Best of 2009 – Landscapes (Part 2)

This is part two of the "Best of 2009 Landscapes" series. Although I'm not an expert on building panoramic shots by any means, I believe these ones came out all right from what I shot last year. One thing for sure - I need to get a good panoramic head, because I enjoyed the process of shooting, then stitching panoramas. The largest panorama I have done so far is composed of over 250 images and it was so darn big, that I had to downsize it to 25,000 pixels. Not sure if I want to do that again, since it took forever to stitch the damn thing, but I think up to fifteen vertical images on a panorama is quite workable :)

Oh by the way, all of the shots below with the exception of "Zabriskie Point" were shot hand-held.

1. Dune Sunset 1920x948 Panoramic Wallpaper
2. Zabriskie Point 1920x675 Panoramic Wallpaper
3. Golden Dunes 1920x687 Panoramic Wallpaper
4. Snow, Dunes and Water 1920x638 Panoramic Wallpaper
5. Cloudy Day in Mountains 1920x773 Panoramic Wallpaper

Dune Sunset

Zabriskie Point

Golden Dunes

Snow Dunes and Water

Cloudy Day in Mountains

Nasim Mansurov is a professional photographer based out of Denver, Colorado. He is the author and founder of The Mansurovs, along with a number of other online resources. Read more about Nasim here.

Related posts:

1. Best of 2009 – Landscapes (Part 1)
2. Best of 2009 – Landscapes (Part 3)
3. Sand Dune Panoramas
4. Great Sand Dunes
5. Death Valley – Part 1