Panorama at the Säntis
This is one of my panoramas I took on the summit of Säntis. It is a merge of 14 landscape pictures.
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Archive for August, 2009
Sunrise at Säntis Summit
This time in August the sunrise is at about 6:30 am. So we started at 5 to be ready for this event. The Mount Säntis is the highest peak in the Appenzell region (2502m). From the summit you can see six countries and the view is breathtaking!
The easiest way to reach the top is by the comfortable cable car. It leaves every 30 minutes.
After taking lots of pictures of the sunrise we had a nice breakfast in the panorama restaurant.
The team (aka Members of the Zoom-Photoclub):
Insect Macro Photography
A mating couple
I love the clean blurry background in the next two shots
A Hairy face
Lünersee – Roundtrip
Going around the lake takes about 2 hours. Last year we were 1 month earlier and there were large areas covered with snow. This time it was a lot warmer but still wonderful and relaxing.
I took 2 panoramas of the Lünersee reservoir. One panorama is a merge of about 5 pictures. They were stiched together in Photoshop CS2.
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Fireworks on 1st August in Romanshorn
We went to Romanshorn at the Lake Constance to take some pictures of the fireworks which started at 10:30pm. It was also the Summer Nights festival and therefore there were lots of people. But we had a pretty good location because the fireworks were actually let off on the sea (a few hundred meters apart from the coastline). With a wide angle lens we could capture the whole fireworks display as well as the reflections in the water.
Some hints for taking better firework pictures:
- use a tripod
- use a aperture of about f/11 , should be high so that the amount of incoming light is limited
- use lowest ISO value
- shoot in BULB mode
If the camera is in BULB mode the shutter is open for as long as you hold down the shutter. This is very convenient and gives you a lot more flexibility compared to the predefined exposure times.
Below are some of my favorite shots:
More pictures in the gallery.
