Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Jun 4, 2007 17:06:36 GMT -6
Panoramic Chicago Skyline
03 June 2007
03 June 2007
Taking the opportunity of a free evening and promise of good cloud formations, I ventured out to the lakefront and took a great many shots of the skyline and met many nice people. I had the telescope in the car, but did not set it up, but rather concentrated on photography instead of astronomy.
The entire Chicago skyline cannot fit into a single frame, and with a wide angled lens, the fish-eye effect comes into play, with horizom line curvature. So a stitching procedure is called for. And the results were ok...
Click here for the full image:
img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/josephguzman/Skyline/Pana1a.jpg
Near the upper left of the image, Venus is displayed over Chicago...and somewhere, someone is finding love in the big city.
I didn't plan to take a pana shot, so the leveling of the tripod wasn't optimum, and had to nudge the three images to like each other in post processing. Next time will be a better prep and results.
I have misplaced my polarizer lens and the results would have been much more striking, but I like it regardless.
It was a good night with the Canon Powershot S3...
