Empire Builder Observation Car Panorama
Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 10:33AM
Greg Jones in Amtrak, Empire Builder, Montana, Montana, Panorama, Train, Travel, Travel

Now on Amtrak's Empire Builder train traveling across the State of Montana. There has been some amazing scenery to see today. I woke up early as usual, 5:50 am, grabbed my camera bag and walked through several train cars to what has quickly become my favorite place to hang out, the observation car. I ordered breakfast, and settled in to watch the sunrise. Last night my wife insisted she would sleep on the top bunk in our Roomette. However, she found the mattress and tight confines (The curved ceiling is just 6" above your head at one point) uncomfortable and she was unable to sleep. We agreed to switch places which was an adventure given the tight confines of the space we occupied.

This photo was taken using my Sony a99 camera and my now 35 year old Minolta 16mm fisheye lens. I took 6 portrait orientation shots and then imported them to my iPad Pro. I am using a new (to me) photo editor called Affinity Photo. It brings new capability to the iPad including the first good HDR tone mapping software I've found and the ability to stitch panoramas. This photo is my first try using this feature. Since there are misalignments and it duplicated items in the final stitched image, I'll give it a C grade.

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