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In a snapshot, a falcon is seen banking out of a turn to fly straight at this GigaPanographer. A few blocks away are a few swans, but I was not aware of any other bird types until I saw this beautiful bird in flight. Two words... big and amazing and I was able to capture it as this scene unfolded. Note: This panorama was stitched from 37 photos taken with a Nikon D70 and aNikkor 18-70mm kit lens. The overall focus could have been a tad better, but the photos themselves were NEF or RAW converted to 300 dpi JPG files and then stitched with Stitcher version 0.4.4087 with the result that in the *Thinking* snapshot you can easily see the bike wheel spokes at a good distance from the camera lens. |
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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a covered double arcade formed of two glass-vaulted arcades at right angles intersecting in an octagon; it is prominently sited on the northern side of the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, and connects to the Piazza della Scala. Named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of united Italy, it was originally designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877.
The Galleria connects two of Milan's most famous landmarks: The Duomo and the Teatro Alla Scala. More than 120 years after its inauguration, the four-story arcade includes elegant shops selling most things from haute couture to books, as well as restaurants, cafes and bars. Directly connected to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Milan's ultra-luxurious Town House Galleria hotel, offering the city's most luxurious (and most expensive) rooms and facilities. The Galleria is the site for many luxury goods' shops, like Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton. To get the real impression of this spherical 360° panorama you have to open it in Google Earth! http://gigapan.org/exportGigapan.php?id=12444 |
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The location from where this panorama was taken can be seen from a previous GigaPan: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27578&snapshot_id=91286.
The climb to the top was strenuous to say the least, but the intense heat had not arrived, so I survived. The view is indeed stunning and I would love to return with the D70 and the 70-200mm f/2.8, but that will only happen when the sky is blue and the temp is low. The Google Earth View is very nice, and can be seen via the link, View in Google Earth. For a similar panorama, look at Job Seeker's Panorama: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=25935 |