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David Engle (Texas_Photo)
Houston,
United States of America
Gigapans: 272
Snapshots: 2123
Bookmarks: 31
Last Visited: November 20, 2009
Tags:
Trainer,
GigaPan
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GigaPan Trainer and Gigapanographer:
TexasGigaPanographer@gmail.com
P.O. Box 1222
Bellaire, TX
77402-1222
RECENT NEWS: Check out this link to creative ideas at GigaPanSystems website: http://gigapansystems.com/support/creative-ideas.html
Welcome to my GigaPan Home Page. If you are unfamiliar with the GigaPan process, please visit the following and watch these short videos:
http://gigapansystems.com/youtube-video-tutorials.html
For the history buff that may be interested in a walking tour of a very historic city [Bath, England] via GigaPan images, a visit to this link may be very exciting:
http://www.gigapan.org/viewConversation.php?id=40892.
For those that desire to see my entire collection of Rice University panoramas and GigaPans, click on this link: http://tinyurl.com/RiceUniversity
And to see panoramas of students, staff and visitors on the campus of Rice University, click on this link: http://tinyurl.com/RiceUniversity-People
To see *portraits* taken at the Beer Bike Parade, click on this link: http://tinyurl.com/RiceUniversity-BeerBikeParade
And to see panoramas of the Engineering Quad on the campus of Rice University, click on this link: http://tinyurl.com/RiceUniversity-EngineeringQuad
And to see panoramas of the Academic Quad on the campus of Rice University, click on this link: http://tinyurl.com/RiceUniversity-AcademicQuad
And to see panoramas pertaining to Reckling Park and Cameron Field, click on this link: http://tinyurl.com/RiceUniversity-Baseball
And to see panoramsa pertaining to Rice Stadium, click on this link: http://tinyurl.com/RiceUniversity-Football
To see my series of panoramas showing Lakes on Post Oak, click: http://tinyurl.com/LakesOnPostOak
To see my series of panoramas showing the Hermann Park Japanese Garden, click: http://tinyurl.com/Houston-JapaneseGarden
For those that desire to see my entire collection of the Redline MetroRail train series, click: http://tinyurl.com/HoustonMetroRail-Redline
For those that desire to see my entire collection of the Astrodome Statue series, click: http://tinyurl.com/AstrodomeStatues
Note: To see all the GigaPans taken on the campus of Rice University that can be seen in Google Earth, on the gigapan.org home page click on the link, *Browse Panoramas in Google Earth*, and that will d/l a file to your computer, gigapan.kml, which, when opened, will bring up Google Earth and all of the GigaPan locations will be shown. Fly to 77030 and move across South Main from the Texas Medical Center and there they all are.
david.engle@gmail.com
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Nikon D-70 & 70-200mm f/2.8 |
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Canon SX110 |
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Nikon D-70 & Various Portrait Lenses |
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The people that own this property, Allen and Mikey Isbell, are ministering to this congregation of people and are having Sunday Church Services in their greenhouse or sun-room as seen in this 360-degree panorama. A panorama of their actual church building has been seen in an earlier panorama: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/31296/
This congregation of people are waiting for the construction and repair of their building (Ike caused major interior damage) to be complete before they return, and each Sunday until then are meeting in the Isbell's greenhouse as explained in this newspaper articles from September and November, 2008: http://tinyurl.com/5ferpn and http://tinyurl.com/mkc4hk
Over my lifetime, I have attended a few churches and have listened to a fair number of sermons, and I must honestly say that this service was sort of unique to me as I have never been among a group of people that have been through so much pain and agony as what these have been through this past year and still are excited about the work and the path that is set before them as they continue to help those that are in need in the city of Galveston, Texas.
I was uplifted by Allen's sermon and was touched by their overwhelming friendliness and acceptance of me, a visitor, into their meeting place and would return more often if it were not for the long distance that separates Galveston from Houston.
They have invited me back for their first church service in their renovated church building to take another GigaPan and I look forward to that occasion, whenever it may be.
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.
This hand-held panorama was taken with a Nikon D-70 using a Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6 G lens and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software. Additional information can be seen in Stitcher Notes.
