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Situated at an altitude of 2020 m Kühtai is Austria's highest winter sport village and because of this it has best snowconditions from beginning of December till spring. The slopes are next to the hotels, so no walking or driving is neccessary. Besides 30 km of ski and snowboard slopes, Kühtal excels in its great offer of ski tours. Every Wednesday and Saturday night skiing possible
The panorama is made up from 560 images at focal length of 400mm. It was shoot on Christmas eve. All the other spherical panoramas can be viewed here http://360cities.net/area/kuehtai Any commercial use or publication of the image, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization of the copyright holder is strictly prohibited. |
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December 2008, Ski Path #3, Bukovel Ski resort, Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine |
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The French version of Disney's Haunted Mansion. |
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Another golf hole at Garland Resort (Monarch #11) that will be one of four change-of-seasons panoramics. I had my exposure locked and halfway thru my series of pictures the sun came out, becoming much brighter, and completely washed out the right hand side. The three foot bridges close to the green are barely visible. Has anyone paused halfway thru a picture session and reset their exposure setting? I will set it on automatic exposure the next time. Taking a series of pictures where you want to capture some detail in the woods really overexposes the snow. Just another learning experience.
By the way, can you find the Bald Eagle's nest? |
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Naoshima, appeared in a 007 novel by Raymond Benson called "The Man with the Red Tattoo", is famouse for its art-oriented atmosphere. And here in Benesse Art SIte Naoshima, you can find several interesting art pieces. |
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This shot is of the original Downtown Disney which was followed shortly afterwards by the Downtown Disney Westside. Downtown Disney which is open to the public, with plenty of free parking, serves as the shopping,dining and entertainment hub of the massive Walt Disney World Resort. This area only has dining and shopping, including quite a few highly unique stores and restaurants. It is a popular place to enjoy after a day at the theme parks or before guests head to the airport as you can find practically any kind of Disney branded product you can imagine, from inexpensive plastic trinkets to hundreds of Disney stuffed character toys to specialty art, jewelry and crystal costing thousands of dollars. If you look under Mickey and Minnie over the doors to the World of Disney Store you will see two cast members in costume. They are a part of the Disney magic as their only job, so far as I could tell, was to sprinkle fairy dust (glitter) on the heads of little girls. I have heard it speculated that Disney caters more to little girls as studies show that it is the women of the family who usually set the vacation plans, so Disney tries to enchant them young so they bring their own families back when they reach adulthood. |
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Garland's annual Member/ Member tournament. Early finishers are gathered under the scoreboard tent after finishing a round of golf during the two-day event. The theme this year was "Crazy Pants". |
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The South Wing of the Main Lodge showiing lodge rooms, suites, the conference rooms and the separate "Great Room".
Can you find the woman in blue? |
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Viewed from the parking lot of Rustler's Rooste, next to the Arizona Grand Resort (formerly the Pointe Hilton), snow-capped mountains are off in the distance, the only sign that it is winter to the golfers on the resort course. Mountains visible are, from the left, Piestewa Peak, Camelback, McDowell Mountains, Red Mountain and the Superstition Mountains. Most of Tempe can be seen, including the ASU campus, Sun Devil Stadium, the new high-rise buildings along the 'lake' formed in the Salt River bed. First big pan done with my new SX110 IS and GigaPan Epic. |