Panoramas

While I've had my iPhone 5 for a while (early adaptor for a change), I didn't realize that the phone's camera had a panorama feature until more recently. I've been experimenting with the feature and have a few thoughts.  First, its pretty cool.  Second, you need to pay a lot of attention to the foreground which can take on unexpected prominence. Third, you need to move the iPhone steadily to maximize the usable vertical space (if you don't hold it steady as you sweep the scene, you get black spaces on the top or bottom that then need to be cropped, further reducing the usable vertical image). Fourth, don't overdue it! Panoramas are really designed to capture an overall horizontal scene and are quite effective at it. But those are pretty isolated cases.  Fifth, panoramas make good banners for your website (see this sites banner!) or your Facebook timeline. Sixth, experiment!   

The beach just north of the Santa Monica pier.

Window Rock, Navajo Reservation, Arizona