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Cosmic Tree of Life 2.0, 546 million pixels, 32,400 x 16,872 x 300 dpi; a work in progress begun in 2002
Ferragallo used QFX digital tools drawing inspiration from science, astronomy and cosmology to present a cosmic art for a new age. |
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No1, of 4 so far, in series on Kruger National Park. To see series search for "kpseries".
The Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa. The park lies in the east of South Africa, in the eastern parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. It is one of the largest national parks in the world, with an area of almost 20,000 km2. The park is approximately 360 km long, and has an average width of 65 km. At its widest point, the park is 90 km wide from east to west. Several rivers run through the park from west to east. An impala is a medium-sized African antelope. The name impala comes from the Zulu language. They are found in savannas and thick bushveld in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, northern Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, north-eastern South Africa and Uganda. Impala are among the dominant species in many savannas. They can adapt to different environment by being grazers in some areas and browsers in others. When frightened or startled the whole impala herd starts leaping about in order to confuse their predator. They can jump distances more than 10 meters (33 ft) and 3 meters (9 ft) high. Leopards, cheetah, Nile crocodiles, lions, spotted hyenas and wild dogs prey on impala. Impala can reach running speeds of around 80 to 90 km/h (50-55 mph). -----Wikipedia-- We spent 2 hours at this water hole, gigapan on the roof of the Isuzu Trooper next to the sun roof. To dangerous to climb out of car because of lions, elephant, crocodiles, hippos and rhino's. Gigapan format is 411 megapixels, 128 images (16 x 8) Focal length 565.2 mm Canon Powershot Sx10 IS |
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This series of two roof-top shots show animals in their natural habitat and demonstrate how well their skin color and texture work at hiding them in a wide view. I just put the Gigapan device directly on top of the roof in both cases and idled the car. |
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Watching the baby giraffe at the zoo |
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This view of La Jolla's Casa Beach sea wall faces northwest. The wall was built in 1931 over rocks which had previously provided natural resting areas for harbor seals. In recent years, the wall has become an ideal viewing platform for observing harbor seal behavior up close. The seals are usually unconcerned about people on the wall but are instinctually skittish and easily flushed into the water if approached or disturbed at beach level. Although enjoyed by many thousands of people, the seal colony is at risk due to a lawsuit which may soon force the city to dredge the beach to evict the seals. (See http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=3846 for another view with more seals)
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This series of two roof-top shots show animals in their natural habitat and demonstrate how well their skin color and texture work at hiding them in a wide view. I just put the Gigapan device directly on top of the roof in both cases and idled the car. |
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More Berlin panoramas:
Lustgarten: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7171 Reichstag Building: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7167 Brandenburg Gate: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7141 Reichstag Building Entrance Queue: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7136 |