Winter Gardens Theatre

[Martyn]

This is a panorama made up of 4 shots. I originally took 16 with the intention of perhaps using 8. I used manual mode, 1/100 sec, f3.5, iso 6400. Exposure was boosted in Lightroom 5. My computer took 3 hours to knit these shots together in Photoshop elements 12. If I had the time to wait for my processor to catch up, or a decent computer, there are a few edits I would like to do. But on the whole I am quite pleased with the picture considering how dark it was inside the theatre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[colinb]

worth the effort Martyn - is it still a theatre? it looks as if they have turned it into a disco?

[FUJI]

Well worth all the effort and processing time Martyn........show the shot to theatre management, they might be interested in acquiring a copy?

FUJI

[Martyn]

worth the effort Martyn - is it still a theatre? it looks as if they have turned it into a disco?

 

It is used as a theatre occasionally for small productions, but it's more of an on-going restoration project as a listed building. It's probably used more as a venue for ghost hunting.

 

http://www.thewintergardensmorecambe.co.uk/home/

[ChrisLumix]

What type of HDR software did you use Martyn? And how come it took THREE HOURS to process your panorama? (Mind you, it seems to have done the trick, I can't  see the joins).

[Martyn]

What type of HDR software did you use Martyn? And how come it took THREE HOURS to process your panorama? (Mind you, it seems to have done the trick, I can't  see the joins).

 

No HDR software used Chris. I just did my usual edit in Lightroom and boosted the exposure by a few stops.  The lighting was really strange which may help the HDR effect; Florescent lights under the balcony gave a green tinge, coloured spotlights on the stage, chandeliers that gave a yellowy gold tinge to the ceiling and disco lighting on the floor.

 

As to the three hours, I dunno! I thought it was because I was asking a lot of my bargain basement computer, but it took 10 mins to do the same job today.

[ChrisLumix]

No HDR software used Chris. I just did my usual edit in Lightroom and boosted the exposure by a few stops.  The lighting was really strange which may help the HDR effect; Florescent lights under the balcony gave a green tinge, coloured spotlights on the stage, chandeliers that gave a yellowy gold tinge to the ceiling and disco lighting on the floor.

 

As to the three hours, I dunno! I thought it was because I was asking a lot of my bargain basement computer, but it took 10 mins to do the same job today.

 

No HDR? Wow. There's few shadows and no bright highlights - always a sign of HDR, but in this case apparently not! All I can say is - wow.