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Chloe Fixing Her Hair: A Between-Class Sequence and a 360-Degree Panorama
Author: David Engle (Texas_Photo)
Tags:
ricew,
fondren,
keck,
rmc,
duncan,
rice,
university,
24x1,
d70,
anderson,
riceu
Size: 0.10 gigapixels
Added: September 17, 2009
Total Views: 718
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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This amazing lady is a math major and because of the pressures of studying, well you only have so many hours in a day.
After taking the panorama of Lisa, http://gigapan.org/gigapans/33041/ I walked over to Keck Hall with the purpose of taking a small panorama, but before I got to where I wanted, I saw some nice sunlight on the lecture hall entrance, and as I took the photos, I wanted to make sure that the resultant size was large enough to U/L to gigapan.org and then I noticed Chloe walking towards RMC and I then took enough photos to make this a 360-degree panorama and it stitched as such.
Again, this was taken hand-held with a Nikon D70 camera and a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 lens and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software. Additional information can be seen upon clicking Stitcher Notes.
Also,I was happy to get this rare lens. Due to lens quality, it is very popular, so I celebrated my good fortune by buying a Heliopan UV filter.
You may enjoy the view in Google Earth via the link, View in Google Earth.
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Lisa Basking In Sunlight: A Stunning Panorama
Author: David Engle (Texas_Photo)
Tags:
herzstein,
sewall,
d70,
rayzor,
anderson,
fondren,
ricew,
riceu,
university,
rice,
18x1,
willy,
academic
Size: 0.09 gigapixels
Added: September 17, 2009
Total Views: 1072
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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I bought a new Nikkor lens yesterday and today was the first attempt to use the 35mm f/1.8.
Upon entering the Academic Quad, I could see that in a few moments, after the Sun cleared a cloud, I would have some good sunlight and I saw Lisa and asked if she wanted to participate in this experimental panorama.
I hoped that it would be a 360-degree panorama, but things don't always happen the way you wish that they would and so, we almost had a 360 had it not been for user error.
As you can readily see, the panorama was taken during the student go slowly from one class to another, so there are many faces in the crowd that are recognizable to those that may know them.
Again, this was taken hand-held with a Nikon D70 camera and a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 lens and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software. Additional information can be seen upon clicking Stitcher Notes.
Also,I was happy to get this rare lens. Due to lens quality, it is very popular, so I celebrated my good fortune by buying a Heliopan UV filter.
You may enjoy the view in Google Earth via the link, View in Google Earth.
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Rice University: Labor Day, 2009 and Bill and Heather Are Laboring With Their Dogs
Author: David Engle (Texas_Photo)
Tags:
martel,
rice,
riceu,
police,
stadium,
jake,
hess,
tennis,
reckling,
riceowlsbaseball,
d70,
32x1,
center,
media
Size: 0.14 gigapixels
Added: September 7, 2009
Total Views: 457
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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This panorama was taken between the Tennis Stadium and the Media Center, across the street from the Rice University Police Station.
At various times of the school year, this intersection can be very, very busy because of sports events, music events and continuing education events all happening at once. But when I took the panorama, it looked pretty peaceful to me.
The panorama was taken hand-held with a Nikon D70 and a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens and was stitched with the GigaPan Stitcher software. Additional information can be seen via the Stitcher Notes link.
Although this panorama is not a 360, a trip to Google Earth via the link can be rewarding.
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Rice University: Alice Pratt Brown Hall, McNair Hall and Baker Hall From Lee and Joe Jamail Plaza - a 360 Panorama
Author: David Engle (Texas_Photo)
Tags:
lee,
riceu,
university,
alice,
rice,
houston,
sx110,
42x1,
baker,
plaza,
jamail,
brown,
joe,
mcnair,
pratt
Size: 0.30 gigapixels
Added: September 7, 2009
Total Views: 441
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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The fall semester is now going into its third week of the school year and on this Labor Day morning, 2009, the fountain in Jamail Plaza is glowing with sunlight.
We have taken GigaPans in this area before, but the fountain view screamed for yet another panorama of this beautiful plaza.
Baker Hall is the home of James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Rice University , and who can forget the GigaPan of Heather taken last December: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=13445
The panorama was taken hand-held using a Canon SX110 camera.
