by Anthony Ayiomamitis
With summer solstice roughly two months away, the opportunity was used to pursue the setting sun a few kilometers from the seaside resort area of Oropos northeast of Athens and whose history dates to the time of the golden age of ancient Greece. The foreground is a distant summer home which lies atop a hill at an altitude of approximately 37 meters (120 feet). The photo was taken from a distance of 640 meters away to the east of the summer home so as to yield a reasonable balance in the aspect ratio involving the home and the setting sun as well as to provide the ideal azimuth and altitude for this photo to be possible.
Technical Details:
Date: Apr 11, 2010 @ 19:46:38 UT+3
Location: Athens, Greece (38.2997° N, 23.7430° E)
Equipment: Takahashi FSQ 106/f5, TeleVue 2x Big Barlow, Canon EOS 5D Mk I, Baader UV/IR-Cut Filter
Exposure: 1 x 1/80 sec, ISO 100, RAW Image Format, 4368 x 2912 image size, Manual Mode
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