What is a View Panorama?
A view panorama is a very wide photograph of a big view. You have seen pictures of views before, I'm sure; mountain ranges, fields, but most of them are only of a few degrees of the full 360 degree view (if you were to turn around in a complete circle).
My view panoramas are not 360 degrees around (those are immersive panoramas), but range from a few degrees to under 180 degrees. The View Panorama is not something I invented, as you can read on my Panorama FAQ page, "Since the middle of the 1800's photographers have been taking panoramic photographs." You can go to the Library of Congress and find many View Panoramas.
I have many View Panoramas and am working to get them online. They range from a 2 feet wide to over 6 feet wide and can be printed at nearly any size. However, on this web page I will only include them as greatly reduced size thumbnails. Any of them can be licensed or purchased as a print.
Here are a few...
Sangre de Christo Mountain Range
This is cropped from the whole panorama which is about 6 feet wide. The whole pano can be cropped in a number of ways depending on what you want to be the focus. Yes this is a real photograph, yes the sun was very red on the mountain. In case you don't know, the Spaniards named it because of the red sunsets. English translation: blood of Christ.
The Sangres (as locals abbreviate the name) is a favorite subject of many, including me, so expect more View Panos.
Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu
Many people are in love with the views in Abiquiu. They are spectacular and there is much to see and lots of variety. I hope you enjoy this. This panoramas is about 5 feet wide as well. A smaller version was submitted as a piece of art to the Pushpin Show. Maybe you saw it as a 24 inch by 4 inch print, on display between April 28th to May 12th at the Stewart L. Udall Center for Museum Resources on Museum Hill, 725 Camino Lejo in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Cerrillos Hills Framed Against the Ortiz Mountains
I shot this while looking for some fall colors. This prints very well at 23.5 inches by 8 inches.