The Landscape Photography Book

The Advantage of Panos Versus Wide-Angle

I’ve had people ask me why we even do panos, and wouldn’t it be easier to just shoot a wide-angle lens and crop it like a pano? Well, there are three big advantages to shooting a pano over a wide-angle, but to me, the first is the most important: (1) panos make big things look big and help maintain their scale, while wide-angle lenses push the scene farther way, making big mountains look smaller, huge arches look regular, and tall waterfalls look small. Panos keep that sense of scale and bigness. Plus, there’s (2): panos have really high resolution, and you can print them at huge sizes because you’re combining ...