So I've recently discovered my adoring love of panoramas. Well, I guess I should say trying them out myself that is, since I've always enjoyed looking at the panoramic work of others. I've done a few so far and oh my...I'm in love and I feel like never turning back.
Ok ok not completely, but I love how much more you can really get from panoramas.
Of course a commonly used subject for panos is the sky. After seeing all the millions and millions of sky photos out there I can understand how many photographers (or art appreciators) may feel that it's no longer interesting, but I beg to differ.
I can be pretty picky about which sky photos I 'like' and which I 'love'. It's really easy to have snapshots of the clouds just look sort of off...due to framing, over exposure, etc. But the framing in particular is a HUGE part of what makes a good sky in my opinion. Even with perfect exposure, great color and cloud detail, sometimes a single limited frame view shot just doesn't give it justice.
When I take photos I want the people who see them to feel what I feel from the amazing sight or feeling that made me want to take the photo in the first place. To experience the moment, subject, and surrounding environment as much as possible. That's always been the way I feel about my photos. (Hence why experimenting with cropping possibilities just didn't sit well with me.) When you see a sunset that makes you stop and admire its beauty, you don't just see the sunset visually, you feel it. You embrace the colors, the uniqueness and just overall awe of a great sunset. You look all around you at the fading color spectrums canvased across the sky surrounding us. You feel it. That to me can't always be captured by a single shot. Multiple-shot panoramas (for those of you like me who don't have a wide angle lens) can preserve more of the experience we enjoy watching the sun go down behind the horizon. It shows more of the colors we see in a sunset, feels more open and even creates a natural vignette from the surrounding darkening sky. No editing needed...just natural beauty of a simple pleasure we experience everyday.
Ok ok I promise I'll stop rambling on and repeating myself, I'm just excited as this is new for me and I really enjoy it.
I'll be adding some beginning attempts at panoramas I've done recently. Please check them out and give your feedback, suggestions, questions etc. I appreciate every bit of it.
Goodnight DA. zzz