My Autopano Pro forum

thierry wrote:

what a peaty !
bored by the flare and falling trees
nice winter pict !

I am experimenting with a relatively inexpensive pano setup to be used for casual 'snapshot' panography - Nikon P5100 compact, FC-E8 FE convertor, Bophoto bracket and a monopod. Inspired by this article by Luca Vascon written for the Nikon Italy web site: http://www.nital.it/experience/immersiva-p5000.php

I reckon I was out of the car for less than 2 minutes to 'grab' this pano - shot on full auto - while on my way to the library in Ely.

All in all I was quite pleased with the result.

The trees probably do lean a bit in that direction because of the prevailing wind against which they are planted as a wind break to reduce wind erosion of the light peaty spoil. Since the fens were drained much of the black peaty soil has been blown away - over the decades there were regular 'fen blows' in the winter when the sky might be dark with wind blown soil for days and it would pile up against houses in drifts several feet deep. I've only seen one 'blow' in the 7 years I've lived here and that only lasted a few hours.