Category Archives: Panoramas

panoramic views of Alaska

Alaska panorama photos and file size

Since the advent of a high res DSLR, I was able to continue producing images in a panoramic format without carrying an additional bulky panorama camera in the field. Each year, the software utilized for stitching multiple digital images seems to get better, easier, and more sophisticated. The benefit of merging multiple images allows for…

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Hastings forest fire grows

Yesterday afternoon (Fri, June 3rd) I left the office for a few hours to check on the Hastings wildland forest fire burning  about 10-15 miles from my home. Continued dry weather and strong winds caused the fire to advance and I sat on a hillside watching some amazing smoke columns form while an aerial assault…

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Alaska Range Panorama

If you have ever traveled between Fairbanks and Delta Junction on a clear day, you’ve been under the spell of the Alaska range, which is visible in a spectacular array to the west of the road. Even some of the locals are not sure of the names of the prominent peaks, as their appearance changes…

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White balance variations

This magical pre-sunrise scene is one I have tried to photograph for a long time. After spending an exhaustively long day in the nearby Copper river, dipnetting and hauling 15 red salmon back to my vehicle with a backpack, I camped at a turnout that overlooks Willow lake (a landscape photographer will always camp by…

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Bull Moose Landscape Panorama

Alaska’s big landscapes are hard to fit into a 35mm 2:3 ratio format. Sometimes, they beg for a 3:1, or more commonly referred to as a panorama format. I used to use a Fuji 6x17cm film camera especially designed for this, but now I simply blend images with a stitch program. Currently that is Photosphop…

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