Thursday’s Task

[John Holbrook]

Thursday’s Task: Landscape SCRAMBLE game board. “Pano”—Panoramic landscapes.
My examples below:

Foothills Parkway, TN

Scenic Byway 128, UT

Dead Horse Point State Park, UT

Dinosaur National Monument, CO

Guadalupe National Park, TX

 

[AlanLichty]

Oh boy - I love taking panoramas Nice set of examples to kick this off. I really like the Foothills Parkway and Dead Horse Point State Park images.

 

[Beth]

waterton lake in waterton lakes national park, canada

 

[ckcarr]

I take very few. I usually end up using an ultra-wide lens instead..

 

[AlanLichty]

I started taking panorama sequences with film cameras long before I had any clue how I was going to combine them for a final image. The first time I tried this was at Mooney Falls in 1967 on the same hike in Havasu Canyon as the waterfall I posted yesterday in the waterfall thread. The falls were too high to fit in the frame of my twin lens reflex camera so I took a vertical sequence of two shots. I never saw the combined result until 50 years later when I scanned the Ektachrome slides and stitched them in Lightroom:

I took another 2 shot vertical panorama sequence on 35mm film in the 1970's at the Khazneh in Petra Jordan:

This all got a lot more rewarding with digital cameras. This next one is a 3 shot pano using a TS-E lens to shift the view of the scene at Monument Valley:

Same technique with 3 shots and a TS-E lens in Silver Falls State Park:

A 9 portrait shot pano of a nice sunset at Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park:

 

[John Holbrook]

waterton lake in waterton lakes national park, canada

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Beth, I love your image—and its composition! The somber tones contrasting with the well lit building. Very nice! And thank you so much for sharing,

 

[John Holbrook]

I take very few. I usually end up using an ultra-wide lens instead..

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Craig, an exquisite image you’ve shared—thank you. I love the sky and sunlit horizon contrasting with the snowy foreground. I like the off-center composition as well.

 

[John Holbrook]

I started taking panorama sequences with film cameras long before I had any clue how I was going to combine them for a final image. The first time I tried this was at Mooney Falls in 1967 on the same hike in Havasu Canyon as the waterfall I posted yesterday in the waterfall thread. The falls were too high to fit in the frame of my twin lens reflex camera so I took a vertical sequence of two shots. I never saw the combined result until 50 years later when I scanned the Ektachrome slides and stitched them in Lightroom:

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I took another 2 shot vertical panorama sequence on 35mm film in the 1970's at the Khazneh in Petra Jordan:

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This all got a lot more rewarding with digital cameras. This next one is a 3 shot pano using a TS-E lens to shift the view of the scene at Monument Valley:

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Same technique with 3 shots and a TS-E lens in Silver Falls State Park:

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A 9 portrait shot pano of a nice sunset at Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park:

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Alan, all beautiful panoramas you’ve shared. Thank you and thank you for your history of panoramas as well. My favorites are the Ruby Beach and Monument Valley images! Love the light captured in both. I also like the “centered” composition of the Silver Falls pano as well. Nice.

 

[Kyle Jones]

I don't do many panos, but I do have a few that I like.

1) Punchbowl Falls

2) Reine in Lofoten

3) Flathead Lake

4) Glacier Point

 

[John Holbrook]

I don't do many panos, but I do have a few that I like.

1) Punchbowl Falls
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2) Reine in Lofoten
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3) Flathead Lake
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4) Glacier Point
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Kyle, you may not do many panos—but when you do, they are well composed and are exceptional captures. Thank you for sharing each of these! I especially love—all of them!

 

[larryj]

Here are a couple from my archive:

Sunrise at Cottonwood Pass

Roadside view on I70 in Utah.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I don't do many stitched Panos, although I do crop to Pano aspect ratio often. For this task the images are stitched ones.

Banff, Canada

Reflection Lakes, Alaska

Dante View, Death Valley

A sunrise drone image from the comforts of my driveway

 

[Michael13]

Bandon, Oregon

Owl Creek Pass, Colorado

 

[Rick Nantais]

Sunrise at the ranch, last Sunday

 

[John Holbrook]

Here are a couple from my archive:

Sunrise at Cottonwood Pass

Roadside view on I70 in Utah.

Larry, the two panoramas you’ve shared are well composed landscapes—love the shadows and light in your Cottonwood Pass composition with the body of water centered. Very nice. I also like the road leading into the I-70 composition. I also like the layers of color depicted here as well—very nice. Thank you for sharing.

 

[John Holbrook]

I don't do many stitched Panos, although I do crop to Pano aspect ratio often. For this task the images are stitched ones.

Banff, Canada
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Reflection Lakes, Alaska
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Dante View, Death Valley
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A sunrise drone image from the comforts of my driveway
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From your driveway, Jameel?!?!? I am equally impressed by your sunrise drone image (wow!) and your location! Oh by the way, convenience aside, this is my favorite image. I do also love the Banff image as well—very nice! The Death Valley pano is another beautiful capture, framed by the rocky foreground expanse to the subtle and beautiful colors beyond. The well-named Reflection Lakes is a beautiful capture too. Thank you for sharing each of these!

 

[John Holbrook]

Sunrise at the ranch, last Sunday
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Very nice sunrise Rick, love the autumn colors you’ve captured on your ranch—and thank you so much for sharing!

 

[John Holbrook]

Bandon, Oregon

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Owl Creek Pass, Colorado

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Michael, I love your Bandon panorama—it’s perfect and my favorite. I love the arc of the sky—and its reflection below! The Owl Creek Pass pano is a well-composed capture too— I like warm and cool layered composition. Thank you so much for sharing both of these.

 

[dan swiger]

iPhone pano of Pt Reyes National Sea shore

Vertical Pano of Yosemite Falls from the trail.

Mt Hamilton range

 

[Jeffrey]

A pano I made in Utah...