Yosemite Valley offers panoramic views that, in many cases, cannot be effectively captured with a single photograph (a frame of film or a single digital image capture). Stitching photographs together digitally offers a way to produce panoramic images using non-panoramic cameras. Below is an example of this technique, considering Half Dome and Washington Column viewed from Stoneman Meadow in Spring. A series of eight digital photographs were taken, with considerable overlap between each, and then stitched together using software to produce a panorama that spans 270 degrees along the horizontal plane:
Half Dome (center) and Washington Column (left), late afternoon in spring, viewed from Ahwahnee Meadow.
Image ID: 07152
Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Keywords: Yosemite Valley photo, Half Dome, Washington Column, picture, panorama, photograph, image, panoramic photo, stitching, QTVR, Quick Time Virtual Realit