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April 5, 2009 view from the southwest corner of the Central Park reservoir. |
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Stitched from about 90 photos shot at 300 mm (equiv) with a Nikon D90 using an AutoMate motorized tripod head. |
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The South Shore of Oahu from Point Panic in Kakaako. From here you can see the harbor, Ala Moana Beach Park, Magic Island, Waikiki and Diamond Head and some newly weds on the balcony of the John Dominis restaurant. |
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An approximately 270 degree panorama from High Point, New Jersey. The view is from approximately east-southeast (left) to north-northeast (right). Three states are visible in this view: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. Lake Marcia is near the center of the image and Port Jervis, NY is near the right side of the image. The panorama was shot from the southwest corner of the base of the High Point monument. At the time of uploading, this is my largest GigaPan yet, and first to exceed 5 gigapixels. (Someday they'll fix the 360 degree stitching bug and I may have others this size to upload.) |
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As seen from the Fort Lee Historic Park in Fort Lee, NJ. |
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Views of the Brooklyn Bridge, downtown NYC, Statue of Liberty and Pier 17.
Brooklyn Heights Promenade is a favorite spot among locals and tourists. More panorama and pictures on http://www.newyork-city.fr and http://www.gigapixel.fr Shot using: Canon 40d , 300mm f/8 Hand-held photography 203 Images stitched in Autopano Pro 121793x12320 pixels |
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This is a panorama of our Haft-sin table captured some minutes before the beginning of the new solar year (1388).
You may like to watch the president's (Obama) message to the Iranian people about Nowruz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY_utC-hrjI _________________________________________________________________ Haft Sîn (Persian: هفت سین) or the seven 'S's is a major tradition of Nowruz, the traditional Iranian new year. Today the haft sin table includes seven specific items, all starting with the letter S or Sîn (س in the Persian alphabet). The items symbolically correspond to seven creations and holy immortals protecting them. Originally called Haft Chin (هفت چین), the Haft Sin has evolved over time, but has kept its symbolism. Traditionally, families attempt to set as beautiful a Haft Sîn table as they can, as it is not only of traditional and spiritual value, but also noticed by visitors during Nowruzi visitations and is a reflection of their good taste. The Haft Sin items are: 1. sabzeh(سبزه) - wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth 2. samanu (سمنو)- a sweet pudding made from wheat germ - symbolizing affluence 3. senjed (سنجد)- the dried fruit of the oleaster tree - symbolizing love 4. sîr (سیر)- garlic - symbolizing medicine 5. sîb (سیب)- apples - symbolizing beauty and health 6. somaq (سماق)- sumac berries - symbolizing (the color of) sunrise 7. serkeh (سرکه)- vinegar - symbolizing age and patience ... (( More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haft_sin_table )) |
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No1, of 4 so far, in series on Kruger National Park. To see series search for "kpseries".
The Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa. The park lies in the east of South Africa, in the eastern parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. It is one of the largest national parks in the world, with an area of almost 20,000 km2. The park is approximately 360 km long, and has an average width of 65 km. At its widest point, the park is 90 km wide from east to west. Several rivers run through the park from west to east. An impala is a medium-sized African antelope. The name impala comes from the Zulu language. They are found in savannas and thick bushveld in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, northern Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, north-eastern South Africa and Uganda. Impala are among the dominant species in many savannas. They can adapt to different environment by being grazers in some areas and browsers in others. When frightened or startled the whole impala herd starts leaping about in order to confuse their predator. They can jump distances more than 10 meters (33 ft) and 3 meters (9 ft) high. Leopards, cheetah, Nile crocodiles, lions, spotted hyenas and wild dogs prey on impala. Impala can reach running speeds of around 80 to 90 km/h (50-55 mph). -----Wikipedia-- We spent 2 hours at this water hole, gigapan on the roof of the Isuzu Trooper next to the sun roof. To dangerous to climb out of car because of lions, elephant, crocodiles, hippos and rhino's. Gigapan format is 411 megapixels, 128 images (16 x 8) Focal length 565.2 mm Canon Powershot Sx10 IS |
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The east side of this roadcut through marble in the Adirondack Lowlands exposes beautiful examples of ductile deformation. |
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This GigaPan was shot as the slices of bread surrounding the cold cuts in a "GigaPan sandwich". The day began sunny and I began to shoot a very large GigaPan from this lovely vantage point in downtown Keeseville, New York. About halfway through shooting this GigaPan sequence clouds rolled in. After about a half hour of shooting and another half hour spent waiting for the sun to return I finally got frustrated and gave up on the sunny image, aborting about midway through the originally planned shot.
Realizing that I had bitten off too much, I decreased the zoom and set up the same shot at lower resolution and optimized for cloudy conditions. This shot was completed (after a few pauses when the sun poked out again) and can be seen here: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27062 By the time I finished the cloudy GigaPan, I saw a stretch of sunny skies headed my way again. I scrambled to set up the shot parameters that I could recall from the original sequence and positioned the camera as close as I could to the place where I previously left off. Once the sun came back out I embarked on completing the second half of the sunny image. Clouds returned before I completed the last three rows of the originally planned image, but by then I had successfully captured most of the interesting detail of the scene. You can see where the GigaPan is offset horizontally by about a quarter of a frame. Nonetheless, I had enough overlap that the Stitcher was able to successfully and seamlessly put together the two halves of this sunny image and salvage a GigaPan that at least approximates what I was originally shooting for. The moral of this story: shooting GigaPans on a partly cloudy day may cause much consternation and gnashing of teeth, but if one is patient and observant of the weather conditions a decent GigaPan (or two) may still be salvaged. |