Another Winter Panorama

I was at the Holland State Park Beach this weekend with a couple of friends, and despite the -20 or colder wind chill, we managed to get a few photos of the sunset. As we were on our way back to the car I took 17 pictures that I combined to create the panorama below. Please click the image to see it in larger detail.

Holland, MI - February 4, 2011.

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Winter Panorama

It's been a while since I uploaded anything here. I have been taking pictures regularly, but have been lacking posts. I will try to get on that more now that the months are colder.

Dowagiac, MI - December 10, 2010.
 

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Circumhorizontal Arc

After many failed attempts I finally managed to capture a Circumhorizontal Arc. These are somewhat rare to see if you don't know what your looking for. I recommend you check out the wiki for more information, but in short...These occur when the sun is at a specific angle in the sky, and there are also cirrus clouds present.

They are sometimes called fire rainbows. If you can see a circumhorizontal arc where you live all depends on your location and the latitude. Here in the United States it is a relatively common to happen several times each year. Actually seeing them is somewhat tricky. I have read that they are quite rare to see mid-latitude and northern Europe.

Yesterday I helped my dad cut some trees down on his property. As we were cleaning up afterwords I looked up at the sky and noticed the clouds resembled the clouds I had seen when witnessing a circumhorizontal arc. I rushed inside and grabbed my camera, just as I was coming back out I saw it. I ran down to an empty field so I could get a better view. So after a few attempts of trying to get one of these captured in one of my photos... success!

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Sunset Panorama

I have been editing some of my sunset photos the past couple of days. I wanted to have some more pictures to upload but after making this one in hugin, I couldn't wait to upload it. There are more sunsets where this came from. Expect to see them in the near future.

This panorama consists of 7 images taken on a D5000. Using 55-200mm lens, these were taken at 55mm.

Make sure to click the image, or you won't really get the full effect.

Three More Panoramas