One of the things I like to experiment with when in “landscape mode” are multi-exposure panoramas. That is, using the computer to stitch together multiple (overlapping) frames into one long, high resolution image. I don’t doing anything fancy. Usually, I just switch to manual exposure (so that things don’t change on me unexpectedly) and shoot away; no special “nodal point” tripod head for me.
The “problem” with panoramas is what to do with them once you have them made… they are very long and thin. In a word they are unwieldy! I don’t have the proper equipment to print them with (i.e. a printer that takes a roll of paper). Even if I did get them printed, they are a pain in the “you know what” to mat, frame and hang on the wall. So usually they just languish on my hard disk.
Thus, I have decided to see how they work out displayed here. Please stretch your browser window as far as it will go; these images are roughly a thousand pixels wide. (Click on each image to see the “full” version.)
Swamp Edge (22 Sept 2011; six frames; this would make an 11″ x 87″ print)
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The North End of Gregg Lake (21 Oct 2011; three frames; 11.5″ x 30″ printed)
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Looking Northwest from Diane’s Field (21 Oct 2011; five frames; 10.75″ x 67″ printed)
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Amazing! Never thought of the problems of a pano only their beauty! You nailed all of these – too bad they will remain unseen by many!
Comment by Just Joe — 23 October 2011 @ 9:14 PM