I began taking panoramas with different apps as I travelled with my iPhone4. They weren’t the clearest of images, but I thought they were interesting and certainly more unique than an average rectangular photo. It gave a new perspective and allowed me to see way more of what was going on around the original subject.
Enter iPhone 5s and the built-in pano cam. These images were much larger and therefore, super crisp and clear. I became even more obsessed with taking panos in each location that I travelled and have built up quite the little collection.
Here are my pano shots, old and new, from around the world;
Wahclella Falls, Oregon
Maya Beach (the beach from the movie “The Beach”)
Frozen creek behind Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge
View of Columbia River Gorge from Tom McCall Preserve
Strawberry Hill, Blue Mountains, Jamaica
Jaco Beach, Costa Rica
Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
View from Room2Board Hostel, Jaco, Costa Rica
Ponytail Falls, Oregon
View from The Žižkov Television Tower, Prague, Czech Republic
Whistler Mountain, British Columbia
Tilaran Mountains, Costa Rica
View of Tel Aviv skyline from Jaffa, Israel
About to run off a volcano, paragliding on Maui, Hawaii
Sunset at Blue Osa, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Boating on Lake Arenal, Costa Rica
Lookout over Bergen from Mount Fløyen, Bergen, Norway
Rafjam, Blue Mountains, Jamaica
View of Lumphini Park from Sofitel So Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Athabasca River, Jasper, Alberta
Looking out over the Great Rift Valley, Kenya
Whistler Mountain, British Columbia
3:00pm sunset in Knarvik, Norway
Night view from Baiyoke Tower, Thailand’s tallest building
View of Kingston Jamaica from Pegasus Hotel
Columbia Icefields Parkway, Jasper, Alberta
Klindt’s Booksellers, the oldest bookstore in Oregon, open since 1870
View of Helsinki, Finland from Hotel Torni’s rooftop terrace
Historical Mayan Ballcourt at Ek Balam, Yucatan, Mexico
View of Prague and the Vltava River from Letenské Park
Manuel Antonio Beach, Costa Rica
View from Castle Orlik, Czech Republic
View from Kapalua Resort, Maui, Hawaii
Athabasca Falls, Jasper, Alberta
Day time view from Baiyoke Tower
Driving along the historic Columbia River Highway
Winery views, New South Wales, Australia
About to run in the Kingston City Run, Kingston, Jamaica
Strawberry Hill, Blue Mountains, Jamaica
Athabasca River, Jasper, Alberta
Hillsides of Prague, Czech Republic
Night time view from Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit
An icy Athabasca River at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge entrance
Inside Ponytail Falls, Oregon
A different perspective. Blue Osa, Costa Rica.
Beautiful shots, Seattle. Really like the one from Jaco. I went there a few years ago and loved it.
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Thanks! Yeah, Jaco is a pretty cool place, a bit busy in town, but perfect on the outskirts :]
Wow!
That is an epic collection of panoramas Seattle 🙂
Thanks!
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Wow. Great images. It’s crazy what modern technology let’s us capture nowadays.
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Haha, definitely. Aah, the days of film and non-existing cell phones..
Great shots! It’s one of my new favourite ways of shooting too although I am still using my iPhone 4 but will be upgrading later in the year to a 5 so good to know that the quality is much better. I love the last one and its different perspective. I’d never thought of shooting that way before.
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Thanks! Yeah, I couldn’t get over the difference from the 4 to the 5s. I’m assuming you updated to the new ios though, so you have the built in pano now? At least that’s better than using one of the old 360 pano apps–stitches much better.
These are beautiful photos, Seattle! I was going to tell you my favorite one, but as I went down the list, my list of favorites kept growing haha. 😉
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Thanks! Hahah, that’s a problem I like to hear 😀
I love these panoramas! I’m surprised at how many people were at Maya beach… Doesn’t remind me of the movie at all 🙂
I know, it’s soo upsetting how much tourism ruined the place. It’s pretty much just a sea of people and you can’t even see the beach 🙁
Wow that was so awesome!! I’m going to Costa Rica this weekend and will be obsessed with taking panoramas!
I hope you did it! Costa Rica is the best for panos
This is awesome indeed, can I share it? 🙂