Photoshop to create the panorama you see above. The main thing to keep in mind is to attempt to shoot as level as possible. The first version of the panorama had some people in it. I removed them using the healing brush and the Edit-Fill-Content Aware features of Photoshop. I also did a white balance correction using the eyedropper in Levels, and sharpened the photo. I am adding my Flickr version below that you can click on to see a larger version:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marantophotography/33312000554/in/dateposted/
It is also available as part of my Picfair portfolio.
Below is an Instagram version, this version, shot with my iPhone gives a slightly different perspective and an idea of how many people I had to remove from the version above:
Do you ever find yourself wondering about how the landscape has changed over the generations? or why people do the things they do? How do you like my panorama, do you think I did a good job removing the people? Feel free to leave a comment below.
Cheers!
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Love your panorama, and good job with post-processing. Can’t tell at all there were people in the shot. I’m guessing you took these by hand. I’ve tried doing panoramas with my camera before, and always, always struggled with leveling – or rather struggled to move the camera in a straight line as opposed to a curve.
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Yes, keeping things level is the tough part and you are right, I did do these by hand.
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By hand. That is one amazing panorama. Very smooth and level. When I put my arms and shoulders as close to my body as possible, I find that I take better panoramas with a camera.
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Yes, using yourself as a brace is a good technique. I also try to control my breathing.
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Great capture, Amy! Well done with the edit process. It must be a time-consuming task to remove all the people in the photo. 🙂
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Actually, it is something that has gotten a lot easier in the last few versions of Photoshop. I think you are much less likely to end up with some wonky result the last few versions.
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The answer is yes, but it seems that change is inevitable. Stonehenge is one of the places I have yet to visit. Even so, it makes me wonder.
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It’s worth the visit in my opinion. Photographs are great, but to actually see the landscape, it really makes you wonder about why they chose this particular spot.
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Beautiful photos!
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Thank you very much!
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You’re welcome!
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Amy: I just read “Sarum” by Edward Rutherfurd – have you seen it? It’s a “James-Michener”- style historical novel about Salisbury and the area around Stonehenge, in which the author imagines fictional characters who come into the area or live in the area from prehistoric times up through WWII. I picked it up at random in a bookstore and it really gave me a much better sense of how the area came to be settled and resettled over time, with the Picts and Angles, the Saxons, the Romans, the French knights, etc. So, loved seeing your photographs since it reminded me of this historical saga and the knowledge I learned from it.
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Ok, so just popped over to Goodreads and read your review and added it to my list. It sounds like something that I would enjoy. Thanks!
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🙂 that’s so cool! You’ll have to let me know whether having been there In Person, if you feel more connected to the history as Rutherfurd tells it …
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Will let you know 🙂
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Would so love to visit this one day. I often ponder and wonder what went on in the centuries before. Love how you edited out the people!
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It is a really interesting spot, definitely worth the visit.
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On the list for sure!
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Excellent entry.
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Thank you!
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I so appreciate when artists share the process they go through, the technical details, to obtain the final image they are looking for. Thank you for sharing yours. I find it so helpful and inspiring. I definitely want to learn more about Photoshop. I took a class years ago, and want to revisit it.
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Photoshop is one of those ever evolving programs. If you were going to start using it again I think a class would be a good place to start as they have moved several features around and added lots of new things over the years.
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Stonehenge is incredibly intriguing and I love hearing all the various theories about its origins. Being there though, it was hard to ignore the whizzing cars on the A303.
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Funny that you should mention it, because I almost didn’t notice the cars. My youngest did though, enough to report the foul language a trucker used to address a too-slow driver!
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Nice one! When were you there? I was there three years ago in Spring. The sky had the same tones as in your photos 🙂
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Yes, just a few weeks ago, mid April 🙂
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Nice panarama shot! I’ve yet to experiment in that domain. Where did you put the people you removed? Did they become un-Henged
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The truth is out there my friend…
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