Panoramic Gallery Blog

Panoramic Gallery - Brett Pelletier Photography
Here is my Panoramic Gallery and my first attempt at creating a blog about my photography. These images are some of my finest work available and display nature in a much more beautiful and effective way. Each image is in a 3 to 1 format where the horizontal distance is three times the vertical. This is a standard practice in panoramic photography and creates a feel that is 'natural for the eye'. The secret to my success with these images is trial and error plus practice, practice, and patience. I have come to learn over the years what works best as far as the lens focal length to use and are super happy with the captures I have for sale. Each of the panoramic images are made up of at least three and some up to 6 individual photos and then hand stitched together for a perfect fit. I don't use any kind of 'all in one' panoramic program to achieve this, I use Photoshop and calculate the focal length of my lens into a formula that helps flatten the images and reduce distortions for ease in stitching them together and then I simply overlap each image and feather them together with a little erasing of overlapped images. Sounds simple of course, but it takes a lot of practice to get everything to work just right and sometimes when you get home and get everything in front of you there is something that you've done wrong or you didn't think about and it's over. You can't work with what you have and there's nothing you can do about at home except learn from your mistake and try not to repeat it again. Of course there are some cameras that will shoot a panoramic image with a certain function you select, or other programs you can use that will do the stitching for you, but I'm happy putting in the extra effort myself and knowing first hand if it will work or not. On the other hand there are super duper expensive 'medium format' film cameras that will shoot a film negative at 2x6 inches, but I am not rich and cannot afford that kind of luxury. Maybe someday, but for now I'll just do what works. Some of my favorites include the Mt. Washington Panoramic the Wolverine Cirque Sunrise Panoramic and the Alma Moulton Barn Panoramic. Enjoy!!