Vertical Panos

Here is a tip to help enhance your image, use vertical panoramic. Not only does it give a different perspective than the ‘usual’ shot, but it allows you to capture more of the scene. Often in locations the area you want to capture isn’t possible in one shot. Even with an ultra wide angle lens. I shot these two images on a 16mm which is a very wide angle but I was not able to capture some of the foreground below my feet. Showing this area gives the viewer a glimpse in to the vastness of the area and how deep the Horseshoe Bend really is. It also gives a great perspective and allows the viewers eyes to wander through out the whole image.

To achieve this I pointed my camera down for 1 shot and the 2nd shot at level. I then stitched the images together in Adobe Photoshop. The downside to this image is you do lose some of the scene due to the stitching of the pano. As I show below the green area is all lost area to do a successful merging. Then I crop it down to the bottom image ratio. To get around this you can take multiple images instead of just 2. Do 3-4 pointing down moving your camera left to right (or right to left) then doing the same at the level. This will allow you to get a bigger ratio instead of this 4x5 image I have in my final output