Frankly, I see this style (or similar) as the only way forward within the genre. No amount of hi-fi, stitching etc. can negate the fact that straight landscape has simply been done to death. We all know how reality looks; not all of us have seen it from a different perspective, through techniques more often applied within other branches (groan...) of photography.
It's my view that ultra-high definition and detail is not a step forward at all, just more of the same stuff that has been done since the invention of the camera. The same held with paint: from high definition to Impressionism and other isms, it's all about the search for some new way, some magical potion that'll sustain the genre as it faces the huge problem of over-exposure in most media.
(It's a problem in all genres of photography outwith pure research/technical applications; we really have seen it all, more or less.)
It won't be easy.
Rob C
