1. The first step is all 12 photos I’ve used to create the panorama. I thought this might be easier than 12 separate steps. Please note I’m using Photoshop 3 to merge the photos and you will need to have Ps3 or higher to follow along.
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2. The next step I select file/automate/photomerge
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3. This will bring up the photomerge pallet. I select auto by default from the Layout options to the left and click add open files and click ok.
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4. After the merge process, I end up with something like this.
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5. I merge the visible layers by selecting layer/merge visible and crop the image.
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6. Now I adjust the contrast and bump it way up by selecting image/adjustments/brightness/contrast.
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7. I just adjust the contrast.
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8. Now I open my curves pallet
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9. As you can see I have bent the waves into multiples and very long and steep, making the colors come out like they do.
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10. For my final step, to reduce some of the grain left behind the curves effect, I go to filter/blur/Gaussian blur
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11. I select 0.5 to just barely touch it without losing too much quality.
Final result
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