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This is a special digital exhibit curated by Ajak Johnson.
The TV Tower
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
SO, YOU CALL IT "LANDSCAPE"?
The standard panorama is a long, wide shot that aims to pull in features from across a landscape. There are two types of visual awe. One type of awe is that feeling that you get when you summit a mountain peak and you're surrounded by the whole world at once. Another comes when your eyes go up, and your jaw drops.
A private jet over Hartman Rocks
Gunnison, Colorado, USA
SMALL BUT MIGHTY
Every day, we walk past hundreds or thousands of plants that stand high over the ground. Their stems keep them standing tall, in a way that no man-made structure could when you compare the width of their base and the total mass that they hold.
< Left: A fawn lily pictured north of Crested Butte, Colorado, USA
< Right: A late-season dandelion pictured in a lawn east of West Branch, Iowa, USA
Luckily, peacocks make for great photo subjects. Many animals, including humans, are much taller than they are wide. Vertical Panorama has proved to capture animals, and perhaps a few of their emotions, in the frame.
Peacocks at Peacock Island in Berlin, Berlin, Germany >
< A buck spotted in a yard in Gunnison, Colorado, USA
The World Balloon in Berlin, Berlin, Germany >
< Tucked into the hills, the narrow windows of Hanstein Castle make the perfect frame for a vertical panorama in Bornhagen, Thuringia, Germany
Nature knew what it was doing when it planted this boulder outside of Gunnison, Colorado, USA >
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