Mountain Panorama
Mountain Panorama - Maggie Valley, NC

What we have here is a wide-lens (24mm), two exposure, mountain panorama stitched together in Photoshop. I went back and forth between color or b&w in processing this image but finally landed upon b&w.

The photo(s) are from a scenic pull-over on Heintooga Ridge Road in Maggie Valley, NC.

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Monte Stevens
14 years ago

Awesome. The black and white works for me. I have never done a panoramic, another technic I still must try. Hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

don
don
14 years ago

I like the quality of the black and white exposure and processing that put bright looking leaves on the trees and wonderful contrast throughout the image. Very well done.

Wild Mustang Photography!
Wild Mustang Photography!
14 years ago

This is superb! Love the panoramic view! Great processing! Nice work!

Ove
Ove
14 years ago

This looks awesome, what a view!
I think the b+w works great for these types of images, just look at those clouds and the fading horizon. Colour would have made my mind going in another direction, like how green it is and that is must rain a lot to get that hazy, and so on.
You have a good performer in the 24 mm lens, I can’t see any of the distortion I sometimes experience when stitching two such wide-angled photos. Excellent work.

Earl
14 years ago
Reply to  Ove

Ove, thanks! I think you’re absolutely correct about color in this case. Yeah, this Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 is probably the best lens in my kit and one of my favorites.

Jim | SpinView
14 years ago

Earl, I really enjoyed the texture that you’ve drawn out through the b&w rendering.