Featured Print December 2023

Looming Cloud, Sea and Cliffs. 2023.

The sweep of panoramic space is often breathtaking. Now that our smartphone cameras have panoramic features, the view can be held without much effort. Most of these features require turning the camera/phone to pan across the desired view. I find it very hard to not waver a little on the vertical axis as I rotate the cam/phone and keep the horizon straight. I loved this photograph, but had to put in a fair amount of work to de-warp the horizon. Using Photoshop’s Transform Warp and Distort, plus used Generate artificial intelligence (AI) to straighten a little carefully selected area in a section near the sun. That little routine took the most time, trying to use AI to simply generate a straighter version of what had been distorted by my camera movement without introducing what felt like faked results. The editing, with AI playing a small role at the last step, rescued my rotation irregularities.

It is interesting that in this case, after anticipating the horizon warp problem, I did a set of stills intended to be stitched with my Canon camera. They stitched just fine, without the warping, but lacked some of the magic the continuous iPhone pano captured a minute or two before, including missing the dramatic curve of the approaching waves.

I’m offering a 14-inch-wide print of this photograph for $195, matted to approximately 16”x20”. This print at this price is offered through December 31. I'll be taking orders until then, and shipping them out by January 15.

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About the Program

Each month we offer a signed, original print, at a special price. This is a great opportunity to own a very affordable fine-art photograph. Orders are taken for a 30-day period, then printed and shipped within two weeks after the close. When it's over, it's over, these prints won't be available again at this price.