Panoramic Photography | James Cook Fine Art Photography

Panoramas

Panoramas are wide, horizontal images typically designed to be displayed at very large sizes, some at 36 inches to the largest photograph ever made of Saugatuck at 36 feet wide.

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A 360° Panorama of Saugatuck and the Lakeshore consisting of 250 images made into one. Available at up to 36 feet wide, in exceptional detail.

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Sailboat off the Outer Hebrides On a cool afternoon in May, a sailboat passes between the Isle of Skye and the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Windmills are visible in the distance.

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Oval Beach and Saugatuck Dunes A mid-Summer panoramic view of Lake Michigan, stretching from Oval Beach and Northward. Noteworthy within the image: from left to right, the trail to Mount Baldhead, Oval Beach, The Star of Saugatuck, the Old Saugatuck Lighthouse, Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area, the Kalamazoo River Channel, Saugatuck Dunes State Park and Big Red Lighthouse in Holland. This image is extracted from the full 360 degree, 32 foot panorama.

Saugatuck From Mount Baldhead 100 years after a full 360 degree panoramic photograph was made from the top of Mount Baldhead, James Cook created an update. This view of Saugatuck and Lake Kalamazook is a portion of the overall image which consists of 250 separate images blended to become one.

Poppies and Cornflowers Poppies and Cornflowers fill a farmer’s field in late June. The cultivated field on the self-sufficient farm was plowed using a team of oxen. Fennville, Michigan

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A row of mature cedar trees with thick trunks and lush green foliage, native to West Michigan, stands in a forested area, showcasing their conical shape and potential use for lining driveways, roads, and boundaries. Pieces of wood nailed to the trunk of one form a ladder disappearing into the tree.

Stairway to Heaven Cedars, which are native to West Michigan, are common in many of the region’s landscapes. These trees can live for hundreds of years and are among some of the longest living plant species in the area. A mature cedar can grow up to 40 or 50 feet in height with trunk diameters up to two or three feet. Its thick conical shape makes it popular in landscapes for lining driveways, roads and boundaries.

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Midsummer Solitude, Saugatuck Dunes A tranquil July evening provides opportunity to stroll the beaches or hike the dunes and forests on the northern end of Saugatuck Dunes State Park.

Snow-covered ground with multiple sets of goose tracks, including a circular pattern and straight lines, set against a bright, snowy landscape and an ice covered surface.

Walks Like a Duck, Petersen Preserve If it walks like a duck, it might be a goose. Either way, the tracks reveal recent weather trends between freezing and thawing on the bank and surface of Peterson's Pond in Saugatuck, Michigan.