Following the Educational Trail

Niederursel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

March 24, 2012, 11:31 UTC (12:31 local time)

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Thinking about paths I finally thought of educational trails (Lehrpfad in German literally translates to educational path) which are very common in Germany. I did a search on educational trails in Frankfurt and found an educational trail of the faculty of geosciences/geography at the University of Frankfurt/M..

As I followed the trail I did several sphericals. The one I finally chose for the event shows a lovely spot near the old village center of Niederursel a district of Frankfurt/M.

Making Of

The shooting was done with a 3.15 meter (appx. 10.33 ft) pole to reach a more elevated viewpoint above the street. The pole was extended to its full length. The lens was mounted with a custom-made bracket, which allows me to mount the lens to turn around the no-parallax point of the lens.

As the lens is a fisheye lens, four pictures easily cover 360°. To be sure I took three exposures at each direction. The exposures were 2 f-stops apart. The best exposed set was chosen before stitching.

Location

Europe / Germany

Lat: 50° 10' 3.324" N
Long: 8° 37' 8.94" E

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Precision is: Unknown / Undeclared.

Equipment

Camera: Sony Alpha 900

Lens: Sigma 10mm f/2.8 fisheye (lenshood shaved)

Mounting: Custom-made lens bracket mounted on top of a 3.15 meter (appx. 10.33 ft) pole

Software: Panotools, PTGui Pro, Smartblend, Photoshop CS5, Pano2VR

4 pictures @ 90° / ISO 200

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