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Schiermonnikoog: KAP

This is the almost definitive proof that Schiermonnikoog, the smallest inhabited island of the Netherlands, is actually an island; In the interactive version you will see only a couple of degrees where there's no sea on the horizon.

Judging from the red lighthouse towards the left, the camera was at about 55-60 meters up in the sky, suspended from the kite that is also in the panorama; the Noordertoren light is 44 meters above sea level, and the kite is well above the tower roof.

The panorama was shot with the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye (instead of the Sigma 8mm for my previous KAP panoramas) as an experiment. The sharpness of the images os much better, but there's a lot more stitching involved.

Comments and faves

  1. alexispz (48 months ago | reply)

    Excellent shot ! The interactive experience in these KAP are amazing. The island looks nice as well !

  2. Aldo (48 months ago | reply)

    @alex: I vanished in a stitching mishap...

  3. behrmi (48 months ago | reply)

    amazing work!

  4. vitroid (48 months ago | reply)

    Great photo!

  5. Wind Watcher (48 months ago | reply)

    Well done.

  6. kyteman (48 months ago | reply)

    Another great one, Aldo -- but viewing it in SpiV for some reason makes it impossible for me to add a comment here afterwards! I have to restart Firefox before I can enter anything.

  7. John Williams ("j-t-f") (48 months ago | reply)

    Superb. Well done.

    Broox: no problem on firefox 2.0 here.

  8. philwarner (45 months ago | reply)

    Was one shot from the ground with the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye good enough to patch the zenith?

  9. Aldo (45 months ago | reply)

    I'm pretty sure I used more than one zenith shot. I think I shot a 'zenith hemisphere'.

  10. philwarner (45 months ago | reply)

    Thanks...that's what I was thinking of trying with my next aerial 360. Use the PanoDuino to shoot 6 shots with the camera tilted slightly up. With hurricane Ike striking the Texas coast today I'll have to wait until Monday to try it out.

  11. Aldo (45 months ago | reply)

    Either that, or you'll have one spectacular panorama! Take care...

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    Krxtopher and Christiaan Triebert added this photo to their favorites.

  13. Guido Musch (41 months ago | reply)

    Fantastisch! Geweldige lucht en prachtig uitzicht!

  14. Bas Kers (39 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Dune slacks & lakes of Europe, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    Mooi zicht op Liparisvallei en het Kapenglop!

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    SimpleTwig added this photo to his favorites. (26 months ago)

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