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In a snapshot, a falcon is seen banking out of a turn to fly straight at this GigaPanographer. A few blocks away are a few swans, but I was not aware of any other bird types until I saw this beautiful bird in flight. Two words... big and amazing and I was able to capture it as this scene unfolded. Note: This panorama was stitched from 37 photos taken with a Nikon D70 and aNikkor 18-70mm kit lens. The overall focus could have been a tad better, but the photos themselves were NEF or RAW converted to 300 dpi JPG files and then stitched with Stitcher version 0.4.4087 with the result that in the *Thinking* snapshot you can easily see the bike wheel spokes at a good distance from the camera lens. |
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Famous fountain close to the Houston Galleria.
Initally, was known as the Transco Fountain, and then as Williams Fountain but now, it is simply the WaterWall. |
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From the Wikipedia entry:
The Yerkes Observatory, arguably the birthplace of modern astrophysics, is an astronomical observatory of the University of Chicago in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. It was created in 1897 by George Ellery Hale and financed by Charles T. Yerkes. The observatory represented a shift in the thinking of observatories, from mere housing for a telescope and observer, to the modern concept of observation equipment integrated with laboratory space for physics and chemistry. A 102 cm (40 inch) refracting telescope built by the master optician Alvan Clark is located inside. It remains the largest refracting telescope ever used. |
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Roger Williams, whose tomb and statue are on the left, was a co-founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and founder of the First Baptist Church in America. The church's current meeting house with its tall white steeple, was built in 1775 and can be seen just beyond the large tree left of center, at the level of his knee. Williams was a champion of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. He was born in England in 1603 and died in Providence in 1683 The heart of "Downcity" Providence is in the center of this panorama taken from Prospect Terrace Park on College Hill.
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View from the hill overlooking Puerto Williams, CHile, the Beaver Channel and Tierra del Fuego on the other side. |
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I travelled to HBU looking for a few panoramas and what I discovered was a number of panoramas, a very interesting building with three museums, one of which has my attention, and Jody, a staff member on the beautiful campus of Houston Baptist University. This hand-held 360-panorama was taken by my trusty Nikon D70 with a new lens, the Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G. Additional details can be found on Stitcher Notes with information there concerning the GigaPan Stitcher run. A link concerning this beautiful fountain: http://www.hbu.edu/hbu/The_Williams_Fountain.asp Note: This panorama can be seen in Google Earth as a beautiful 360-degree 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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Lots and lots of traffic went by as I took this, but none to be seen in this pano, which can be attributed to luck as well as the pause button on the robot. |
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My wife has always called this complex God's Chair. I suppose it fits. Technically, it is Williams Square, but who am I to judge? |