Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal (inside)

Had to get creative with the cross frame as people were always in the shot. It works with the subject matter and lets the imagination fill in the gaps making it seem even bigger.
Besides a bit of colour and cloning, i added a strong volume of light coming from the stained glass for fun.

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Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal (outside)

A Cathedral in Montreal.  Massive church, stitched two shots vertically just to capture it all.

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Mount Royal - Chalet Panorama

Montreal Quebec. 4 shots, 50inches wide at 300dpi.

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Bringing Photos Back to Life

Even the most expensive digtal camera’s won’t fully capture the colour and detail of what you first saw.
Below shows how photoshop and camera raw can bring back the feeling in a shot. This was taken at the distillery district downtown Toronto. I also removed some unwanted rooftop covering a window, it was distracting.

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Niagra Falls Panorama 2

Here is a larger Panorama taken at Niagra falls from a castle like structure above the line up to “maid of the mist”. It includes both Canadian falls, American Falls as well as some foreground and side structure.
What i find most amazing about these shots is how much more it feels like being there. Our eyes interpret so much more than just the square box in front of them, enter the age of widescreen LCD’s.

This time around i decided to include the original pictures i took before merging and editing. Besides some colour tweaking, i took out a few people who i felt were blocking the view. This one is roughly 62 inches wide at full size length. It’s so large in fact if you zoom in, you can make out people climbing the American waterfall from both sides.


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Niagra Falls Panorama

Here is a shot of the Canadian falls. This was 4-5 shots stitched together using the in-camera software/photoshop merge. I added a few touch ups of my own to make it more colourful.

When printed this photo is 40inchs (101cm) wide at full size.

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