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Tudor Fieldhouse, the home of Autry Court is shown in this panorama. As I was taking it, Heather, a Rice Grad Student, walked by and was a good sport about participating in the pano and at the same time, a Construction Crew returned to their truck and became willing participants too.
As always, viewing in Google Earth via the link, adds a lot of visual excitement. It was a cloudy day and rain was coming in from the west, but all-in-all, a good view of the Tudor Field House prior to opening for visitors during Homecoming Weekend. |
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This panorama is my answer to Kilgore's GigaPan, The View From Above, http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7536. It is not as *grand* as his, but then Houston, Texas is not Bath, England.
Hand-held panorama of the Houston skyline comprised of 44 photos taken in a brisk wind, using a P&S camera, the SX110. Note: at the altitude of a six-story parking garage, the wind velocity was enough that this panorama could not have been accomplished had I not used image stablization since the camera was at maximum optical zoom. I went job-searching today and was told that for the for job I was seeking, I might as well go to the Moon! So, I went to the top floor of the parking garage and looked for the Moon, but all I found was this incredible sweeping panorama of downtown Houston all the way to Reliant Park and the Astrodome, and we also see the Texas Medical Center and Rice University:) As time goes by, there may be a *large* number of snapshots discovered in this hand-held panorama, stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher. |
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Thus should really be called, "Play on Light," for there are colors, and different zones and some tones and shadows and bright to intense sunlight and even reflections, not to mention some cool looking architecture and granite slabs that you won't find anywhere else ... its got everything!
I was there to capture the sunlit door, the east door going into the chemistry building, Keck Hall. This time of the year, to see the golden color of the door, you have to be there early and the effect only lasts for a few minutes. Because of the early time, I was not expecting many people to be around, especially students and I was surprised to see a couple of students studying (one you will see, but the other left with his friend for breakfast), a Rice Dad and his young son, Landry, named after another Texan, Coach Landry. After the panorama started, all of a sudden, Susannah appeared with her boy friend, a Rice post doc and their two dogs and all agreed to be in my Gigapan. Please compare this Gigapan to a previous Gigapan from a month earlier: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?auth=f1d3c7ab9c51c27b4ab6eeb3222b3398 Notice that the trees have changed their appearence. It is good fortune that I walked away from completing it, otherwise I would not have had a great panorama as what I have with this panorama of Susannah. As always, this Gigapan looks great when viewed in Google Earth via the GE link and was taken in the same area as one of my earliest Gigapans: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=6656 And if you go to: http://www.pbase.com/texas_photo/image/87015471 you will see that this window that we see the reflection is one of my favorite locations on campus. |
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To the left and across the street is Alice Pratt Brown Hall, the home of Shepherd School of Music.
In the Rice sports complex surounding this plaza is, from left to right, Fox Gym, Reckling Park, the home of Cameron Field and the Rice Owls Baseball team and Jake Hess Tennis Stadium. |
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While on my usual expedition to Fondren Library, I met these two incredible ladies in Brochstein and spent a *most* enjoyable time showing them the sights around the campus and moments before we parted, we took this GigaPan of a very special moment-in-time on this wonderful day. And the view in Google Earth via the link is spectacular :) In the second frame, Christina moved too fast for the camera shutter ... maybe it too was mesmerized by this scene un-folding before us:) After the above GigaPan was taken, of all people, who do you think showed up? Right, Deian who many remember from this spectacular GigaPan taken last September: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=9620&snapshot_id=26838. NOTE: the missing frame of Jodi and Christina can be seen in this GigaPan: http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?auth=2c6c1e53ff90e5bfd37b187f88e93eeb |
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This was a very enjoyable effort and the results are most rewarding. It was a pleasure working with Maggie and Renuka and this GigaPan glows since it is one of my most often viewed panoramas.
The location can be seen from an earlier gigapan: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=6655 An experiment to determine the Leica D-Lux 3 depth of field. The camera lens was two feet or less from the granite stone and was shot at f/8. Thanks to Leica lens design: depth of focus extends from the lettering on the granite all the way back to Fondren Library. Again, to observe the dramatic effect of Willy, click the link to the left to see him in Google Earth. |
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Lots of excitement taking this GigaPan and if you take the time to read the snapshot comments, you will see what happened.
A similar GigaPan was taken the day before and can be seen here: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=25030. Thanks to Amy, a Grad Student, who took a few minutes from her busy schedule to help me with this. |
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An earlier GigaPan of Sam Houston Statue can be seen here: http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?id=9906
This should be entitled something like, "Continuation of Engle's Transportation Series, Past and Future," or a better one would be simply, "One Lucky Shot." Just playing around with taking hand-held photos using the SX110 and just accidentally caught two trains on either side of Sam Houston Statue. It is only 9 images, but the panorama looks cool and happened on a hot day in Houston, Texas. Using the robot, I do not believe I could have captured a moment like what we see above: 9 photos in less than a minute [left to right]. This is a reason to always try to carry a camera for those unexpected moments in time we call great panoramas. |
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Martin Luther King Day, 2009, a day before the Inauguration of Barack Obama, an extraordinary day unlike any other Inauguration Day ever experienced in these United States.
It is interesting to note that United States President, Barack Obama and Rice President, David Leebron, have both been Editors of the Harvard Law Review: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Law_Review |
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Herzstein Hall, Lovett Hall & Sewall Hall
To my eye, this is one of the most incredible vistas that I have taken with a GigaPan robot, and as anyone can see who follows my GigaPan effort, this is not the first view we see of the Academic Quad, nor will it be the last. Nineteen days of hard work required for this the 96th Commencement of Rice University. http://students.rice.edu/students/Commencement.asp |