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A GigaPan of the bookshelf in my office intended to highlight a bunch of my "deskcrops" (geologic specimens I have a fond attachment to) for The Accretionary Wedge #4 (http://www.goodschist.com/2007/12/02/the-accretionary-wedge-4-call-for-submissions/). Unfortunately I didn't have any good way to light the office for photography and thus the images are pretty grainy when you zoom in much. I also didn't use the full zoom capability of the camera in order to keep the stitch a reasonable size. |
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Just playing around with a self portrait of myself in my bedroom. For some reason it stitched my face incorrectly so I look a bit deformed (typical!!) and also stitched incorrectly a couple of things such as window frames but other than that I am quite pleased with it. The light changed drastically as I was shooting it so some of the light is a little dappled and also overexposed in the center of the photograph as the sun came out from behind a cloud.
This was taken as part of a series of portraits of people I know (the first one that I have uploaded... more to come!) - I feel that objects, belongings and the items that we choose to fill our lives with almost say more about us than our bodies do. I am Gigapanning people in their environments to try and capture them amongst their surroundings and chosen belongings. |
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This is a boring panoramic photo but it's the first one that I made using my beta gigapan imager. I used a Canon G10 but I will be retuning that camera because it lacks AEL and AFL. I'm thinking about the Canon 110 and/or the SX10 and/or the G9. Waddya think? |
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My bookcase. Attempt number two. See any books you like? |
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Another bookshelf of stuff. This one includes graphic novels and well as more serious reading. |
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Taken on the Carnegie Mellon University Campus. I left autofocus on in order to capture the spines of the books (and the desiccated pumpkin pie!) This version contains some black lines between the photos. I will probably attempt a restitch soon. |
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I tried a trick that failed miserably: I opened the blinds after the gigapan had taken the area on the left so that I could get some more light in the shelf. Loads of banding. I left AF on purpose with mixed results. |
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This is the comic book and card shop in Conroe, Texas. The owner keeps me supplied with books and he let me shoot this panorama one morning before the weekend card games began. |
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The Bibliotheca Augusta is home to tens of thousands of ancient texts including one book valued at around $20 Million. A large part of the collection is dedicated to ancient astronomy and astrology. The turnstile book holder (the large old wooden thing to the left of center on the first floor) was hand built by the famous poet and author, Gotthold Ephriam Lessing, over 100 years ago. This shot was difficult to get since they didn't allow tripods in and the light was kept so low (to help preserve the books I think) that the shutter speed sat at 2.5 seconds for each of the 368 shots while the Gigapan unit rested on a table which might account for the beautiful arches being rendered so poorly. Shot with a Canon G9. |