Peaceful forest (IR 720nm mono)

Alright, that's it, the final part (20) of the "lost gorge series". It was a special moment, leaving the stream at this very place with the beautiful afternoon light in the forest after an adventurous day. I was not sure it will work at all, the ground was super soft and squishy, mossy, and the tripod picked up ever step I made beside it. Maybe again, the VC did actually help? Development was a challenge too, since the dynamic range is huge. By the way, this area is where the stream was flowing once, it's a dry river bed if you will, the ground is not super solid. The flood took this piece of forest completely away, everything, leaving a 5m pit over a larger space. The amount of material that got transported away in and after the storm is just mind-boggling. Anyway.

Could be another example where IR made a big difference, the vegetation in the shadow would have been super dark and blunt I think.

 

 

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Source for this pano is a 42 photo mercator projection, ~285,2MP, 22241 x 12824px, meaning 360° originally, but I cropped a good portion (8:5).

 

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, 2,5sec

(therefore 36mm full frame equivalent)

tripod, panorama head, remote (ML-L3)

Done