Being on the top of The Hague...in 2010 that is ;-)
Het Strijkijzer, or as one would say in English "The Iron", is a skyscraper in The Hague, The Netherlands. With 42 floors and a height of 132 meters, it's the fourth highest building in The Hague. The building is inspired by the Flatiron Building or Fuller Building (1902) in New York. In 2007 the building won the New City Award from The Hague and the International Gold Emporis Skyscraper Award.
In 2010 I was allowed onto the roof for a photo assignment I was working on. The kind concierge gave me about 45 minutes to complete the task at hand. This gave plenty of time to also shoot this panorama.
In 2010 Het Strijkijzer was the highest building of The Hague. Now "New Babylon" is the highest, being 153 meter tall.
Nowadays, everybody can go up the tower. One can buy ticket (6 Euro and includes a drink) for viewing and there's even a bar/restaurant (The Penthouse) on top. During courses you are invited to take a look from the balcony.
Technical stuff
This panorama consists of 21 individual tripod photos, shot in one row. I used the tripod to get the horizon as straight as possible. With handheld pano series this is always a bit tricky.
The initial stitching was done with Photoshop CC. I didn't use the straitening tool provided in the "adaptive wide angle" toolbox. In post-production I tuned the lighting and enhanced the sharpening by adding a high pass filter (setting 10, occupancy 41%). The original pano is 11983 x 4575 pixels and approximately 307MB. The pano has an angle of approximately 200 degrees.
Being on the top of The Hague...in 2010 that is ;-)
Het Strijkijzer, or as one would say in English "The Iron", is a skyscraper in The Hague, The Netherlands. With 42 floors and a height of 132 meters, it's the fourth highest building in The Hague. The building is inspired by the Flatiron Building or Fuller Building (1902) in New York. In 2007 the building won the New City Award from The Hague and the International Gold Emporis Skyscraper Award.
In 2010 I was allowed onto the roof for a photo assignment I was working on. The kind concierge gave me about 45 minutes to complete the task at hand. This gave plenty of time to also shoot this panorama.
In 2010 Het Strijkijzer was the highest building of The Hague. Now "New Babylon" is the highest, being 153 meter tall.
Nowadays, everybody can go up the tower. One can buy ticket (6 Euro and includes a drink) for viewing and there's even a bar/restaurant (The Penthouse) on top. During courses you are invited to take a look from the balcony.
Technical stuff
This panorama consists of 21 individual tripod photos, shot in one row. I used the tripod to get the horizon as straight as possible. With handheld pano series this is always a bit tricky.
The initial stitching was done with Photoshop CC. I didn't use the straitening tool provided in the "adaptive wide angle" toolbox. In post-production I tuned the lighting and enhanced the sharpening by adding a high pass filter (setting 10, occupancy 41%). The original pano is 11983 x 4575 pixels and approximately 307MB. The pano has an angle of approximately 200 degrees.