Edge of the End | Barren lonely Dreary forlorn Desolate shore |
J
ourney in a strange land. Here is an image that demonstrates the transformative powers of photography. This was shot on a shore line of Smithville Lake as a panorama of six consecutive overlapping images with a 12mm rectilinear lens. Because none of the auto-stitching software I currently own will work with images from anything wider than 28mm, I had to “manually” stitch these in Photoshop. The result is a compressed horizontal landscape physically different than actuality but which somehow distills the ambiance and emotional feeling of being there better than other more faithful geometric renderings shot on the occasion.
“For it is a land of illusion, a place in the mind, a shimmering mirage of riches and mystery and death. These illusions have distorted its landscape and contorted its history.” - Richard E. Lingenfelter
