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Tudor Fieldhouse, the home of Autry Court is shown in this panorama. As I was taking it, Heather, a Rice Grad Student, walked by and was a good sport about participating in the pano and at the same time, a Construction Crew returned to their truck and became willing participants too.
As always, viewing in Google Earth via the link, adds a lot of visual excitement. It was a cloudy day and rain was coming in from the west, but all-in-all, a good view of the Tudor Field House prior to opening for visitors during Homecoming Weekend. |
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Thus should really be called, "Play on Light," for there are colors, and different zones and some tones and shadows and bright to intense sunlight and even reflections, not to mention some cool looking architecture and granite slabs that you won't find anywhere else ... its got everything!
I was there to capture the sunlit door, the east door going into the chemistry building, Keck Hall. This time of the year, to see the golden color of the door, you have to be there early and the effect only lasts for a few minutes. Because of the early time, I was not expecting many people to be around, especially students and I was surprised to see a couple of students studying (one you will see, but the other left with his friend for breakfast), a Rice Dad and his young son, Landry, named after another Texan, Coach Landry. After the panorama started, all of a sudden, Susannah appeared with her boy friend, a Rice post doc and their two dogs and all agreed to be in my Gigapan. Please compare this Gigapan to a previous Gigapan from a month earlier: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?auth=f1d3c7ab9c51c27b4ab6eeb3222b3398 Notice that the trees have changed their appearence. It is good fortune that I walked away from completing it, otherwise I would not have had a great panorama as what I have with this panorama of Susannah. As always, this Gigapan looks great when viewed in Google Earth via the GE link and was taken in the same area as one of my earliest Gigapans: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=6656 And if you go to: http://www.pbase.com/texas_photo/image/87015471 you will see that this window that we see the reflection is one of my favorite locations on campus. |
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This was a very enjoyable effort and the results are most rewarding. It was a pleasure working with Maggie and Renuka and this GigaPan glows since it is one of my most often viewed panoramas.
The location can be seen from an earlier gigapan: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=6655 An experiment to determine the Leica D-Lux 3 depth of field. The camera lens was two feet or less from the granite stone and was shot at f/8. Thanks to Leica lens design: depth of focus extends from the lettering on the granite all the way back to Fondren Library. Again, to observe the dramatic effect of Willy, click the link to the left to see him in Google Earth. |
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While on my usual expedition to Fondren Library, I met these two incredible ladies in Brochstein and spent a *most* enjoyable time showing them the sights around the campus and moments before we parted, we took this GigaPan of a very special moment-in-time on this wonderful day. And the view in Google Earth via the link is spectacular :) In the second frame, Christina moved too fast for the camera shutter ... maybe it too was mesmerized by this scene un-folding before us:) After the above GigaPan was taken, of all people, who do you think showed up? Right, Deian who many remember from this spectacular GigaPan taken last September: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=9620&snapshot_id=26838. NOTE: the missing frame of Jodi and Christina can be seen in this GigaPan: http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?auth=2c6c1e53ff90e5bfd37b187f88e93eeb |
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Lots of excitement taking this GigaPan and if you take the time to read the snapshot comments, you will see what happened.
A similar GigaPan was taken the day before and can be seen here: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=25030. Thanks to Amy, a Grad Student, who took a few minutes from her busy schedule to help me with this. |
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Zoltan and I set up our robots and cameras and while taking our second set of panoramas this day at Rice at Jamail Plaza, discovered Heather, a philosophy student, who was very happy to be included in this Gigapan, which has to be seen in Google Earth via the link.
Behind Heather is: James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Rice University To see Zoltan's version of this panorama, click on: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=13647 In my collection of Rice panoramas, there is another GigaPan, taken last August before Hurricane Ike: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7767 NOTE: On the home page, a link can be found, "Browse Gigapans in Google Earth..." Clicking on that will d/l a file called gigapan.kml and then clicking on that file will then open GE and load all geocoded GigaPans, which allows you to see all the GigaPans from all over the world including all the ones that have been taken on the campus of Rice University. Once the loading process is completed, "fly to" Rice University. |
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This GigaPan location is very close to a previous GigaPan taken of Natalie: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=11024.
And another view of Brochstein is: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=11534 Note: all three GigaPans should be viewed in Google Earth. Doing so will provide a natural curved view, which the viewer may judge as astonishing. The effect is like standing in front of a camera lens as you turn your head from left to right. What prompted me to return was a recent article in Texas Architect Magazine with the cover article of the Brochstein: http://www.texasarchitect.org/ta200901-brochstein.php?sess_id=fb8249648dced23e58020bd69e0e5e56. And the current issue of the Flyleaf Magazine (Friends of Fondren): http://library.rice.edu/about/Alumni_and_Friends/friends-of-fondren/the-flyleaf/Flyleaf_Fall_08.pdf. As you can see, the Pavillion has much to offer from different angles. And it provides great coffee to the Rice students. In this panorama, we meet Stacey and Junrong, students at Rice University. |
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After I took http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12462, I went back home to take care of a number of errands and to grab some good batteries and back off to Rice in the afternoon. As I set up at the corner of Lovett Hall and Herzstein Hall, the physics building, all the little girls and their parents and teachers were going back to their cars and then, I meet Liz, who was returning to her college after spending the day with all this young kids at an engineering fair. I must say that the experience of meeting Liz was most unexpected... one minute I was wondering what was going to happen today, and the next minute... boom, she was there and was most cooperative. After spending only a few minutes with Liz, I know that the kids really loved her. She is a special lady. |
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By my count, this is the 100th GigaPan pertaining to Rice University and/or its students that has been uploaded to gigapan.org. And what a way to celebrate - playing tennis on main court in Jake Hess Tennis Stadium and we see two Rice students, Rebekka and Mecklin playing some tennis during the latter part of July. This beautiful panorama can be viewed in Google Earth via the link.... which you may believe is incredible when you see it. |
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Because of the very nice weather, I wanted to set up behind Duncan Hall and take a panorama of the Engineering Quad.
Note: the panorama that I had hoped to take on 10/18/2008 has now been taken and can be seen at: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12141. Since it was Saturday morning, I was only expecting a few sleepy students to wander by. Was I totally surprised by what I saw when I drove up! This pano was taken about 10AM and all the excitement was to begin at 11 and an Astronaut was to speak at 1PM to about 1200 expected high-school students. Shades of Harry Potter... as you can see, I caught Cyrus looking over at Cyrus :) Here is a link to the Sally Ride Science Festival Information: http://www.sallyridescience.com/festivals/08rice1018 |