by Anthony Ayiomamitis
This image is the culmination of yet another prolonged effort to capture the rising sun against the Parthenon (447-438 BC) in central Athens and which was finally realized in early May/2009. The primary task in such an exercise is to precisely reverse engineer the perspective of the Parthenon with respect to its physical azimuth and altitude from my shooting location approximately 5.12 kilometers southwest of the Acropolis and the primary highway which connects Peiraeus and Athens with northern Greece. Such a distance was desireable so as to have a greater balance between the apparent size of the Parthenon in the foreground and Sol in the background and as indicated by the image below.
Technical details:
Date: May 17, 2009 @ 06:23:25 UT+3
Location: Athens, Greece (37.9527° N, 23.6730° E)
Equipment: Takahashi FSQ 106/f5, AP 2x Conv Barlow, Canon EOS 350XT, Meade 4000 Lunar Filter, Baader UV/IR-Cut Filter
Exposure: 1 x 1/1250 sec, ISO 400, RAW image format, 3456x2304 image size, Manual Mode
Further details: http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Solar-Scenes-Parthenon-04.htm