Sedona, Arizona
These spectacular views of the Sedona, Arizona
area were taken during a week vacation in March 2001. We were
fortunate: we had nice weather - warm and sunny - plus, we had
some snow! What an opportunity to capture some great photos!
The equipment used was my Canon Elan camera, using
my various IS (image stabilization) lenses and my 17-35 mm wide
angle. Film used was Kodak Royal Gold 100, and scanning was
done by a Kodak PhotoCD film scanner.
Click on the
thumbnail images below to see a larger version of the image.
Panorama SA1:
Wilson Mountain Sunset
Copyright (c) 2003 by Eric C. Anderson
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The full-size image is 5800 x 2900
pixels - over 46 MB. This was taken using a tripod, since the
light level was very low. One of the panorama images was out
of focus, but fortunately, the overlap I used was sufficient, and I
was able to discard the bad image. What was I doing, anyway?
Sometimes it happens, and I have no idea. Stitched using
PowerStitch.
Panorama SA2:
Cathedral Rock
Copyright (c) 2003 by Eric C. Anderson
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This is a very famous location in
Sedona, but I have never seen an image like this one in any travel
magazine. It was a snowy day, no bright sun on red rocks.
The color contrast, with early spring green against the subdued red
rock is quite striking. The full-size image is 4800 x 3000
pixels - over 41 MB. This was taken hand-held using my 28-135
mm IS zoom lens. Snow was spitting at me, and the sky was
clouded over. This image was taken using 3 portrait images,
and stitched with PowerStitch.
Panorama SA3:
Sedona Sunset
Copyright (c) 2003 by Eric C. Anderson
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This panorama was taken from the
Sedona airport, a small mesa overlooking the Sedona area. The
light was low, but I was able to capture the series of three 70mm
focal length landscape photos handheld, using my 28-135mm IS (image
stabilization) lens. As usual, Kodak Royal Gold 100 film was
used. The fence in the foreground was removed by very careful
high-magnification editing in Photoshop. The resolution of the
image is 7200 x 2000, over 41 MB (lower resolution due to landscape
rather than portrait captures), and was stitched with PowerStitch.
Even with the lower resolution, individual cars and people are
clearly visible in the full size image on the valley floor below.
You can also see Thunder Mountain, as well as Wilson Mountain on the
far left (see A1 above).
Panorama SA4:
Oak Creek Snowstorm
Copyright (c) 2003 by Eric C. Anderson
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This panorama was taken from the
balcony of a timeshare apartment in Oak Creek, showing Courthouse
Butte in Munds Mountains, as well as Bell Rock on the left. We
had gone to bed with warm summer weather, only to wake to snow!
I quickly set up my tripod on the balcony, because I wanted to use
my Sigma 70-300 mm lens for best sharpness, and it does not have
image stabilization. This massive panorama was made from 12
portrait shots, using Kodak Royal Gold 400, and stitched using
PowerStitch. The final image is over 3000 x 16000 pixels in
size, with incredible detail. If printed at 300 dpi, the
panorama would be 10" x 51" in size! Due to the extreme aspect
ratio of this panorama, we only show the left portion in the larger
version.
