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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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Note: an earlier GigaPan, http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30905 , did not include the panoramic view of Pasadena and the Houston Ship Channelarea as does this panorama.
Taken from the 24th floor of Hilton Americas Hotel: http://tinyurl.com/2og9ru An stunning view of Houston from Galena Park and the Houston Ship Channel area westward to the heart of the downtown area, especially so since there are two pillars not shown in this panorama, but yet the view can almost be considered seamless except that the railing shows where there should be a pillar(s). The GigaPan Stitcher comes though with flying colors on this one. The view, taken from the 24th floor and was breathtaking as I took it using my trusty Nikon D70 (soon to be retired) and a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens. There is no Photoshop on this panorama, only the GigaPan Stitcher, and the collection of photos were taken hand-held. |
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Taken from the 24th floor of Hilton Americas Hotel: http://tinyurl.com/2og9ru
An incredible view of Houston from University of Houston westward to the heart of the downtown area, especially incredible since there are two pillars not shown in this panorama, but yet the view can almost be considered seamless except that the railing shows where there should be a pillar(s). The GigaPan Stitcher comes though with flying colors on this one. The view, taken from the 24th floor and was breathtaking as I took it using my trusty Nikon D70 (soon to be retired) and a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens. There is no Photoshop on this panorama, only the GigaPan Stitcher. |
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The TMC suffers with a great amount of traffic and roads always need improvement at one time or another. This scene illustrates a road improvement that is currently in progress and the well-designed safety precautions that have been installed to keep traffic moving in a safe manner. |
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This past summer it was announced that Ryan had signed with the Baltimore Orioles: http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=380272
During the past three seasons, Ryan was a very exciting pitcher to watch, especially for his friends from Hanszen College: http://tinyurl.com/yg9pay6 This panorama is of an exhibition baseball game: Rice vs. Texas State: http://tinyurl.com/ygjszuk. This hand-held panorama was taken using a Nikon D70 and a Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G lens and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software. Note: This 360-panorama can be seen in Google Earth as a curved panorama on a curved surface by clicking the link, View in Google Earth (assuming that you have Google Earth installed on your computer). |
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This hand-held GigaPan was taken at the same time as this GigaPan, http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27578, and in this view, you can see the robot doing its thing whle I am trying to keep cool on this very hot July 5th, 2009. |