Hawaii Panorama

I'm back! For the past few months I've been caged up in the library studying for the GMAT. It was a hard test, but it's over now and I did well! While I was studying I found some time each day to work on photos from my recent trip to Hawaii. Here is one of my favorites pics.

Check your exposures
This panorama was made by combining five separate pics. During the actual shoot, I messed up; I completely forgot to check my exposures. It was a bad move and I paid for it when I got home; I came home to find that the whole sequence was under-exposed. It took a lot of work to correct my mistakes. Here is a copy of the pano before the edits. Big difference huh?
This just goes to show how important it is the get the exposure right the first time. I spent hours with layers to make this photo look right.

Solution - Hoodman
Okay, so I dropped the ball and I paid for it. But what pissed me off even more was the fact that I brought a Hoodman Loupe with me on the trip and I didn't use it. If you haven't heard of these, check them out. They're really helpful when it's super sunny (the display on the back of most digital cameras is usually completely illegible in these conditions). With the loupe you can see everything.

I learned a bunch on this trip. First, make sure that you check your exposures. A few seconds taken to get the perfect exposure is a lot better than a few hours taken to fix a bad one. Next, if you have a loupe, use it! And lastly, Hawaii is awesome! I want to go back :(

-Morgan