Catching the Morning Sun

De Plantage, Schiedam, The Netherlands

December 22, 2007 - 09:38 UTC (10:38 local time)

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The morning of the solstice was nice and bright, after the snow that came the day before. I had already gotten up early to catch the actual moment of the solstice, but got back into bed afterwards. I woke up again to the nice sunrise, a good 3 hours after the solstice.

The tree-crown panorama is part of a series of panoramas. The reason I started shooting these panoramas was that even though I live along the oldest city park in the Netherlands, it is neigh impossible to make a panorama without lots of cars all around. With tree and shrubbery all around me, I figured I didn't have that problem.

The panorama was shot about 4-4.5 meter off the ground, using a custom pole to extend my tripod, and a wired remote release cord. To get a zenith shot, I have to get the camera down, adjust my panohead, and put the whole thing back in place again, twisting and turning in order not to disturb the tree branches...

Location

Europe / Netherlands

Lat: 51° 54' 42.59" N
Long: 4° 24' 13.69" E

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Precision is: High. Pinpoints the exact spot.

Equipment

Hardware: Fuji S5 Pro, Sigma 8mm EX DG, Nodal Ninja 3, SLIK tripod, custom extension pole, Nikon MC-36, fleece mittens. Software: Adobe Camera Raw 4.3, PTGui 7.4 Pro, Photoshop CS3, Pano2VR

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Catching the Morning Sun

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