|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This weekend is homecoming weekend at Rice and regardless of all the scheduled events taking place on campus, a number of us were drawn to the Jamail Plaza to see its dramatic fountain on this beautiful November morning.
Jamail Plaza and its fountain is located to the north of James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy or simply, Baker Institute. Last year, in this plaza, we found Heather finding peace and serenity in the Jamail Courtyard in front of Baker Institute: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/13445/ as well as Saskia and Cristina as they attempted to tackle the economy: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/15381/ 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). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A simply beautiful late-afternoon view looking north-east from Alice Pratt Brown Hall. To the left is Janice and Robert McNair Hall and to the right is James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Rice University and between the two is Jamail Plaza with its eye-catching fountain.
This hand-held panorama was taken using a Canon SX 110 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. 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). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The fall semester is now going into its third week of the school year and on this Labor Day morning, 2009, the fountain in Jamail Plaza is glowing with sunlight. We have taken GigaPans in this area before, but the fountain view screamed for yet another panorama of this beautiful plaza. Baker Hall is the home of James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Rice University , and who can forget the GigaPan of Heather taken last December: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=13445 The panorama was taken hand-held using a Canon SX110 camera. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This morning on my usual trip to Fondren Library, I was simply caught up in the combination beauty of light and shadows and this attempt at a 360 pano did not stitch properly, but can be overlooked in this case. The left side is the courtyard between Fondren and the Humanities Building. As one looks to the right, are the cloisters leading into the library. Through one of the arches, we see Anderson Hall, then Wiliam Marsh Rice Memorial, Herzstein Hall, Lovett Hall, Rayzor Hall and then the exit underneath the Humanities Building heading west.
The campus of Rice is so beautiful that everywhere you walk, there are spectacular views as what we enjoy here. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This is the same panorama as http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=20258 except that the top 5 rows have been zapped in an effort to eliminate or reduce the stitching artifacts. If you compare the two GigaPans, you will see that this experiment has been a success.
Also, when you compare the two panos, please compare the Stitcher Notes and you will see a large difference between their "time per photo" values. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taken on the south side of McNair Hall from Jamail Plaza where we see Saskia holding back the bear market and Cristina catching a ride on the bull market.
My Goal for this panorama was to have it as a continuation of the Faces I panorama: (http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15137) and we see two Rice people, Saskia and Cristina, in this panorama. Each of the two Faces panoramas contain four snapshots identifying faces on either side of the entry way. This view in Google Earth is worth an effort :) An earlier GigaPan from this exact location is available here: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?auth=45d74723c42a181ec9ba03576d65a0af |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This is the south side of McNair Hall as seen from Jamail Plaza. In this panorama, we see the four famous faces on the left side and in the GigaPan, Saskia & Cristina Tackle the Economy, we see the other four famous faces. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
My Goal for this panorama was to have it as a continuation of the Faces I panorama and we have Cristina, a business grad student, who took a few moments between classes to be in this panorama.
However, after Cristina left, Saskia showed up and I took the same collection of Saskia as I had Cristina and for the final version, I took half of Saskia and combined it with half of this GigaPan with the result being: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15381 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zoltan and I set up our robots and cameras and while taking our second set of panoramas this day at Rice at Jamail Plaza, discovered Heather, a philosophy student, who was very happy to be included in this Gigapan, which has to be seen in Google Earth via the link.
Behind Heather is: James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Rice University James A. Baker is currently a senior partner in the law firm of Baker Botts as well as Honorary Chairman of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice university To see Zoltan's version of this panorama, click on: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=13647 In my collection of Rice panoramas, there is another GigaPan, taken last August before Hurricane Ike: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7767 NOTE: On the home page, a link can be found, "Browse Gigapans in Google Earth..." Clicking on that will d/l a file called gigapan.kml and then clicking on that file will then open GE and load all geocoded GigaPans, which allows you to see all the GigaPans from all over the world including all the ones that have been taken on the campus of Rice University. Once the loading process is completed, "fly to" Rice University. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
After taking two panoramas and returning to my car, I passed this vista and even though it is very similar to a previous view, I decided to take it and try to capture the shadows.
|