The image consists of 5 vertical images stitched together to create a final image that, at full resolution, is 30 inches wide by 14 inches tall at 310 dpi. The images were created using a Canon 7D DSLR and were shot with a Canon 200 mm F2.8L lens from over a half-mile away on the other side of the canyon. Usually, photographers will use a tripod to maintain the image plane while swiveling from one side to the other. In this particular case, it was so windy, I couldn't use my tripod so I anchored myself to the fence that protects people from falling off the overview and basically used that to steady the lens while being buffeted by 20 knot winds. At full size, you can count the individual bricks in each of the dwellings.
Panoramas allow us to create photographs that define the scope of what we are seeing with our eyes. A scope that is often much broader and larger than can be captured in a single 8X12 print.
