Fort Peck, Montana.
Awhile back, I featured an image captured just ahead of a storm that approached the Fort Peck Lake and Dam. As I noted in that post, the dam is the largest manmade hydraulic dam in the world. Constructed during the great depression in the 1930s, it was a WPA project. Montana is known as Big Sky Country. Looking in the opposite direction from the image I posted here on 26 July, the dramatic sky was clearly too big to include in a single exposure.
About the photo: Though the Samsung S20U has a mode to automatically create panoramic images, I prefer to take multiple images and use Lightroom to stitch them together. That is what I did in this case as well. The images were captured at f/1.8, 1/120 sec., ISO-64. When the stitching was done, I used both Lightroom and Luminar 4 to tweak the photo for maximum drama. If your browser allows it, you can get a much better view by clicking on the image. Recently I’ve featured some of my images on my Flickr site as it provides a larger image view on a dark background, and when necessary, I can upload higher resolution images. Check out this image in greater detail here.
John Steiner
Flare Legend Adventures
Absolutely spectacular, John.
Thank you!
Very impressive, especially in the larger images.
Thanks! I was lucky to be outside and notice the sky. Sometimes I think I should change my theme to a darker background. Images stand out better than on white… but dark is too depressing. 🙂
It’s overwhelming! Terrific job, John.
Thank you! There is beauty in nature’s impending fury.
That’s a great panoramic view. It’s both stunning and you did a nice job with the technical aspects of it.
Almost doesn’t look real, but that’s high praise for you and the pic.
Thanks! It was truly an amazing sky in that calm before the storm.
Great photo. When I enlarged the view it looked like a ship sailing into the light. Very nice.
I hadn’t noticed that until you mentioned it. Thanks!
Wow… spectacular image! I haven’t tried the Lr to create panoramic images. I had an impression that you need to use tripod.
LR does an amazing job of matching the common parts of each picture. If you don’t use a tripod, you will lose some of the height of the entire image, but that is about all. Give it a try. Thanks for the nice compliment.
this is spectacular, John. what a capture! 🙂
Thank you!
Spectacular is being used a few times, and that’s really the best word for it. I’ve shot very few panoramas and I find it hard to get them stitched as I like it. If I do get the opportunity, I’ll have to download Lr and experiment (I never have, though I’ve been using Ps since version 3 lol)
LR really does panoramic stitching well. I use it a lot. Thanks for taking the time to comment.