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Dave Belcher (Darbs)
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada
Gigapans: 77
Snapshots: 195
Bookmarks: 67
Last Visited: March 20, 2010
Tags:
Canada,
architecture,
British_Columbia,
Canada,
lumix,
industrial,
photography,
Edmonton,
panasonic,
alberta,
graphics,
landscapes,
large_format,
camera
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I live and work in the Edmonton area of Alberta. Most of my work in the last 30 years has been in the field of graphic arts and photo reproduction. I'm no stranger to large cameras. In years past I worked on a large overhead Brown Admiral repro camera with a 750mm apo-Nikor lens and a film format of 60" x 96". I've also worked with the latest drum scanners from Crosfield and Fuji. I currently live on an acreage near Stony Plain , Alberta. My other hobbies include backyard astronomy, flyfishing, canoeing and gardening, specializing in growing giant pumpkins and sunflowers. I've also taken up flying and hope to have my private pilot's license soon. In the meantime I'll be taking lots of aerial photos with the digital camera.
Galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/darby2
http://www.pbase.com/darby2/gigapan_panoramas
http://gigapan.org/viewProfile.php?userid=1242
Gigapan Users and Creators Group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12181809949
My Gigapan BLOG:
http://darbsgigapanblog.blogspot.com/
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Regarding my Gigapan images, I try to optimize the exposure and composition for detail, accuracy of colour and overall interest of the subject matter. You'll find my subject matter varied and unusual in some respects. Some images contain stitching errors because of subject movement during recording.
I'm also currently working on a project to output many of my images on a 98" wide Hewlett-Packard plotter at high resolution (1440 x 1440) with the view to having an exhibition next year. Stay tuned for further developments! The largest plotter images can be 96" high by the length of the roll (150 feet) Test results so far have been excellent. Prices and shipping details upon request.
And now....the world's largest panorama...nearly 27 Gigapixels of the skyline of the city of Paris...a monumental undertaking by French photographer Arnaud Frich and his team. 2346 images stitched into one huge panorama measuring 354159 x 75570 pixels!!!
http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html
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Panasonic Lumix FZ 20 |
| 5MP, 12x optical zoom Leica lens |
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Panasonic Lumix FZ 50 |
| 10 mp, 12x optical zoom Leica lens 35-420mm efl |
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Manfrotto tripod |
| Model 190X ProB 804 RC2 HD |
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Gigapan Epic 100, used with both the FZ50 and the LX2 |
| robotic imaging platform |
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Panasonic Lumix LX2 28-112mm efl (4x) |
| compact digital camera used on the Beta imager |
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Jeep Cherokee |
| My trusty Jeep |
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Duracell rechargeable batteries |
| I have at least 4 sets of 6 for the imager + a charger |
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Gigapan Beta imager |
| Used with the Panasonic Lumix LX2 |
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Panasonic SDHC Class 6 memory cards |
| I carry cards with capacities from 2gb to 8 gb and will probably add a 16 gb as well |
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Macbook Pro 17" computer |
| Supplied refurbished by Apple Canada with 2 gigs of RAM and a 250 Gig hard drive. I've also added a Western Digital 1 Terabyte Firewire hard drive |
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Osoyoos, BC from Anarchist Mountain summit
Author: Dave Belcher (Darbs)
Tags:
bc,
desert,
anarchist,
orchards,
wineries,
wine,
okanagan,
osoyoos,
british_columbia,
canada
Size: 2.05 gigapixels
Added: November 18, 2009
Total Views: 1026
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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The view looking west of the southern Okanagan city on Osoyoos Lake which straddles the Canada-US border in southern British Columbia. Thousands of acres of vineyards and orchards produce many of Canada's finest wines and tree fruits is this little vest-pocket desert. See if you can pick out the Dutch windmill which is about 3 km from the camera...This has to be one of the greatest panoramas in Canada...there's even a pull-out on Highway 3 where you can stop and take in the view.
That's sagebrush in the near foreground.
Composed of 405 shots (45x9), FOV 3.9 degrees, 420mm EFL, Polarizing filter
Ok, let's see how long this takes to upload on my dial-up...I'm guessing about 150 hours. ;o) Neat thing about this uploader, even when my modem disconnects after 12 hours it still keeps the upload going for about 10-15 minutes until I reconnect the modem. It must have a big buffer.
