How To Shoot Panoramic Landscapes. Shooting panoramic landscapes keeps getting easier. You don't need special equipment, and virtually any camera will work. I like to shoot a sequence of verticals using a telephoto lens, then stitch them together in software. The long focal length delivers much more detail than a single wide-angle capture, and you're still rewarded with a sweeping view. Here's how, step by step. 1. Photoshop How-To: Two RAWs Make a Right. One of the biggest advantages to shooting RAW is the postprocessing. By making two conversions, each with different exposure values, you can get results as good as if you had bracketed when you shot. And since the images are exactly the same in every way except exposure, it's easy to combine the two to get one great picture with one great big dynamic range. Learn Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom.