How to construct a panorama that captures the mystery of an aurora display
were too light or dark, and that the colours remained true to nature, with just a little bit of highlighting to bring out more detail. (The screenshots shown here use my German language versions of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop; I’ve translated the commands indicated by yellow arrows into English.)
Panorama of drama
My first processing step involves the creation of a panorama in Adobe Lightroom. To do this I select the RAW images required from my photo library and mark them (see Screenshot 1, below). The selected pictures are joined together to make the initial panorama by clicking on ‘Photo > Merge photos > Panorama’ [‘Foto > Zusammenfügen von Fotos > Panorama’]. The completed RAW panorama can now be imported into Adobe Photoshop, ready for me to perform basic adjustments with the RAW converter (see Screenshot 2, opposite). I adjust the ‘Highlights’