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Terry - From New York Considers The Cockrell Butterfly Wing To Be Awesome
Author: David Engle (Texas_Photo)
Tags:
butterflies,
sx110,
17x1,
terri,
teri,
terry,
cockrell,
butterfly,
center,
insect,
zoo,
butterflys
Size: 0.10 gigapixels
Added: September 4, 2009
Total Views: 364
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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This was a busy day for me. I met my friend to help her with her new camera, http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=32036 and afterwards went into the Museum to let someone know of the panorama I took of a child and her mother, http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=31803 and while I was there I found an employee of the Museum who really helped us all by providing the correct names for the insects in this panorama: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=31802.
Afterwards, I went into the Butterfly Wing to take a panorama using the Canon SX110 and found Terry, a nice lady visiting from New York and she seemed to be overwhelmed with all that she was seeing in this unique building.
The panorama was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher and the panorama can be viewed in Google Earth via the ever-present link.
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This was taken in the Japanese Garden immediately to the west of the obelisk at the south end of the reflection pool in Hermann Park.
Also, this was stitched as always with the GigaPan Stitcher. Aditional information can be seen via the Stitcher Notes.
This panorama is viewable in Google Earth via the link, View in Google Earth.
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Actually, it is called the Cockrell Butterfly Center and Insect Zoo, but I have always heard it as the Butterfly Wing of the Museum. At any one time, it seems like there may be thousands of butterflies in this enclosure and in this particular panorama, we see a child with her mother experiencing the thrill of discovery as they pass the afternoon watching numerous butterflies endlessly fluttering by.
A full description of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, including an external photo of the Butterfly Wing, can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science
This 360-degree panorama was taken hand-held with a Nikon D70 camera using a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens and attached to the camera was a SB800 flash unit.
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Extatosoma tiaratum (Orange Giant Prickly Stick) and Phyllium celebicum (Green Moving Leaf): Butterfly Wing of the Houston Museum of Natural Science 2/4
Author: David Engle (Texas_Photo)
Tags:
walking,
butterflys,
butterflies,
zoo,
insect,
d70,
13x1,
houston,
cockrell,
butterfly,
center,
stick,
phasmatodea
Size: 0.07 gigapixels
Added: September 1, 2009
Total Views: 911
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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An Update: The actual names of these two insects was provided to me by a very nice lady who works for the Museum of Natural Science and the correction has been applied.
Actually, it is called the Cockrell Butterfly Center and Insect Zoo, but I have always heard it as the Butterfly Wing of the Museum. At any one time, it seems like there may be thousands of butterflies in this enclosure and in this particular panorama, we see a museum volunteer holding a Orange Giant Prickly Stick with Green Moving Leaf insect on his chest. Additional information concerning a Giant Prickly Stick can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extatosoma_tiaratuma and information for the Green Moving Leaf is here: http://tinyurl.com/nyccbx
Note: The Orange Giant Prickly Stick is from Australia and the Moving Green Leaf is from Malaysia.
A full description of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, including an external photo of the Butterfly Wing, can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science
This panorama was taken hand-held with a Nikon D70 camera using a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens and attached to the camera was a SB800 flash unit.
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Rain Forrest Butterflies, an Extatosoma tiaratum and an Iguana: Butterfly Wing the Houston Museum of Natural Science - 3/4
Author: David Engle (Texas_Photo)
Tags:
stick,
walking,
d70,
14x1,
Houston,
cockrell,
butterfly,
center,
insect,
zoo,
butterflies,
butterflys,
phasmatodea
Size: 0.07 gigapixels
Added: September 1, 2009
Total Views: 585
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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Actually, it is called the Cockrell Butterfly Center and Insect Zoo, but I have always heard it as the Butterfly Wing of the Museum. At any one time, it seems like there may be thousands of butterflies in this enclosure and in this particular panorama, in the rain forrest we see an iguana and to the far left, a Orange Giant Prickly Stick or Extatosoma tiaratum is being shown to a lady by one of the Museum's volunteers. Additional information concerning a Additional information concerning a Giant Prickly Stick can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extatosoma_tiaratuma and additional information concerning an Iguana is found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana
A full description of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, including an external photo of the Butterfly Wing, can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science
This panorama was taken hand-held with a Nikon D70 camera using a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens and attached to the camera was a SB800 flash unit.
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