Panoramas

Corridor

An amazing area with caves and crevices, near Pine Dock, Manitoba. This is a seven shot panorama and it really bogged down the computer during processing. I was already back in the car when I realized that I forgot to put something in the shot for scale; these walls are about 6 meters tall.

Florence Panorama

Florence, Italy from Piazalle Michalangelo at dusk. If you're in Florence it's worth making an effort to get to this viewpoint over the city. A high megapixel stitched panorama and one of my favourite shots of the trip.

Like Silk

This is a close-up detail of one of the waterfalls at Letchworth State Park in northwestern New York State. It wasn't until I got home and was editing this shot that I realized that I wanted to make this into a vertical panorama.

Hecla Sunset

Sunset at Hecla Island provincial park in Manitoba, Canada. After the sun had set I tried some long exposures and liked them better than the shots with the sun in the frame. This is a cropped panorama; one of the perks of shooting with a lot of megapixels is that the cropped panoramas are still high resolution.

Saskatchewan Panorama 2

While driving to the next stop on my Saskatchewan road trip, I saw this field of rolling hills and hay bales. Even though the light wasn't dramatic, I shot a stitched panorama to convey the feeling of sheer space.

Pool of the Black Star

This is the lower level of the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Canada. As the title suggests, this room is called the Pool of the Black Star. If you stand on the star you can look all the way up to the dome of the upper level.

Inner Strength

This is a cropped panorama of an old barn near Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, Canada. It took a lot of adjusting to avoid lens flare from the sunset, but I was able to find the right alignment.

Kilchurn Panorama

This is a shot of Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe in Scotland. I went for sunrise twice but wasn't rewarded with sunlight hitting the castle, but I liked the way this panorama turned out. This is 11 images stitched together; I had to leave the computer processing overnight to be able to handle the huge image file.

Kilchurn Panorama

Kilchurn Castle, one of the most photographed in Scotland. I was here at sunrise but the sun never broke through the clouds to light the side of the castle. But, I stayed and photographed for a while. On the way back to the car I took one last look back and decided to try a panorama.

Layers

I saw this hazy layered scene on the Isle of Lewis in the Western Hebrides of Scotland while driving to the Callanish standing stones for sunset photos.

Monochrome Falls 3

This was part of a series of small waterfalls near the five span bridge in Pakenham, Ontario, Canada.

Innischonnel Castle

This castle is on its own island in Loch Awe, Scotland. I'm not sure if it's privately owned or not, but I would really like to get there one day and explore it.

Giudecca

This is one of the islands off of the main islands in Venice, Italy called Giudecca. I added a neutral density filter to slow the exposure down and smooth out the water.

Saskatchewan

This is a multi-image panorama of a simple scene of clouds over a field in southern Saskatchewan. These open horizons of the prairies ("big skies" they are sometimes called) are amazing and it's a very peaceful place to be.

Evening in Venice

This is the famous view from the Ponte dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy. It's nice to come here after dinner while the light is fading and watch the boats slowly going about their business or heading home for the night.

Corniglia

This is a multi-shot panorama of the sun's last rays lighting up the small village of Corniglia, in the Cinque Terre region of Italy. This ended up being our favourite of the five villages; it's very small but it has a lot of charm. Avoid the long walk of stairs to get to the top of the cliff and take the small bus instead. Side note: There's a gelati shop here that has a basil flavour on offer.

Cascade

This little waterfall had carved a channel out of the rock and I knew right away that it would make an excellent vertical panorama. This was at Watkins Glen in the north of New York State in the Finger Lakes region. This is a highly recommended gorge hike.

Tunnel Vision

At the "Diefenbunker", an underground bunker created for the Canadian government in the event of nuclear war. It's about half an hour from Ottawa near the town of Carp. This was definitely something to see and I'm surprised it doesn't feature more prominently in travel brochures. This is a panorama of the blast tunnel that would direct a nuclear blast away from the main structure.

Castle Stalker

For those of you familiar with Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this is the castle in the final scene of the movie. It is relatively close to the port city of Oban where I was staying, but it was a rush to get here in time for sunset as I didn't account for the twisting roads and extra driving time.

Castlebay

Castlebay on the Isle of Barra in the Western Hebrides of Scotland, one of my favourite places that I've travelled to. The seafood is great, the beaches are beautiful, the castle is one of the best in Scotland, there are ancient monuments all over the place, and there's a small village feel to the place with very friendly locals.