New Volcanic Sunset Panoramas
UPDATE: I don't usually do this, but I altered one of the panorma photos below to fit on a 1900x1200 screen and increased the saturation. The resulting color and perspective exaggeration makes for "evil" looking houses and a Happy Halloween photo!
ORIGINAL POST:
You may remember my article last month about those incredible sunsets here in State College, Pennsylvania, home of AccuWeather HQ [Google Map] (caused by volcanic ash). Well, the computer where I have my Panorama software had been out of service and I just repaired it this weekend. So here, for the record, here are the panoramic shots (put together with ArcSoft Panorama Maker 4 Pro) of those "Volcanic Sunsets". Check out the software, no special camera is required, I'm just using the Kodak Z650 automatic camera I got last year.
All the photos contain their own beauty; I'll comment below on each of them.
AUGUST 23RD:
This first one contains a faint sun pillar, which makes it extra-special.
In this next photo, the pinks are fading to orange, looking from Southwest to Northeast, and I show some new pinks that weren't in the photo above (at left).
AUGUST 25TH:
I particularly like this next shot, and have filed it in my "Best Of" set. The photo is unaltered and I find the deep blue to be an unusually honest color and something that's hard to capture with a normal sunset. The houses also do something for the composition. This is the widest panorama, stretching from Southwest through due North.
This one is essentially a zoom-in on the one above, concentrating on that beautiful pink color.
AUGUST 26TH:
If only I had a place where I could do a 360-degree panorama... this photo was taken early in the evening and was an attempt to show how far the sunset stretched - you are looking Northwest to SOUTHEAST in this photo!
I love the way the sunset reflects in the house windows in this photo, which stretches Southwest to North. The pinks and oranges, and the width of the color, is just unbelieveable in this picture.
Here I've zoomed in, allowing some of the rich pinks and oranges to expose themselves without the yellows overexposing in the center of the frame.
BONUS: NON-VOLCANIC SUNSET LAST WEEK (10/1):
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