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Last waterfall (IR 720nm 360°)
Okay 😋, part 17 of the "lost gorge series", the last steep one-way section. I would not want to go down there, without a rope at least. I came up in the stream essentially, under the overhanging rock with the trees on top, more to the left, and then scrambled up or through this mega pile of branches and tree trunks.
Not ideal, especially with a tripod and backpack, but I ended up in the middle of the right side. (Which doesn't make much sense of course since it's 360°, but I hope you know what I mean.)
From there it's basically boulder-hopping in the stream right up till the exit, or in this case a bit down to do a panorama. Can you see the tripod feet? The middle one was just 1cm from the edge, one slip and bye-bye camera gear, it's a good 5-6m down there, I'm kind of in the middle of this waterfall (on the side), so I was more alert than usual doing this one, since I also had to dance around the tripod a couple of times to get myself out of the way.
The opposite side is kinda solid plain rock with / without vegetation (a bit further up was a nice cave too), the side I was on is also super steep, vertical in part, but it's all loose stuff, nothing to hold on to really (scary!), why this wasn't coming down just by looking at it is a mystery. Good memories though.
Source for this pano is a 42 photo mercator projection, ~423,8MP, 27267 x 15541px.
Nikon D90 (APS-C, fullspectrum mod)
Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di ll VC HLD
Hoya R72 (720nm infrared pass-filter)
ISO250, 24mm, f/6.3, 0,6sec
(therefore 36mm full frame equivalent)
tripod, panorama head, remote (ML-L3)
Last waterfall (IR 720nm 360°)
Okay 😋, part 17 of the "lost gorge series", the last steep one-way section. I would not want to go down there, without a rope at least. I came up in the stream essentially, under the overhanging rock with the trees on top, more to the left, and then scrambled up or through this mega pile of branches and tree trunks.
Not ideal, especially with a tripod and backpack, but I ended up in the middle of the right side. (Which doesn't make much sense of course since it's 360°, but I hope you know what I mean.)
From there it's basically boulder-hopping in the stream right up till the exit, or in this case a bit down to do a panorama. Can you see the tripod feet? The middle one was just 1cm from the edge, one slip and bye-bye camera gear, it's a good 5-6m down there, I'm kind of in the middle of this waterfall (on the side), so I was more alert than usual doing this one, since I also had to dance around the tripod a couple of times to get myself out of the way.
The opposite side is kinda solid plain rock with / without vegetation (a bit further up was a nice cave too), the side I was on is also super steep, vertical in part, but it's all loose stuff, nothing to hold on to really (scary!), why this wasn't coming down just by looking at it is a mystery. Good memories though.
Source for this pano is a 42 photo mercator projection, ~423,8MP, 27267 x 15541px.
Nikon D90 (APS-C, fullspectrum mod)
Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di ll VC HLD
Hoya R72 (720nm infrared pass-filter)
ISO250, 24mm, f/6.3, 0,6sec
(therefore 36mm full frame equivalent)
tripod, panorama head, remote (ML-L3)