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* A little hunting lodge
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Fontainebleu, France

That's how Chateau Fontainebleu started out as, in the midst of the second largest forest in
Europe before a sucession of French kings made it what it is today.

This panorama is best viewed at original size.

26 exposures, handheld, combined with PTGui.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF
1/320s f/9.0 at 50mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Katherine Stanback's Photos01-Mar-2006 00:19
Beautiful pano of that amazing hunting lodge!
stephane bouchard24-Feb-2006 17:50
An incredible pano with a perfect framing. I particularly appreciate the fact that you left the little group of tourists on the picture. It gives a touch of life and reflects what’s the reality of this château: a tourist spot. Nice sky in the right half part of the picture.
Amazing work on this one, Gaurav, with an excellent result.

It reminds me when I got there in 1990. It was the good old time…
-Stéphane
Guest 22-Feb-2006 01:57
Thank you Frank. I did try some stuff but wasn't too satisfied - you are welcome to give it a shot in the demo gallery if you like :). Thanks for your kind words! ~ gaurav
Frank 21-Feb-2006 20:16
Wow! Fantastic panorama. I just love it. That is really capturing the beauty of this place. Wish I could go there for hunting (just photo shot of course).

Some question on the post processing you may have applied. Did you do lighten up the shadow part already? And darkened the light part maybe? I am not sure, but maybe you could tweak it a little more. I believe this is the biggest challenge for such a "wide angle" shot in sunlight (must be 150 degrees minimum), to capture the whole range with the dynamics of the CCD.