Vertical panorama pictures are not that common. I have created a handful of vertical panoramas in my career and over a period of time, a few of them have become very popular with buyers and gallery curators. Some of these have been purchased by hotels and restaurants, especially in New England, who wanted to display local natural attractions to tourists.
Making these Vertical Panorama Photos
These 6 panoramas are done digitally by stitching 4 – 6 images in Lightroom. I do not use Photoshop or any other photo editing software, so the images had to be done right while capturing them.
The most difficult was the vertical panorama of the brilliant sunset in a Scarborough beach in Maine. That required several attempts and the use of several neutral density & polarizing filters used in creative ways to balance the exposure & yet retain the original colors of the setting sun.
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As for the lens, I used Nikons Perspective Control lens to capture the individual frames. These are highly adaptable, completely manual prime lenses that allows very high degree of creative control to the photographer.
Impressionistic Vertical Floral Panorama
This was done as part of a larger Floral Impressions series, created as a consignment from a gallery curator to photograph fall colors in a unique way. I loved the new techniques so much that I went on to create a few impressionistic panoramas in the same series.
Vertical Panorama of the Marshall Point Lighthouse in Maine
One of the remotest lighthouses in Maine, the Marshall Point is almost always desolate in winter months, especially after a heavy snowfall. On one such day I had the whole lighthouse park to myself & had all the time to experiment with vertical panoramas.
Vertical Panorama of Sabbaday Falls in New Hampshire & Another Vertical Panorama of the New Hampshire Sabbaday Waterfalls
Sabbaday Falls lies on the Kancamagus Highway, a popular circular tourist route in New Hampshire. The fall foliage season is one of the best seasons to photograph this waterfall, except for all the tourists from all over the country pouring in from sunrise to sunset. For a while I was living at an hour’s drive from this fall & had all the time to sit around & take pictures whenever I felt like.
Vertical Panorama of a Brilliant Sunset in Portland Maine
This was the most difficult to create, technically. However, the results far exceeded my expectations. I showed this to a few prospective buyers in New York and sold one large wall to wall print immediately. This still remains a very popular item in my shop especially among the younger generation of buyers.
If you like any of these, I am sure you would also like the other panoramas in the series – Summer Collections.