Wetlands Sunset

[AlanLichty]

This is a 4 panel telephoto (166mm) panorama of a sunset overlooking the Columbia River wetlands. The Columbia River itself isn't entirely visible but lies just behind the line of trees in the middle of the scene. The more visible body of water just beyond the river on the Oregon side is Sturgeon Lake on Suavie Island. For a sense of scale the crest of Portland's West Hills in the distance is 15 miles away. Click through for a much wider view.

C&C always welcome.

 

[BlackRockArt]

This is a 4 panel telephoto (166mm) panorama of a sunset overlooking the Columbia River wetlands. The Columbia River itself isn't entirely visible but lies just behind the line of trees in the middle of the scene. The more visible body of water just beyond the river on the Oregon side is Sturgeon Lake on Suavie Island. For a sense of scale the crest of Portland's West Hills in the distance is 15 miles away. Click through for a much wider view.

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C&C always welcome.

Hi Alan, do you crop the panorama manually, or just take it as it is? This seems almost 3:1 ratio, I always spend a lot of time considering all the elements.

Oliver

 

[AlanLichty]

Hi Alan, do you crop the panorama manually, or just take it as it is? This seems almost 3:1 ratio, I always spend a lot of time considering all the elements.

Oliver

I typically crop and/or frame the shot based on what elements I want in the composition. In this case I had shots with this lens that went 2 or 3 more captures flanking both sides of this stitch. In this case I wanted the cloud in the upper left in the scene as well as part of Sturgeon Lake in the distance on the right in the scene.

I am distinctly not a slave to the magic ratios and often crop based on the desired composition.

 

[JimFox]

Very cool Alan. It's funny, from here it doesn't look like a wetlands. There is some water there, but not what I would envision for a wetlands. And that's probably just a misperception on my part.

 

[AlanLichty]

Very cool Alan. It's funny, from here it doesn't look like a wetlands. There is some water there, but not what I would envision for a wetlands. And that's probably just a misperception on my part.

Thanks Jim - the biggest problem with shooting the wetlands area is that I can't go high enough to really show the water in this scene. This might help:

I am shooting almost due west from the area called Felida. Most of the area between Felida and Scappoose was all part of the river system when Lewis and Clark went through and has since been drained by farmers.

 

[Beth]

that's intresting about the river being drained. beautiful orange hues in the sky and blue on the mountains.

 

[AlanLichty]

that's intresting about the river being drained. beautiful orange hues in the sky and blue on the mountains.

Thanks - the drained wetlands were only possible after a series of dams were built upriver (Grand Coulee, Bonneville) that could control the floods that happened every year during the wet season. Vancouver Lake in the lower right of the map was flooded every year in the 1800's and before.