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This was a very enjoyable effort and the results are most rewarding. It was a pleasure working with Maggie and Renuka and this GigaPan glows since it is one of my most often viewed panoramas.
The location can be seen from an earlier gigapan: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=6655 An experiment to determine the Leica D-Lux 3 depth of field. The camera lens was two feet or less from the granite stone and was shot at f/8. Thanks to Leica lens design: depth of focus extends from the lettering on the granite all the way back to Fondren Library. Again, to observe the dramatic effect of Willy, click the link to the left to see him in Google Earth. |
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This GigaPan location is very close to a previous GigaPan taken of Natalie: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=11024.
And another view of Brochstein is: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=11534 Note: all three GigaPans should be viewed in Google Earth. Doing so will provide a natural curved view, which the viewer may judge as astonishing. The effect is like standing in front of a camera lens as you turn your head from left to right. What prompted me to return was a recent article in Texas Architect Magazine with the cover article of the Brochstein: http://www.texasarchitect.org/ta200901-brochstein.php?sess_id=fb8249648dced23e58020bd69e0e5e56. And the current issue of the Flyleaf Magazine (Friends of Fondren): http://library.rice.edu/about/Alumni_and_Friends/friends-of-fondren/the-flyleaf/Flyleaf_Fall_08.pdf. As you can see, the Pavillion has much to offer from different angles. And it provides great coffee to the Rice students. In this panorama, we meet Stacey and Junrong, students at Rice University. |
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The two earlier GigaPans of Emma, http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=23013, and of Jennifer, http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=23002, were extracted from this because the first attempt to stitch a 360-degree panorama of the Academic Quad failed. Because of some help from the GigaPan community, the files were restitched and this is the result. Note: The snapshots that I have created have a link that will take you to a memorable GigaPan, which was taken this past school year... lots of wonderful memories. The view in Google Earth is pretty exciting, but remember, I am biased :) |
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I bought a new Nikkor lens yesterday and today was the first attempt to use the 35mm f/1.8.
Upon entering the Academic Quad, I could see that in a few moments, after the Sun cleared a cloud, I would have some good sunlight and I saw Lisa and asked if she wanted to participate in this experimental panorama. I hoped that it would be a 360-degree panorama, but things don't always happen the way you wish that they would and so, we almost had a 360 had it not been for user error. As you can readily see, the panorama was taken during the student go slowly from one class to another, so there are many faces in the crowd that are recognizable to those that may know them. Again, this was taken hand-held with a Nikon D70 camera and a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 lens and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software. Additional information can be seen upon clicking Stitcher Notes. Also,I was happy to get this rare lens. Due to lens quality, it is very popular, so I celebrated my good fortune by buying a Heliopan UV filter. You may enjoy the view in Google Earth via the link, View in Google Earth. |
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This, again, is of the Academic Quad at Rice University and was taken prior to the GigaPan of Angela, http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=23497, and was stitched with the same stitcher version as was http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=23597 , but with different results. |
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Six students and I had a good time doing this and if you can find them all, skip to the Gigapan I took of Myra just after I completed this panorama. |
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This amazing lady is a math major and because of the pressures of studying, well you only have so many hours in a day.
After taking the panorama of Lisa, http://gigapan.org/gigapans/33041/ I walked over to Keck Hall with the purpose of taking a small panorama, but before I got to where I wanted, I saw some nice sunlight on the lecture hall entrance, and as I took the photos, I wanted to make sure that the resultant size was large enough to U/L to gigapan.org and then I noticed Chloe walking towards RMC and I then took enough photos to make this a 360-degree panorama and it stitched as such. Again, this was taken hand-held with a Nikon D70 camera and a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 lens and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software. Additional information can be seen upon clicking Stitcher Notes. Also,I was happy to get this rare lens. Due to lens quality, it is very popular, so I celebrated my good fortune by buying a Heliopan UV filter. You may enjoy the view in Google Earth via the link, View in Google Earth. |
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The week preceding Beer Bike Race is called Willy Week and is a period of great excitement on campus.
The main reason for my GigaPan adventure was to take a panorama of the large flower bed that we see before us and when I set up my robot and camera, I saw someone who I had not spoken to in a *number* of months and after we spoke I noticed the two ladies and asked them if they would like to be included in the GigaPan (Ashley is visiting from Massachusetts). At the end of the panorama, we meet Marygrace who was gracious to be included as well. When I first saw her she was studying, so I guess we can say that this GigaPan is of two ladies enjoying Willy Week and one lady, taking a well-deserved study break. This panorama was taken during noontime and as you can see, there are a number of students that can be seen. Willy Week 2009 will be remembered by this College Baseball Game between Rice and the University of Texas: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/6318158.html For a similar view taken last October, look at :http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=10339 A few moments looking at either of these panoramas in Google Earth can be most rewarding. |
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Last week, I took a GigaPan of which this folloowing snapshot was extracted, http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27578&snapshot_id=84354, and because of the comment of Kilgore's, I again became interested in the life of William Herschel and of his sister, Caroline, especially the astronomical achievements that the two Herschel's made (http://newhumanist.org.uk/1508) while living in Bath, England (from a GigaPan; Zoom Baby, Zoom, their house can be seen here: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=9802&snapshot_id=85077).
Today in the New York Times, there is a review of a book concerning exactly what I am searching for and is entitled, The Age of Wonder (http://tinyurl.com/mr6zk4), which I would very much like to look at, but Fondren does not have it; however they have another book (The Georgian Star) concerning Mr. Herschel and his sister that I took a fancy to and drove over to the library to get, BUT before going in, I wanted to take a GigaPan of the north side of Brochstein Pavilion and this GigaPan is the result :) With the price of gasoline as it is, it is expensive to be driving back and forth to Fondren all the time and I should maybe consider just to buy a book at the bookstore; however, there is no bookstore in all of the world that has the panoramic vistas that Rice University has and each time I travel there, I see at least one view that I had not noticed before. NOTE: If you never have clicked, View in Google Earth, now is the time to do it. |
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Saturday morning in Houston was beautiful... all blue sky, but sort of on the cold side. I went over to Rice to see if the view was clear to take a panorama of Lovett Hall, the administration building, and it was except for a thousand little girls with their teachers and parents walking across my field of view heading over to Duncan Hall, the engineering building. I paused the taking of the Gigapan to let them pass, so unfortunately, you do not see them.
When I started, I thought I had good batteries in the robot, but 3/4ths of the way through the process, the batteries failed :( So, I left not knowing if I were to return later in the day. Little did I know that there would be some excitement: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12460 & http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12459 |