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Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Hartsburg, United States of America

Gigapans: 22
Snapshots: 27
Bookmarks: 8
Last Visited: September 13, 2009
Tags: burningman, interfuse, landscape, brandonsmith, missouri, redwoodtwig

Biography

I've been doing photography off and on since I was about 10. There was a period when I got to work with large format view cameras and I really enjoyed the results. With the new digital technology, I'm finding large format has a new meaning and find myself drawn toward this work.

I have used both Photoshop CS2 and autostitch for stitching. While photoshop is easier to use, autostitch gives better results when photoshop leaves gaps.

autostitch is public domain and likes to be credited: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html
Currently using Hugin.


Now, I wonder if a gigapixel image of a model would be appropriate here? After all, I could certainly place her in the exact geographical location where the picture was taken.

Gear
Sony R1 with nodal ninja
digital camera with good lens and a panoramic tripod attachment.
Canon A710 IS
point and shoot with stitch asisst, hand held
Sony A350 with Zeiss 85mm
using nodal ninja
Sony A900 with 85mm Zeiss lens
Usually used with a nodal ninja
Gigapans
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Biggest Burr Oak
Author: Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Tags: tree, big, burr, oak
Size: 0.10 gigapixels
Added: September 13, 2009
Total Views: 223
View in Google Earth 4.2+

spacer The biggest burr oak in Missouri, probably biggest west of Mississippi river.
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Interfuse 2009 burn, even more warped,earlier
Author: Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Tags: burningman, bonfire, interfuse
Size: 0.12 gigapixels
Added: May 6, 2009
Total Views: 336

spacer Taken a little earlier than the other one, warping it to get a rectangular image resulted in a new valley that wasn't there...
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Interfuse 2009 burn, warped
Author: Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Tags: burningman, interfuse, bonfire
Size: 0.20 gigapixels
Added: May 6, 2009
Total Views: 487

spacer Had to warp things a bit to make them fit in a horizontal picture, but warping is par for the course.
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old tree
Author: Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Tags: tree, old
Size: 0.06 gigapixels
Added: April 5, 2009
Total Views: 150

spacer I was told one time that this guy is close to being the record holder for size or age for his species. Unfortunately I've forgotten which species that was. I do remember that the normal size for this kind is like 20 feet tall and no more than a foot in diameter.

This is five images stitched together.
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Missouri river at Lupus, Missouri
Author: Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Tags: shoreline, missouri, river, lupus, redwoodtwig
Size: 0.08 gigapixels
Added: December 3, 2008
Total Views: 427
View in Google Earth 4.2+

spacer The eastern shore of the Missouri river at Lupus, Missouri. This version does not have the peculiar lines of dots.
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Bruceton Mills waterfall
Author: Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Tags: waterfall, dam, bruceton, mills, west, virginia, redwoodtwig
Size: 0.06 gigapixels
Added: October 23, 2008
Total Views: 456
View in Google Earth 4.2+

spacer I asked at a gas station where there was a place with some shade to picnic at, and was told to try this place. Very nice little park and this view.

I can see the exact location where I took the picture in the map locator, but it won't let me select it...
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Roots, Blues and BBQ fest, Columbia, Missouri 2008
Author: Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Tags: music, redwoodtwig, missouri, festival, columbia, park
Size: 0.05 gigapixels
Added: October 23, 2008
Total Views: 888

spacer 360 degree view from the "press" box. One of three large stages set up downtown Columbia for this two day music and food festival.
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Looking east over the Appalacian hills from the Sideling Hill interpretive center, in Maryland, with Pennsylvania a few miles north (left in picture) and West Virginia a few miles south (to the right).
Author: Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Tags: maryland, pennsylvania, west, virginia, i68
Size: 0.13 gigapixels
Added: October 19, 2008
Total Views: 543
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spacer Looking east from the sideling hill outlook on I68, about 10 miles west of Hancock. To the far left in the distance is Pennsylvania, directly in front is Maryland, and off to the right is West Virgina.
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Cooper's Rock outlook, West Virginia
Author: Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Tags: west, virginia, cooper's, rock, cheat, river
Size: 0.06 gigapixels
Added: September 11, 2008
Total Views: 459

spacer From the overlook at Cooper's rock state park, the cheat river below us. Hawks flying by below us, too.
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North Part of Dupont Circle, Washington, DC
Author: Brandon Smith (redwoodtwig)
Tags: washdc, dupont, music
Size: 0.08 gigapixels
Added: September 11, 2008
Total Views: 589

spacer Middle of a hot summer day in Washington, DC. This is part of Dupont Circle, always having a very wide selection of nationalities, races and strange people along with normal people. It was about 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
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another camera was there

Created: September 13, 2009
Taken From: Biggest Burr Oak
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Total Views: 13

Gives you an idea how big the tree is when you zoom out from here.
watching the fire

Created: May 6, 2009
Taken From: Interfuse 2009 burn, even more warped,earlier
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Total Views: 6

Got a bit of camera shake on one of the 10 frames in this guy.
Fire person

Created: May 6, 2009
Taken From: Interfuse 2009 burn, warped
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Total Views: 22

Standing ready by the blaze
a bit of bark

Created: April 5, 2009
Taken From: old tree
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Total Views: 4

This old tree has been around for a while.
Looking closer

Created: December 3, 2008
Taken From: Missouri river at Lupus, Missouri
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Total Views: 1

Some rocks above the water
Is that a fish?

Created: October 23, 2008
Taken From: Bruceton Mills waterfall
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Total Views: 0

Or maybe a leaf.
Sound control

Created: October 23, 2008
Taken From: Roots, Blues and BBQ fest, Columbia, Missouri 2008
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Total Views: 14

Does he really know what all those buttons and switches do?
Do you read these things?

Created: October 23, 2008
Taken From: Roots, Blues and BBQ fest, Columbia, Missouri 2008
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Total Views: 15

Sometimes I wonder why people wear these things.
Farm country in the hills

Created: October 19, 2008
Taken From: Looking east over the Appalacian hills from the Sideling Hill interpretive center, in Maryland, with Pennsylvania a few miles north (left in picture) and West Virginia a few miles south (to the right).
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Total Views: 15

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No sunbathers

Created: September 11, 2008
Taken From: Cooper's Rock outlook, West Virginia
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Total Views: 6

But it certainly was warm that summer day in the mountains. At least in the sun.
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