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The weather for the day of this pano was supposed to "heavy rain", so it was a big surprise to find myself in a quiet field with this spectacular view and wonderful weather.
In fact, I would go so far as to say it was an uplifting experience. Later on I slipped and ended up falling completely flat into six inches of liquid mud, and my reaction was to lie there and laugh out loud. See http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=10384 for an alternative view. This shot was taken was taken from here: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=25860&snapshot_id=78552. Bath is on the other side of the big hill on the horizon. The place I took this gigapan is just over the hill from here: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=9802&snapshot_id=28947. If you look carefully you can see the radio masts are the same in both panos. |
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Another in the series. I'm still looking for super definition and keen to process this in photoshop to adjust contrast (see GP22 and GP10) and to crop the edges but sadly the stitcher doesn't make this possible (Shortly after this I found out how to do it). see http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=26462 )and will delete the less clear versions eventually. See the bridge close up at http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27070 and the view from the top of Wills Tower at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27250 Balloon fiesta shot of the bridge is at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30205 and mass balloon launch at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30355 360degree shot from Wills Tower is at http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/33892/ |
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This large gigglepan is what I call a superpan with over 800 images making it up. It's well worth exploring. This is called "the floating harbour" because the water is held in by lock gates. Otherwise the boats would all end up resting on the mud at low tide twice each day. The SS Great Britain, built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the first ever iron hulled, screw propellor driven liner and was the largest in the world when it was built. it was brought back to the dock in which it was built to be restored in the 1970s and is now an award winning museum. Moored next to it is a replica of The Matthew: the little wooden ship in which John Cabot sailed from Bristol in 1495 to discover the North American mainland (Newfoundland). This replica, also built in Bristol, retraced that journey on the 500th anniversary of the original voyage in 1995. See also http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 and see this viewpoint on Bristol Harbour Festival at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=29552 |
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Thumbnail of http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=10381.
Not very zoomable, but it gives a hint of what a wonderful day it was. Check it out in Google Earth for the full effect - this pano is over 200° wide. |
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October 2008 from Dundry Hill. Attempting to get a good shot of the two bridges in line I took these 9 shots without a Gigapan and stitched them together with Gigapan software. I'm waiting for the SLR version to come out and I'll have the first one available!! See Clifton Bridge close up at http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27070 |
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A detail from http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=10546 taken with my dodgy x1.7 teleconversion lens on top of the camera's x15 zoom. |
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Mass launch at 7am on 8th August. Balloons behind Brunel's famous Clifton Bridge. Opened 1864.
How many different balloons can you spot? Canon SX1 is 200 shots See reciprocal shot of the bridge from Dundry at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 and a balloon-free shot at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30019 and with shape balloons at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30355 October 23, 2009 14:28 Edit | Delete See the world's first ever bunjee jump at Clifton Brdge Bristol here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DLooHqJMc |
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This whopping 9Gp super gigglepan of 648 individual shots was taken with the Epic 100 on top of a 6m lighting stand. This was necessary to see over the castellations round the 15m wide top of the tower. The castellations are 3m high. Taken on Canon SX1 IS 648 shots 22nd sept 2009 See also www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=29552 See the Wills Memorial Tower which this was taken from, from below at http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/31606/
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Not so glorious as http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=10381 but there is a good shot of the bridges, and this pano also provides some context for http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=10363 which I like for its even better shot of Brunel's bridge and the detail in Bristol. |
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This attempt sadly cut off the top of the bridge and the camera obscura so I'll be back when the light is right. A cloud scudded by too, making that dark patch to the right of centre. British weather is so unreliable!!! Clifton Bridge spans the river Avon and connects the City of Bristol to Leigh Woods in Somerset. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed after his death in 1864. He won a competition to design a bridge here, but because the powers that be didn't believe that such a span could be built, he had to build a brick abutment on the Leigh Woods side to reduce the span. The chains used were second hand having been used on the original Hungerford bridge over the Thames in London. The river here is tidal although the sea (Bristol Channel) is over 5 miles downstream. This is why the water is kept in Bristol Docks by lock gates (the floating harbour) otherwise all craft ended up resting on the mud at low tide. They had to have extra strong hulls hence the phrase "shipshape and Bristol fashion!'See:http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 for a distant view from Dundry Balloons over the bridge at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30355
October 23, 2009 14:28 Edit | Delete See the world's first ever bunjee jump at Clifton Brdge Bristol here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DLooHqJMc |