Panorama Photo

This pano is not in the beauty-contest on this site, it is a documentation of a far view in Denmark. In this pano the farthest views exeed 60 km, which is quite long in Denmark, but of course isn't so much compared to the many panos from various Mittelgebirge and higher ranges. Considering the height at 55 m üNN, it is still OK. The reason for these relative long views is, that they stretch over the sea, therefor allowing the full potential of the far horizon. For all my panos, in particular this one, goes that I would love to re-shoot them under better light conditions and in different seasons, but until then this is what I have.

First part of the pano shows some larger structures from the city of Kalundborg. Then we follow Kalundborg Fjord, and the Asnæs peninsula behind it. Both Røsnæs and Asnæs are end-moraines from the Storebælt-glacier (#9421). Down in Storebælt we see the suspended part of the Storebælt-bridge, before moving to Fyn. The most clear part of Fyn is the northeastern peninsula Hindsholm and Romsø island. After Fyn a few far away Jutland hills can just barely be seen, before the group of pines splits Samsø in two. After Samsø a number of small islands and some prominent features on the peninsula of Djursland (the "nose" on Jutland) can be seen.

The view presented here could of course fall a little boring, so I will also present two parts from it, shot with a 300 mm lens, showing the Fyn-part and the Samsø-Djursland-part. Coming soon, I hope!

The location is the highest on the outermost part of Røsnæs (see and read also #8340), but sadly the view over the peninsula is desecrated by a little group of Pines (Pinus nigra). The area is a conservation area, so it is unbelievable why they get to destroy the view since they are introduced as a species (nicht heimisch!), and the protected biotope here is dry pasture (Weide).

The name Vågehøj means Hill from where to watch (Wachen-Hügel). As you can imagine the strategic value is huge, since the traffic from Storebælt can be monitored from here. During the german occupation 1940-45 a bunker was build in the hill, and afterwards it was used during the cold war. It is now deserted, and can be visited at any time.

The pano has taken a long time to make. Especially the low standing sun was a challenge, to put it mildly. I ended up (in RAW-treatment) trying to make the central picture a little underexposed, and taking out the highlights from it. Then, on each side of it going outwards, I gradually lightened the pics, and after 4 pics on each side they have equal treatment. Then they were stitched in Hugin, using the "blend from stacks"-function.

31 pics handheld, 80 mm (28-80 mm kit-lens from my old analog EOS-50), f/13, 1/200 sec, iso-200. A little GIMP to remove spots, scaled and sharpened in IrfanView.