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This is a 360 degree Panorama of the Aumndsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole Antarctica.
This was taken on 7-28 during the afternoon at a temperature of around -90F with a windchill of -130F. The moon in the shot was only a slight crescent but is incredibly bright. When the moon is not around we are surrounded by total darkness, unless we happen to be graced by a beautiful aurora! I was lucky enough to catch this nice aurora along with the moon. The moon is so bright down here that it mutes out the sky, making shots of stars quite difficult. I have to move very fast while taking photos down here as my batteries freeze quite quickly and even my tripod freezes and no longer will rotate... Normally I keep a headlamp with me, but this time I had forgotten it while in a rush to capture the dissipating aurora, so had to shoot with whatever I had last set the camera at, and had to hope i didn't bump the rings since i wouldn't be able to see to change anything. Unfortunately while walking out to this point to take the photos I bumped the focal ring on the lens and ever so slightly causing the pictures to bit out of focus, but the pano was so beautiful I couldn't just toss it. These images were taken with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II at 16mm, f-stop 2.8 for 30 second exposures. *edit: You can see each of the constellations drawn in over the skyline here: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=31101 |
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This is the same as my other pano with the exception that the good South Pole doc (grannydoc) went to the trouble of drawing in each of the constellations that are visible in the sky. You can see the same pano without the stars drawn in at my other pano:
http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30450 |
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What: 2008 State Fair of Texas
http://www.bigtex.com When: Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 Where: Fair Park, a 277-acre entertainment and recreation complex owned by the City of Dallas, is located two miles east of downtown. The park is the year-round home of the Music Hall, Cotton Bowl and eight museums. Fair Park is a National Historic Landmark and boasts the largest collection of art deco exposition buildings in the United States. Big Tex Big Tex made his debut at the 1952 State Fair of Texas. Wearing size 70 boots and a 75-gallon hat, Tex towered 52' above wide-eyed visitors. His denim jeans and plaid shirt were donated by the H. D. Lee Company of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Cosmetic surgery the following year straightened his nose, corrected a lascivious wink and allowed him to talk. From The Great State Fair of Texas – An Illustrated History, by Nancy Wiley. HISTORY: The first State Fair to be held in Dallas was presented at this location in 1886. Fair Park was the site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition which ran for six months and attracted 6 million people. An extended 31-day Fair in 1986 celebrated the Texas Sesquicentennial and drew almost 4 million visitors. |
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This is another Panorama of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. This one was taken technically on the 29th, the day after my previous similar shot. Though just barely, this shot was taken at 1 am.
This photo is however, very different. The moon is in front of the station in this shot rather than behind it, which makes the station look completely different. My other shot makes the station look very dark (which it is to provide heating through absorption of the sun's rays), whereas this one is very light, and almost all white. During the winter, the blowing snow sticks to the station making everything turn white. During the summer season it will not be cold enough to stick, and the sun is there to heat the special black siding also keeping the snow away. I Intentionally left the moon split between the pano, because I liked the effect . Unlike my other Pano, this one I remembered to bring my headlamp and make sure everything on the camera was set correctly, and thus this shot is actually in focus! You can clearly see the station details. This was again taken in temps around -90F. I've had multiple 360 pano attempts fail because the camera's batteries froze before i got spun all the way around :{ This was shot with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 16mm, f-stop 2.8 and 30 second exposures |
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The weather delayed this Gigapan until the Sunday afternoon of the festival but it was worth the wait to capture a great afternoon in the beautiful Larmer Tree lawns! This was around 3pm - on the Main Stage is The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, and setting up on the Garden Stage is the Zong Zing All Stars (Soukous music from The Democratic Republic of Congo). You might also spot a few interesting remnants from Fancy Dress Saturday... and a muddy boot or two! There are a couple of stitching errors that I am aware of which I hope to fix very soon. |
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2º Prueba de gigapano, hecho a mano con una nikon D80 y usando una distancia focal de 70mm, tiene un gran fallo debido a un deplazamiento muy grande de una tira a otra pero decidi subirla porque esta bastante bien por lo demas y no tiene fallos de gente a la mitad, etc, q teniendo en cuenta la hora a la q fue sacada es casi imposible xD.
Todos los comentarios son bienvenidos!! 2º Gigapano Test, Made at hand using a nikon D80 with 70mm focal distance, have a big error due I moved a lot between 2 rows of photos, but I deciced to upload it because is fine in another aspects like there aren't people with half body, etc. All coments are welcome!! Otros gigapanos / Another Gigapans: http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=28001 http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=28184 |
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