The World’s Third Worst Panorama 2023

The World's Third Worst Panorama 2023
Camera: SONY DSC-RX100M7 | Date: 09-12-2023 19:47 | Resolution: 22920 x 3133 | ISO: 3200 | Exp. bias: -0.3 EV | Exp. Time: 1/30s | Aperture: 4.0 | Focal Length: 9.0mm (~24.0mm) | Location: The Z Hotel | State/Province: Nungwi, Zanzibar North | See map

As is traditional, here’s my group panorama from the “last supper”. From left to right Louise, Andrew (yours truly), Other Andrew (“Spike”), Ann, Mark, Richard, Lee, Sarah, Nicola, Jon and Michelle.

As it was shot in very low light I passed it through Topaz Photo AI to reduce the noise and clean it up a bit. I love the cheerfully judgemental language Topaz uses, but I will spare the blushes of the 5 of us it deemed as having “low quality faces”!

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