The Beautiful Gardens of Karaj

        

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Karaj is the capital of Alborz Province, Iran. It is situated 20 kilometres west of Tehran, at the foothills of the Alborz mountains. The city has effectively become an extension of metropolitan Tehran. The city is surrounded by mountains which give it great landscapes.

In the composition of this 6x12 cm panoramic image, I placed the large tree on the left side of the frame. However, the tree on the right did not fit into the frame. But a small shrub on the right helped achieve better balance in the image.

For this image, I used the Panoral 45 camera. I put Schneider Super Angulon 90/5.6 lens on my camera. Then, I just used the red filter on the lens and 6x12cm roll film back. The lens was set at a hyperfocal distance, and the image recorded, with aperture 22 and shutter speed 1/4 seconds on Ilford Delta 100 roll film.