“I offer images- I conjure memories of freedom that can still be reached- like the Doors, right? But we can only open the doors, we can't drag people through. I can't free them unless they want to be free. Maybe primitive people have less bullshit to let go of, to give up. A person has to be willing to give up everything- not just wealth. All the bullshit that he's been taught- all society's brainwashing. You have to let go of all that to get to the other side. Most people aren't willing to do that.”

- Jim Morrison

Gears:
Canon EOS 350D
EF-S 18-55mm
Cokin P121
Cokin P121m

Settings:
Focal Length: 21mm
Aperture: F/22
ISO-100
White Balance: Cloudy

Edited in RAW(Lightroom) with only saturation increase, contrast and levels adjustments and merged in Photoshop as a 4 shot panorama. Then gave it a boost in sharpening as a final touch to bring out some details in the rocks. The red cast in the sky is because of the effect of stacking two cokin filters together, it's not manipulated!

Thanks to Derek, this is for you.

Cheers,
Luke

"I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever... and the more I considered the subject, the bigger the forever loomed. Without knowing how to do it, I began to record some facts around me, and the more I looked the more the panorama unfolded."
- Frederic Remington

Gears:
Canon EOS 350D
EF-S 18-55mm
Cokin P121

Settings:
5 shots panorama
Shutter speed: 5 sec for each photo
Focal Length: 18mm
Aperture: F/22
ISO-100
White Balance: Daylight

Same as the last shot I tried to keep the main elements of the scene. Thus the daylight white balance with a few tweaks in the color mood - by adding a touch of coolness into the photo, I left out 1 more shot(there's 6 in total) because i realized that the 1st shot has a few really distracting stuffs in it, thanks to me not paying enough attention to the whole composition. Overall, im still happy with the results.

cheers,
Luke

“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm” - Unknown

Gears:
Canon EOS 350D
EF-S 18-55mm
Cokin P121

Settings:
5 shots panorama
Shutter speed: 5 sec for each photo
Focal Length: 21mm
Aperture: F/13
ISO-100
White Balance: Cloudy

3rd panorama of the series. I tried to follow the series's idea by trying to record the scene and maintain everything in the elements as what i shot in camera. But i changed a few things in this one. I've added a cooling filter effect in cs3 and then darken the sky a little bit more to add some drama, as one Cokin P121 wasn't enough to bag the mood into the shot. Overall, the results are just what I wanted to show here.

Regards,
Luke