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Historic Arkadi Monastery pano Flek 35
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:00 pm    Post subject: Historic Arkadi Monastery pano Flek 35 Reply with quote
I'm still playing with stitched panoramas and I am delighted with the results. Photos of Arkadi generally only show the church in the centre of the monastery because the viewpoint in the cloisters makes anything wider rather difficult.

Arkadi is a place of heroic tragedy and a pilgrimage site for Greeks.

In 1866, Cretan rebels fighting against Ottoman rule and their families took refuge here after suffering a defeat in an earlier battle. The monastery, set at the top of a gorge in a large open plain and overlooked by higher ground, is militarily indefensible and after a siege of only two days the Ottoman troops forced their way in. Rather than surrender, the Cretans detonated the powder magazine, killing many hundreds on both sides. Only a couple of Greeks survived the blast and the ensuing carnage.

The tragedy at Arkadi sent shockwaves through Europe, with notables such as Victor Hugo writing about it. It is believed to have been a key factor in the liberation of the island a generation later.

This is where it happened. The 15th Century church survived the blast, which took place at the back, left hand side of the photo. Many of the other buildings were badly damaged and subsequently restored, though even two years later a British traveller found the courtyard full of rotted or mummified corpses. Even today, it seems a slightly cold, sad place. Or perhaps that is just the imagination at work.

So that's the history lesson and this is the photo:



PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice result! Blues is especially good, thanks for historic lesson too.


PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
very nice one Smile thanks for sharing.

If you open it in a new window looks even better.

From how many shots you did it?
And did you use a special tripod head?


PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
std wrote:
very nice one Smile thanks for sharing.

If you open it in a new window looks even better.

From how many shots you did it?
And did you use a special tripod head?


http://forum.mflenses.com/a-beginners-guide-to-panorama-stiching-t19182.html


PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Zeiss blues - Flektogon 35/2.4, shot on daylight setting and landscape style. There are half-a-dozen photos stitched together here probably giving an angle of view about equal to 15mm on a full-frame 35mm camera.


PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
std wrote:
very nice one Smile thanks for sharing.

If you open it in a new window looks even better.

From how many shots you did it?
And did you use a special tripod head?


It is hand-held. As long as you are a dozen meters/yards or so from the nearest foreground object the parallax error is minimal. Just stand on one spot and click away. The main problems tend to be foreground electrical cables or plants and the shifting wave patterns on water, which can really mess up a panorama.


PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent - and history lesson very informative. Thanks


patrickh


PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
nice pano, look perfect


PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That is a beautiful photo, and it looks like an interesting place to visit.
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