P#36: The Rocky Mountains in All Their Glory
Ed Cooper shares the details behind this gorgeous panoramic of the Rocky Mountains
When you're photographing something as massive as the Rocky Mountains, you have to have a few tricks up your sleeve. Here Ed shares the trick he used to capture this amazing shot of the majestic Rocky Mountains.
I Can See for Miles and Miles...
Ed Cooper: The next image is the eastern front of the Rocky Mountains as seen in Northern Montana, just actually south of Glacier Park. These mountains go for probably, this eastern front extends from 200 miles. It's where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains. (click the image for a larger version)
This is a long horizontal and I patched it together from three separate digital images. I took this in the fall of 2007 when I was up there shooting for The Soul of the Rockies book. That's why it's kind of interesting. It's nice to be able to work with digital images that make it easy to patch them together, relatively. You still have to have skill but it's something you can do.
With the corresponding film, you have to scan the film first which makes some extra steps, the problems with matching densities, and so forth.
Audri Lanford: You did this in Photoshop?
Ed Cooper: I did this in Photoshop, yes.
To Conclude
So how exactly did Ed Cooper capture so much of the Rocky Mountains in a single shot? He didn't. This Rocky Mountains masterpiece is actually three shots combined into one, long horizontal that captures the true essence of the landscape.
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