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Another view of the beautiful Tamara can be seen here: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=29457 Tamara, a beautiful woman form the State of Texas and her fiance, a footbal coach, pose in a panorama taken in Houston's Hermann Park by the reflection pool with a obelisk at one end and Sam Houston at the other. A great time was had by all and after we parted, they met with friends and continued having additional photos taken, which we may see again in an upcoming GigaPan. A view in Google Earth may be considered extraordinary. |
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An earlier GigaPan of Sam Houston Statue can be seen here: http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?id=9906
This should be entitled something like, "Continuation of Engle's Transportation Series, Past and Future," or a better one would be simply, "One Lucky Shot." Just playing around with taking hand-held photos using the SX110 and just accidentally caught two trains on either side of Sam Houston Statue. It is only 9 images, but the panorama looks cool and happened on a hot day in Houston, Texas. Using the robot, I do not believe I could have captured a moment like what we see above: 9 photos in less than a minute [left to right]. This is a reason to always try to carry a camera for those unexpected moments in time we call great panoramas. |
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This hand-held panorama (0.08 gigapixel) compares to a robot GigaPan (0.23 gigapixel) taken in August, 2008: http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/8215/
The Mecom Fountain is a Houston icon. This hand-held panorama was taken with a Canon SX110 camera and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software. Additional details can be found on Stitcher Notes with information there concerning the GigaPan Stitcher run. Note: This gorgeous 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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This was taken in the Japanese Garden immediately to the west of the obelisk at the south end of the reflection pool in Hermann Park.
Also, this was stitched as always with the GigaPan Stitcher. Aditional information can be seen via the Stitcher Notes. This panorama is viewable in Google Earth via the link, View in Google Earth. |
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This is one in a series of five panoramas taken in the Japanese Garden, and all can be viewed via this link: http://tinyurl.com/msqdnq.
When visiting this place, it is easy to access from the parking areas in Hermann Park, especially those on the north side, close to the museums. These panoramas do not need my words to describe their beauty except to say that there are a couple more that are better than what we see in these five and those will be taken when I have blue sky and my robot to take a GigaPan. |
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The Hermannsdenkmal / Hermann monument is located in the southern part of the Teutoburg Forest, southwest of Detmold. It commemorates the Varusbattle. It was completed in 1875 according to plans by Ernst von Bandel.
I have put a Zoomify version of this image here, if anyone wants to compare.. http://hermannsdenkmal.net/gigapix-hermannsdenkmal-komplett.html dimensions: 26792 x 43715 px printed: 227cm x 370cm - 300dpi - 8,4 m2 945 cm x 1542cm - 72 dpi - 145,8 m2 2268 cm x 3700 cm - 30 dpi - 839,1 m2 I took a spherical picture inside the head as well: http://www.digital-park.de/kubus/pages/squaring-the-head.php more about the monument (wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannsdenkmal |
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This is three in a series of five panoramas taken in the Japanese Garden, and all can be viewed via this link: http://tinyurl.com/msqdnq.
When visiting this place, it is easy to access from the parking areas in Hermann Park, especially those on the north side, close to the museums. These panoramas do not need my words to describe their beauty except to say that there are a couple more that are better than what we see in these five and those will be taken when I have blue sky and my robot to take a GigaPan. |
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There are many snapshots to be taken in this panorama. One of which is what appears to be a stitching error, which I emphasize that it is not. It is a sliding-south error caused by heavy rain and me not on good footing and as I was turning around taking this 360 hand-held panorama, the ground started sliding downhill fast and I did what every good GigaPanographer should do in similar circumstances, I finished taking the shots no matter how muddy I became This panorama completes the series of three taken on this memorable Saturday. The other two can be found by searching for Tamara. |
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This is four in a series of five panoramas taken in the Japanese Garden, and all can be viewed via this link: http://tinyurl.com/msqdnq. When visiting this place, it is easy to access from the parking areas in Hermann Park, especially those on the north side, close to the museums. These panoramas do not need my words to describe their beauty except to say that there are a couple more that are better than what we see in these five and those will be taken when I have blue sky and my robot to take a GigaPan. |
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A view of Sam Houston Statue and of the Reflection Pond in Hermann Park.
Check out the numerous snapshots associated with this panorama and.... View it in Google Earth via the link to the left :) |