Norwegian panos II

[DaveB]

OK, another batch of Norwegian panos. All handheld, as before.


EOS 7D, ISO 1600, 24-105mm/4, 52Mp pano
pre-dawn glow at the Arctic Circle, Norway.


EOS 5DmkII, ISO 400, 17-40mm/4, 58Mp pano
west of Trondheim, Norway


EOS 5DmkII, ISO 800, 24-105mm/4, 46Mp pano
Sortland (in the Vesterålen Islands), Norway


EOS 5DmkII, ISO 1600, 24-105mm/4, 52Mp pano
"The Seven Sisters" near Sandnessjoen, Norway
Each of the valleys was carved by a separate glacier.

[aim54x]

I really like the colours in the first, and the #3 works will, showing relative size of the bridge to the mountains in the background. This really is a beautiful part of the world.

[photohiker]

Excellent panos. It's a magical part of the world alright!

I've got one of the seven sisters without snow someplace.

Michael

[robert]

Both these and the other set are amazing- like to see them bigger.

Have you any with some foreground or are they mostly taken from on board? They are superb horizon type shots but I think some kind of foreground might add to the scale.

Robert

[Matt. K]

Dave
You are one lucky guy! Enjoy. Get some masterpieces.

[zafra52]

I like the colour of the first and third one. Well done!

[colin_12]

These are all nice Dave, keep em coming

[DaveB]

Both these and the other set are amazing- like to see them bigger.

It's always a compromise between how large I'm prepared to make them available on the web and how much financial risk there is (e.g. some of these images have already been licensed to clients). I might make one available at a bigger size, but panos aren't really images that fit well onto our tiny web pages...

Meanwhile, here's a 100% crop from the left side of the first image (the pre-dawn glow one):

The photos that made up this image were 1/125s, f/4.5, ISO 1600 at 55mm on an APS-C camera, handheld on a ship moving at ~14 knots. I may rework the noise reduction, but at the final size it's pretty good as-is.

Have you any with some foreground or are they mostly taken from on board? They are superb horizon type shots but I think some kind of foreground might add to the scale.

All of these were taken from on board, and you're right the foreground options were limited. Some of the shots in the first batch have better foregrounds.

The scenery here was impressive. Here's a tourist trying to capture it with their mobile phone:

You can see the glow from the clouds reflected on the white paintwork. Try to ignore the flotation device you can see behind him...

A couple of minutes later I turned around and took this:

[Big V]

Fantastic scenery and very well captured

[radar]

Try to ignore the flotation device you can see behind him...

Great panos Dave, in both of the series. They certainly would look great printed big. I really like the last one, the scenery in it is wonderful.

Which camera do you prefer for doing the panos, 5D or 7D?

cheers,

André

[DaveB]

Which camera do you prefer for doing the panos, 5D or 7D?

The one that's in my hand!

The 5DmkII has lower noise, and the field of view is different, but that's about it. Differences in AF behaviour and shooting speed aren't really relevant here.

[Willy wombat]

Those pinks are really beautiful Dave