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Sep 3, 2022 14:10:58   #
scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR
 
In a waiting room yesterday, I picked up a Nat Geo magazine about our National Parks. Featured were a few awesome panoramas by Steven Wilkes, who takes many images over a 24-30 hour period, then layers and blends them seamlessly into his final image. The panoramas of Yosemite are stunning. I could not find a good image from Nat Geo, but this illustrates his work.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-photographer-stephen-wilkes-captures-full-day-single-image-180972935/

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Sep 3, 2022 14:40:46   #
napabob Loc: Napa CA
 
amazing new paradigm allowed by technology, I'm in awe of the stories told in these images

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Sep 3, 2022 15:05:28   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
I'm beginning to enjoy doing panoramic photographs. It's somewhat of a reward for work I did about 20 years ago with film. I don't think I'll take it to the extent that Mr. Wilkes has but I'm enjoying the ones I take.
--Bob
scallihan wrote:
In a waiting room yesterday, I picked up a Nat Geo magazine about our National Parks. Featured were a few awesome panoramas by Steven Wilkes, who takes many images over a 24-30 hour period, then layers and blends them seamlessly into his final image. The panoramas of Yosemite are stunning. I could not find a good image from Nat Geo, but this illustrates his work.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-photographer-stephen-wilkes-captures-full-day-single-image-180972935/

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Sep 3, 2022 16:43:21   #
Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal
 
napabob wrote:
amazing new paradigm allowed by technology, I'm in awe of the stories told in these images


Yup. All it took was the man to take 1000s of pictures, then work to make them look like that.

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Sep 4, 2022 09:51:51   #
badapple Loc: Twin Lake, Michigan
 
Fascinating!

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Sep 4, 2022 12:47:32   #
BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD
 
What I enjoy about panoramas is that the pano includes the context of the subject that drew my attention. This makes the whole scene rather than just a part and, for me, makes the entire scene more enjoyable. Many times, I see a subject and say to myself - "That should be the (right, left, center or somewhere) of xxx images (of a horizontal or vertical) panorama."

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Sep 4, 2022 14:38:18   #
vcmestimator Loc: Yuba City, CA
 
Thanks for sharing this - very interesting work!!

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Sep 4, 2022 22:26:19   #
Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL
 
There was another guy who made fantastic images of Yosemite. He was not known for how many pics he made but the amount of time he invested into waiting for the perfect light, making perfect exposures with large and cumbersome view cameras, and meticulous darkroom work to wring out exquisite tonal range in his prints. Ansel Adams was his name.

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