Peaceful
Location: Beaver Lake, NW Arkansas
Camera: Phase One P30, Mamiya 645D, 300mm
Settings: f/16, ISO 100, multiple exposures stitched and overlaid
When: September 2009
A few days ago I posted an image from this location called “Moonglow”. A beautiful moonrise captured just as the moon was floating through the “Band of Venus” whichis a band of pink that rises through the sky just after sunset.
Following that photograph, I repositioned the camera slightly using a much longer focal length to compress the scene. By shooting two tall exposures over one another I was able to stitch them into this vertical panorama of the scene. I also photographed the moon with a much faster shutter speed to reveal the detail on its surface.
Vertical panoramic images are much more difficult to compose but no other format can fit a huge statement onto such a small amount of wall space. An image only 2′ wide is more than six feet tall. Standing in front of a print that large you feel as though you could step right into the scene. One theme you will find with most of my photographs is realism. My primary goal is to capture stunning scenery as closely as possible to what it would be like had the viewer been standing next to me.
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Ed Cooley - Photographer 