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This is a big gigapan I shot on Saturday evening. It's a huge Gigapan and took 16 hours to stitch. 47 images wide X 23 images tall totaling 1081 images.
I missed some of the balloons on the first pass so I backed the unit up and reshot a section. The lighter background in the sky was caused when I readjusted the exposure during shooting. The sun was setting fast and light was fading. EDS Credit Union Plano Balloon Festival - Plano, Texas - September 19 - 21, 2008 http://www.planoballoonfest.org/fest-facts.html Enjoy the "Lofty Visions" as 70 magnificent, colorful, hot air balloons fill the skies over Plano Friday at 6:00pm, Saturday at 7:00am and 6:00pm, and Sunday at 7:00am and 6:00pm (weather permitting). Fun for all ages, are the Special Shapes that attend the festival. This year, the special shapes include: High Jack, Miss Daisy, Pandy the Panda, Oggy the Dragon, and Woodrow C. Greenleaf. |
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Lot's of planes at one of the world's busiest airports. The photo location and other aviation resources found at http://www.mapicurious.com/losangeles/aviation |
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On the left, Red Eagle Air Sports team, Dan McClung and Buck Roetman pilots, make final preperations for the 2009 Hill AFB air show (http://www.redeagleairsports.com/) . On the right, Greg Poe's ethenol powered Fagen MX2 team |
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Actually I caught 5 airplanes coming down, but some were not complete on photo, and 3 of them almost overlapped each other.
Had to do a bit of copy and pasting in order for the stitcher program to accept the whole plane. Unfortunately the far away shots are not very sharp, but I was experimenting with the autofocus. Does great on the near by detaisl, but it seems to get lost on the far away buildings. Gues it is better to have a sharp as possible horizon, and leave the non-interesting fore front out of focus. Will try again later on a better spot. |
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How many airplanes can you spot? |
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An annual fly-in in Sherbrooke, Quebec for home-built and experimental airplanes. See http://www.lesfaucheurs.com/ |
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Sunday flyers |
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Brandy and the Broussard. |
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