Panorama Photo

During our trip to The Faroes we had the luck of staying a week with a family we had known for many years, in Klaksvík. We took the ferry from Hirtshals so we could bring the car along. The only pre-planned trip was an over-night visit to Nólsoy during the week, but apart from that we would improvise.

The first day gave the worst weather, heavy rains and fog, but in the afternoon it cleared up a bit. Therefore we drove a trip to the nice little village of Viðareiði, in the north of the island Viðoy. The village lies at the foot of the mighty Villangadalsfjall, the third highest top on the islands. The fog and clouds made a "gipfelsturm" out of the question, but noticing the ever changing condition I went up a little anyway. And wouldn't you know, suddenly there was a window of some kind of clarity, in which to shoot a pano. That became my approach for the week; shoot the panos when the weather is clear, don't wait to be on the right spot. As it turned out we were pretty lucky with the weather since we only had two more afternoons of rain. Still, truly clear weather only happened on one evening and the following morning.

The pano was made in haste, and therefore I had to do som cloning in the lower corners, or else loose the church, which I prefer not to. 29 HF pics (RAW), 50 mm, f/5,6, 1/320 sec, iso-200, developed in DPP (daylight, neutral, ALO off, moderate sharpness), contrast adjustment in GIMP, down-scaling and sharpening in Irfanview