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Back to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/countingphotons/4107962241/ |
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By Karen Bullock and Aldona Bird
First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh is located downtown on Sixth St. The church has a traditional Presbyterian service every Sunday at 10:45 a.m. which features Reverend Tom Hall preaching and George Tutwiler directing the music that the choir sings. Each Sunday the members and visitors of the church are able to worship inside the beautiful sanctuary, which is bordered by 14 stained glass windows, and are able to listen to the music played on the spectacular organ. The First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh is a church saturated with history. It was first established in 1773 but the first building was not built until 1787. The first building was small and made out of logs, the second building, constructed of yellow bricks, was built in 1803 and stood until 1853 when a larger building was needed. This third building was used for 50 years when construction began on the fourth and final building in 1903. The church has been through several organs. The first organ they were supposed to have was $27,000, but was destroyed before it was to arrive at the church. To replace this organ the church acquired the old organ from Point Breeze Presbyterian Church. The next organ at the church was the third largest organ in the U.S. at the time. The 4,270 pipes the organ had took up the whole back wall of the sanctuary and the chimes had their own separate room. This organ was rebuilt many times and finally a church in Bare, Vermont purchased the organ where part of it was used there. The current organ has four manuals, 77-ranks and was installed in the church on November 13, 1988. Music is of extreme importance at First Presbyterian of Pittsburgh. In addition to having the choir sing on Sunday mornings they also present special music throughout the year such as the upcoming concert, "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" which will take place on December 13 at 4 p.m. The choir is comprised of several dedicated and talented adults who volunteer their time to serve the church with their music. Each Sunday the choir sings two anthems and there is a separate choir, called "The Boosters," that sings during the Tuesday Noon Boost service. This short service is every Tuesday and 12:25 p.m. and is designed to keep people motivated while at work and to maintain their faith. In addition to music ministry First Presbyterian does many other ministry and outreach programs. Through prayer, financial contribution, volunteering, and mission service the church supports over 50 organizations and missionaries. These organizations and missionaries are spread from Pittsburgh to South Africa. The church also holds a Missions Conference one weekend each spring which brings together missionaries from the missions the church supports. The church also focuses on ministries within the church such as the youth and children's ministries. The youth ministry is for teens in grades 7-12 and the children's ministry is for children age five through 12. Both these programs introduce students to the gospel and helps them to develop a way to serve. The church has adult ministries that promote fellowship through small groups and bible studies for several different groups of adults. For more information on First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, visit their website at http://fpcp.org/ . |
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An article in the Houston Chronicle explains the situation for this old Gothic Revival Sanctuary, which has been closed for 10 years: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/star/6679903.html This hand-held panorama was taken using a Nikon D70 and a Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G lens and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software and additional details can be found on Stitcher Notes with information there concerning the GigaPan Stitcher run. The blue sky is empasized due to a Heliopan UV filter. Note: This panorama can be seen in Google Earth as a curved panorama on a curved surface by clicking the link, View in Google Earth (assuming that you have Google Earth installed on your computer). |
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360-degree panorama of the square market in Heerlen at midnight.
This is panorama stitched from 31 LDR pictures. Each picture was exposure blended from 3 bracketed shots (shutter speeds: 1/2", 2" and 6"). |
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Taken while on an overnight film shoot in this beautiful cathedral. I must admit, I'm quite perturbed / disappointed that the damn beta imager appears to have screwed this picture up. I triple checked my camera and imager settings, batteries were fresh, and yet, it appears the imager couldn't stay still. Instead it looks like it continued to move in a downward motion during the images. Not cool |
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Adjusted to bring out the details in the darker areas of http://gigapan.org/gigapans/33950/. Completed in 1927, this Roman Catholic church has been recently restored for the 150th anniversary of its founding. I grew up in this town and this beautiful church is where I was baptized, confirmed and married. The stained glass windows, over 50 of them, portray scenes from the Old and New Testament of the Bible and are often used to illustrate the subjects of the sermons during Mass. The only lighting in this photo is from the sunlight coming through the windows. The German company, Franz Mayer of Munich was the designer and builder of the windows. |
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Hawaii Pacific University Modern Media Systems class on the Fort Street Mall in Downtown Honolulu. Question of the day: how can a collaboration that includes Carnegie Mellon University, NASA, GOOGLE, National Geographic, and faculty and students at Hawaii Pacific University expand our understanding of modern media systems? In other words, what emerging, unique potentials are being leveraged by these institutions and their communities in our network of networks project? In part this image constitutes an exploration and manifestation of image-making technologies that provide opportunities for meta-connectivity and global community building. A compelling aspect of the global connection project is its attention to transparency. Transparency of technology, transparency of process, and drill down ability in the composite image itself.. |
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Versam is a small mountain village at the entrance of the Safien valley in Grison, Switzerland.
See also http://www.versam.ch/default.htm http://www.dorfladen-versam.ch/ http://www.safiental.ch/index.cfm?id=118 Built with Panoramastudio Pro You find my panoramas with http://gigapan.org/gigapans/most_popular/?q=fritz+hanke or http://gigapan.org/gigapans/most_recent/?q=fritz+hanke |
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360-Pano
Nikola Church 1783 year |