The next couple of pages are devoted to wide-format and panoramic photographs I have taken over several years. I differentiate between the two terms as follows: The word "Panorama" is derived from two Greek words that when combined translate as "to see all". Therefore for me, a photograph or digital image is "panoramic" if it shows (or at least obviously attempts to show) everything surrounding the point from which the picture was taken. Examples of this can be Cirkut photographs, fish-eye photographs, spherical panoramas and other virtual reality applications. A "wide format" image for me is simply a picture that is noticeably wider than the standard rectangular dimensions we see in print, motion picture, video, fine arts and other media. If I describe an image of mine as being "wide format", it also means that I was not interested in "seeing all" of a given scene. I was only captivated by one part of it and chose a format that complemented what I saw. Though I use two separate terms to describe these images, I do not seek to pass judgement on which one is "better" and I don't wish to advocate a change in accepted terminologies. Yes, I have seen many "panoramic" images that should, in my mind, be identified instead as "wide format". Yet what really counts is the image itself. PANORAMIC IMAGES This is a "stitched" panorama of the National Mall in Washington, DC as shot from the roof of the Smithsonian "Castle". This image is a composite of 13 separate still pictures. Because of a flagpole, cables and other interferences, it was impossible to take a shot from this vantage point using a panoramic camera. (c) Richard Schneider This was taken with a Fuji GS617 camera and digitally remastered in PhotoShop. My interest here was in fact, the grand sweeping vista of the red rock formations in Arches National Park in Moab, UT. (c) Richard Schneider