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In Japan, April is the month for cherry blossom viewing. And here in the Tosa Shrine, we can see almost full blossom cherry trees and many people are waiting for the evening when they have feasts. During the exposure, the sun is hidden in clouds time to time, so you can notice the slight differences of brightness here and there. |
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While attending ICMA 2008 I stayed in the ANA Clement Hotel. A great hotel with great views. My room was on the 12th floor (about halfway up the tower). This picture shows the harbor on the left and Tamamo Park on the right. The pan was taken through glass windows (that seem to be cleaned almost daily inside and out). The light colored Gigapan base reflected slightly onto the window in a couple spots near the center of the image. |
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Meihin Kissa Dai-Osaka (Masterpiece Cafe Great Osaka) is located inside Daibiru Honkan (Osaka Building) constructed in 1925. Dai-Osaka' s interior has been renovated and recreated an atmosphere of Taisho period with its careful detailing. The building is plan to be taken down in 2010 and that is one reason I wanted to take a Gigapan picture of this cafe. |
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This is a much improved version of the Hamamatsu City Skyline Gigapan. Exposure and focus are now spot on.
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The championship series was done in Yamashita Park.
This photograph shot a bicycle race from Marine Tower. camera:nikon d100 lens:nikkor200mm stitch:all manual stitching stitch soft:photshop cs2 |
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There is a lot to see in this panorama. Look around and you'll find plenty. In the far off distance to the center right you can see that the big shopping mall on the outskirts of the city phenomena has come to Japan. When I first arrived 10 years ago, most cities still had a downtown core for shopping. In North America, we started moving 'shopping' to the outskirts about 20 years ago. This process is now in full swing here in Japan. In my area alone (a medium-sized working class city) I can think of 8 new malls that have sprung up in the last 5 years.
The tall building at the far right is supposed to look like a harmonica from the side. Hamamatsu is the home of the musical instrument business in Japan. In the center of the panorama you can see the main R&D center for Yamaha Musical Instruments company. In the lasrge white factory behind and around the main office is the final assembly location for Yamaha's grand pianos. They are priced at over $100,000. This is version 2.0 of this Gigapan panorama using a polarizing filter and corrected camera settings. This is also the biggest gigapan I've made yet at about 480 photos. It took about 30 minutes to snap everything. http://www.popbunka.com/ http://www.ponponcoffee.com/ http://popbunka.hamazo.tv/ |
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Horseman LD Nikon D700 Nikkor W100mm F5.6 |
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The scenery of Fukushima-city from the Mt. Shinobu (275m).
2009-May-15 |
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The busiest street in Osaka, Japan, Dohtombori is famous for lots of gourmet restaurant and entertainment facilities like a unique oval-shaped Ferris wheel at the far left in this panorama. |