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Threshing wagons, Reynolds Alberta Museum
Author: Dave Belcher (Darbs)
Tags:
tractor,
harvest,
alberta,
wetaskiwin,
ram,
reynolds_alberta_museum,
threshing,
truck,
combine,
wheat
Size: 0.22 gigapixels
Added: November 10, 2009
Total Views: 399
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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Loaded and ready for threshing, the wagons loaded with sheaves and bundles and grain truck standby to begin threshing. The steam tractor used is shown in my previous Gigapan, a Sawyer Massey: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/32121/
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Getting all decked out for Christmas
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This is a full size replica of Columbus' ship. It's moored in the waterpark at West Edmonton Mall along with the submarines (left)
Note: This is only a test for exposure, perspective and composition. I had trouble with vibration on some frames during the 1/10 sec. exposures, also with the sun darting in and out of the clouds making for uncertain lighting. Will be doing another re-shoot shortly...in the meantime, have fun exploring!
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Photographed at the show and shine , Boilermakers Learning Centre, Edmonton
Thr reindeer were riding in the sidecar. :-))
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Aviation Hall of Fame, Reynolds Alberta Museum
Author: Dave Belcher (Darbs)
Tags:
aviation,
planes,
antique,
aircraft,
reynolds_museum,
wetaskiwin,
alberta,
edmonton,
canada
Size: 0.54 gigapixels
Added: November 4, 2009
Total Views: 446
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Located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, southeast of Edmonton, the Hall contains dozens of rare aircraft, some unique like the full size replica of the CF-105 AVRO Arrow.
See how many of the planes on display you can identify (with a snapshot)
This GigaPan was subject to some vibration during shutter release causing some slight blurring on some frames. Will be doing a re-shoot in a few months.
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AVRO Arrow
Author: Dave Belcher (Darbs)
Tags:
arrow,
fighter,
interceptor,
aircraft,
plane,
orenda,
avro,
iroquois,
cf_105,
rcaf,
wetaskiwin,
alberta,
edmonton,
canada
Size: 0.31 gigapixels
Added: November 2, 2009
Total Views: 261
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This is a full size replica of the CF-105 Avro Arrow which was to become Canada's most advanced fighter-interceptor in the 1950's. Capable of a cruising speed in the range of Mach 1.5 and a top speed of 2.3 at an altitude of 50,000 feet of higher. It was scrapped by the John Diefenbaker goverment on Black Friday, Feb. 20, 1959.
http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10220
This replica is on display at the Aviation Hall of Fame in Wetaskiwin, Alberta south of Edmonton.
Read more about this famous aircraft in Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow
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This is one of several famous aircraft on display at the museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
The Bristol Freighter has been described as "40,000 rivets flying in close formation" :o)
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3 Antique Cars with USM, test file,
Author: Dave Belcher (Darbs)
Tags:
flying_quail,
hot_rods,
cars,
antique,
V_8,
Ford,
Chev,
show_shine,
USM,
Unsharp_mask
Size: 0.15 gigapixels
Added: October 28, 2009
Total Views: 680
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Shot in Edmonton, Alberta at the Boilermakers Learning Center. I stitched this and then applied an unsharp mask to the tiff file to enhance the sharpness. (Radius 1.5 pixels, 200%, threshold 0)
GigaPan Stitcher version 0.4.3865 (Macintosh)
Panorama size: 154 megapixels (22686 x 6832 pixels)
Input images: 40 (10 columns by 4 rows)
Field of view: 88.8 degrees wide by 26.7 degrees high (top=3.9, bottom=-22.9)
Settings:
All default settings
Original image properties:
Camera make: Panasonic
Camera model: DMC-FZ50
Image size: 3648x2736 (10.0 megapixels)
Capture time: 2009-08-29 11:22:23 - 2009-08-29 11:26:04
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure time: 0.005
ISO: 100
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 130.0 mm
Horizontal overlap: 41.4 to 45.5 percent
Vertical overlap: 50.1 to 55.3 percent
Computer stats: 2048 MB RAM, 2 CPUs
Total time 34:59 (0:52 per picture)
Alignment: 2:12, Projection: 3:52, Blending: 28:54
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Badlands of Drumheller, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
Author: Dave Belcher (Darbs)
Tags:
coulee,
drumheller,
hoodoos,
badlands,
alberta,
dinosaur,
provincial_park,
erosion
Size: 0.54 gigapixels
Added: October 25, 2009
Total Views: 839
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This is the Wilson Creek Coulee badlands near Drumheller, Alberta, part of Dinosaur Provincial Park. Many of the fossils in the Tyrell Museum have come from these badlands.
There's a young girl peeking out from behind one of the hoodoos. ( I'll let you find her and do a snapshot of her)
High resolution large format view in Google Earth: http://maps.pbase.com/darby2/image/113204546#
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