Day: January 18, 2015

This panorama shows the Umpherston Sinkhole. I was standing on the ground of the sinkhole while I was taking the panorama.

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Technique
The shooting was done with a 2.60 meter (appx. 8.5 ft) pole to reach a more elevated viewpoint. The lens was mounted with a custom-made bracket. Stitched from five images taken with a Walimex (Samyang) 7.5mm fish eye lens on a Sony QX1. Four images around and an additional image for the nadir. The zenith was retouched by hand in post-processing.

The Petrified Forest is an area with structures of stone which look like petrified trunks of trees. The area is part of the Discovery Bay Coastal Park in Victoria (Australia). It can be accessed via the Blowholes Road. There are different theories about the origin of the structures, but it is said to be sure that these structures are no petrified trees.

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Technique
The shooting was done with a 2.60 meter (appx. 8.5 ft) pole to reach a more elevated viewpoint. The lens was mounted with a custom-made bracket. Stitched from five images taken with a Walimex (Samyang) 7.5mm fish eye lens on a Sony QX1. Four images around and an additional image for the nadir. The zenith was retouched by hand in post-processing.