by Anthony Ayiomamitis
The image above is an extension of a prolonged effort to capture the rising full moon against the Temple of Poseidon (450-440 BC) in southern Greece and which was finally realized in early May/2005 as well as June/2008. The primary task in such an exercise is to very precisely reverse engineer the perspective of the Temple of Poseidon with respect to its physical azimuth and altitude from my shooting location approximately 1750 meters west of the foreground and the primary road which connects Sounion with Athens along the west coast of Attica. Such a distance was both desireable and ideal so as to have a greater balance between the apparent size of the Temple of Poseidon in the foreground and Sol in the background and as indicated by the image above.
Technical Details:
Date: Dec 04, 2009 @ 07:34:08 UT+2
Location: Sounion, Greece (37.6580° N, 24.0075° E)
Equipment: Takahashi FSQ 106/f5, AP 2x Conv Barlow, Canon EOS 5D Mk I, Baader UV/IR-Cut Filter
Exposure: 1 x 1/4000 sec, ISO 100, RAW image format, 4368x2912 image size, Manual Mode
Further Details: http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Solar-Scenes-Sounion-03.htm (see also http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Solar-Scenes-Sounion-01.htm and http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Solar-Scenes-Sounion-02.htm )