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This is the view from Crook Peak in the Mendips, looking across to Weston-super-Mare. As ever, wide fov images like this look best in GE.
Weston is actually hidden behind a hill and you can only see the outskirts, but capturing Weston was not the goal. The goal was in fact to answer two technical questions: (1) how big can I make a pano? and (2) what is the view like from Crook Peak? The answer to the first question seems to be "at least 2.5Gpix" (I like this number) and to the second "well, it is a bit like this". Sadly this pano has no extraordinary hats like this: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=11641. I took a 360° from this viewpoint but sadly it didn't work out. A pity - you can see Glastonbury Tor quite clearly. I am undecided about whether one can see Sand Point (http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=9016) in this view. I suspect one can't. Will update these comments when I have geocoded this pano more accurately and had a look in GE. |
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A gigapan of what many believe to be the most dramatic stretch of seafront in Asia, the financial district of Hong Kong, that is a postcard favorite. 5" exposure, 14" pic time on the EPIC.
Another gigapan of HK Island from a similar vantage point at dusk http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=17500 |
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A view of Downtown Hong Kong from the much-visited Peak in Central District. Taken with a D700 on a tripod mount. |
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A 360 degree panorama consisting of 10 images. All hand held.
Notice the two shadows of myself. Stitched with Autopano pro. |
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Big Bend National Park, Texas |
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Looking up from the base of the talus slope along the Presidents Trail one gets a close up look at the four presidents against an azure blue sky. |
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Mt. Sopris is actually the tallest mountain in Colorado when measured from its base to its peak, but not the highest at 12995 feet.
Tech note, this photo was taken from12 miles away using a 1100mm (35mm equiv) lens on a Nikon D200 mounted on an Orion Teletrack Telescope Mount robotically driven with Papywizard software. Stitched with the Gigapan Stitcher (Autopano Giga 2 failed) |
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Carved from the Precambrian Harney Peak Granite by Gutzon Borglum and a host of stonemasons, the Mount Rushmore memorial portrays the likenesses of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. |
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A gorgeous day and a spectacular view. From this point in southern Arizona one can see well into Mexico, including a long stretch of the Border Fence. |