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A vista of PIttsburgh Pennsylvania, USA from one of the higher parts of Schenley Park, showing downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland, including parts of the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. |
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Family Reunion Held in the park in Oakland Nebraska on June 6 2009 |
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This is the first 360 degree GigaPan I made during the May fofs Workshop. It is on a steep forested eastern slope of Flagstaff Hill. The goal was to experiment with the focus and exposure challenges in forests, and to explore the potential for capturing vegetation community information from GigaPans. Ignoring the standard GigaPan protocols, the camera was set for automatic exposure (program mode), automatic focus, ISO 200, and the lens was not zoomed in all the way. The panoramic coverage exceeds 360 degrees, despite the fact that this Web site reports a field of view of 306 degrees. Making this test on a steep slope allowed me to capture the lower forest canopy as well as the forest floor with only two rows of photos. |
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During the pre burn set up for The Crucible Fire Arts Festival® |
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This is the first real GigaPan I took during the May fofs Workshop. The view is from Flagstaff Hill toward the Cathedral of Learning. My goal was to experiment with the challenges of great depth of field and low light in forests, although the distant skyline is the real subject of this shot. The focus in all photos for this image was fixed a bit short of infinity. The exposure was fixed at 1/160 sec and f5.6, which highlights the skyline and reduces the recoverable information about the trees. |
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This panoramic is composed of approximately 84 images, taken to test a mount designed to correct for parallax errors. Unfortunately, it only works for horizontal parallax (as you will see in the image). Images were acquired with a Canon EOS30D with a Canon EF 28 - 135 mm lens. Aside from the stitch errors, I forgot to lock the exposure settings, so there is some variation in the sky hues. I also haven't quite got the hang of the stitching software yet.. Please let me know what you think! Lets hope the weather holds so that I can get more shots like this one! |
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View of the Bay Area from Brandon Trail. I got come here in winter when the visiblity is better and I'll take a better picture of the whole bay. |
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The Panther Hollow bridge crosses over Schenley park. The view from the bridge encompasses Schenley park, Oakland including most of the University of Pittsburgh, and even a couple of skyscrapers in downtown. |
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Moving subject, stationary camera!
Saved as a TIFF file and cropped and enlarged in Photoshop. Stitched from 10 hand-held grab shots, hence a few stitching irregularities along the waterline, and I missed the top of the superstructure. The ship literally sneaked up behind me at 8 or 9 knots as I was photographing San Francisco, and I didn't react until the throbbing of the engines became noticeable. I held the camera as steady as I could and shot when the overlap was appropriate. The ship is beginning a 12-day voyage to Pusan, South Korea. Camera is a Nikon D40 on program at 157mm. |
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Panorama looking across Panther Hollow toward the Oakland Square Historic District and central Oakland. |