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[Dat Boy B]

This spherical panorama was made over the course of 24 hours by Chris Kotsiopoulos, showing an entire Athenian day in one single picture, with 500 star trails, 35 Sun images and 25 landscapes. Here's how he did it:

I began the shooting the morning of December 30, 2010, taking photos with my camera on a tripod facing east. The day portion of this shoot is composed of a dozen shots covering the landscape from east to west as well as the Sun's course across the sky, from sunrise to sunset. I recorded the Sun's position exactly every 15 minutes using an intervalometer, with an astrosolar filter adjusted to the camera lens. In one of the shots, when the Sun was near its maximum altitude, I removed the filter in order to capture a more dramatic shot that showed the Sun's "glare."

After sunset, I took various shots with the camera facing west-northwest in order to achieve a more smooth transition from the day portion to the night portion of the image. The night portion is also composed of a dozen landscape shots but this time from west to east. After the transition" shots, I took a short star trail sequence of approximately half an hour duration, with the camera facing northwest. At 7:30, I turned the camera to the north and started taking the "all-night" star trail shots — lasting almost 11 hours. After accomplishing this, I then turned the camera to northeast and shot another short half an hour star trail sequence, and then finally, with the camera now facing east-northeast, I took a series of night-to-day transition shots.

Thats amazing , reminds me slightly of that recent british gas advert!

[Guest Esquilax]

This spherical panorama was made over the course of 24 hours by Chris Kotsiopoulos, showing an entire Athenian day in one single picture, with 500 star trails, 35 Sun images and 25 landscapes. Here's how he did it:

I began the shooting the morning of December 30, 2010, taking photos with my camera on a tripod facing east. The day portion of this shoot is composed of a dozen shots covering the landscape from east to west as well as the Sun's course across the sky, from sunrise to sunset. I recorded the Sun's position exactly every 15 minutes using an intervalometer, with an astrosolar filter adjusted to the camera lens. In one of the shots, when the Sun was near its maximum altitude, I removed the filter in order to capture a more dramatic shot that showed the Sun's "glare."

After sunset, I took various shots with the camera facing west-northwest in order to achieve a more smooth transition from the day portion to the night portion of the image. The night portion is also composed of a dozen landscape shots but this time from west to east. After the transition" shots, I took a short star trail sequence of approximately half an hour duration, with the camera facing northwest. At 7:30, I turned the camera to the north and started taking the "all-night" star trail shots — lasting almost 11 hours. After accomplishing this, I then turned the camera to northeast and shot another short half an hour star trail sequence, and then finally, with the camera now facing east-northeast, I took a series of night-to-day transition shots.

Thats amazing , reminds me slightly of that recent british gas advert!

CS

Incredible photo

[The King]

Stunning picture.

[Skenghis Khan]

that is MARVELOUS.

[BLACK VICTIM]

pic is nothing special, by a long shot

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[Mr. Gayle]

Moar please

[Symbol]

That is disgusting, I'm actually angry at you for posting that. Was going to type something about the OP's avatar now I'm too irritated.

[Yardie 2.0]

Moar please

[Rippy]

OH sh*t. This is THAT thread.

1st page caught me way off guard.

[Xander]

One show not to miss is Pieter Hugo’s “The Hyena and Other Men” at Yossi Milo (through January 12). There a large and pale-colored group of photographs present the surreal spectacle of a group of Nigerian men who make their living by traveling around displaying their captive hyenas. The hyenas look nothing like one would expect, but rather like strange mythological beasts. The crudeness of their muzzles and chains bring to mind Aslan’s sacrifice in “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”.

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[Medic]

Thats f*ck*ng bad ass!

[Steven]

John Lennon signs an autograph for a fan. 3 hours later, that same man would kill John Lennon.

Chernobyl disaster. Prypiat remains a ghost town after the nuclear accident. Photographers visiting have to wear gas masks and are only allowed up to a certain point before the radiation becomes too deadly.

Jonestown massacre. An intentional cult community engaged in mass suicide via cyyanide poisoning.

[lanceW]

\we are not alone.

[time_bomb]

imagine the mutant animals that live in chernobyl now

[Fighting Weight]

OMG I CAME BACK INTO THIS THREAD AND THE HORRIBLE PICS OF THE EYE AND THE OTEHR STUF DJKFJSDF

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SDL

SDGH

[JDC]

John Lennon signs an autograph for a fan. 3 hours later, that same man would kill John Lennon.

Chernobyl disaster. Prypiat remains a ghost town after the nuclear accident. Photographers visiting have to wear gas masks and are only allowed up to a certain point before the radiation becomes too deadly.

Jonestown massacre. An intentional cult community engaged in mass suicide via cyyanide poisoning.

this last bit about the stars has blown my mind

[Guest haze-e]

Pmsl @ The first couple pages of this thread.

The eye pics are still amazing!

[Fresh]

[Drift]

them pics were muad.

heres the 2010 version:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/2010_in_photos_part_1_of_3.html

[Seymour Cake]

one of the sickest photos i have ever seen

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