Passion for Panorama
Ozark Mountain
Ever since I have seen panorama images taken by Thomas D. Mangelsen (http://www.mangelsen.com) and recently his new book, “The Natural World,” I’ve always wanted to create such images. Spectacular landscape and unusual long and narrow angle of panoramas are quite attractive and challenging at the same time.
In the past, most panoramas were done with a very limited and expensive camera equipment; namely the Fuji 6×17 – a large panorama camera that uses 6 x 17 film. This wasn’t practical since I had to purchase a different camera system than what I already owned.
Ozark Scenic Riverways
For years there has been much development in photo editing software, which allows merging images together into a panorama. Especially now, a combination of large megapixel camera and easy-to-use editing software, such as Lightroom and Photoshop, have made it possible to create panorama images that are rival or even surpass what a 6×17 film format camera takes.
So these days, I’ve been spending a lot of time scouting good places for panorama, looking for good angles, and testing out my equipment and editing software.