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An earlier GigaPan of Sam Houston Statue can be seen here: http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?id=9906
This should be entitled something like, "Continuation of Engle's Transportation Series, Past and Future," or a better one would be simply, "One Lucky Shot." Just playing around with taking hand-held photos using the SX110 and just accidentally caught two trains on either side of Sam Houston Statue. It is only 9 images, but the panorama looks cool and happened on a hot day in Houston, Texas. Using the robot, I do not believe I could have captured a moment like what we see above: 9 photos in less than a minute [left to right]. This is a reason to always try to carry a camera for those unexpected moments in time we call great panoramas. |
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If you go to http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=26828, and scroll down to comments, you will see how this played an important part the taking of the GigaPan, Crown Jewels of Houston Architecture. |
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To the north of McGown is the Downtown Transit Center station and to the south is Ensemble/HCC station.
As this neighboorhood does not have strong appeal to me, I'm not sure why anyone would use this station except to walk across the street and buy a Cadillac automobile. |
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Because of free lunches, the A.D. Bruce Religion Center is home-away-from-home to many of UofH students and Wednesday is one of the days that is normal to see hungry students enjoying free food.
This hand-held panorama was taken using a Canon SX 110 and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software and additional details can be found on Stitcher Notes with information there concerning the GigaPan Stitcher run. Note: This panorama can be seen in Google Earth as a 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 of views of Andrea, one of the most powerful people in Houston... a school teacher :)
This is a prime location for a 360-GigaPan and will do so when Fall arrives and more can be seen. |
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I have always wanted to be in a position to cut a class at Rice, but the best I could ever was to cut a corner :)
. Taken with a Leica D-Lux 3 on a tripod. Camera aspect ratio is 16:9 and in portrait mode. |
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When this panorama was taken, there were not so many people to be seen; however, 90 minutes later, students were everywhere lined up in an orderly fashion to enter the Natural Science Museum.
Few ever notice this amazing sculpture by Charles Umlauf entitled, Hope of Humanity. Seeing it, to me, is the prime reason to visit this area. Years ago, I took a photography class and at that point-in-time discovered this statue when it was on the other side of the museum and have never forgotten the A+ I received for my photo of Hope of Humanity. |
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Jamail Plaza, with Baker Institute to the South and McNair Hall. Taken with a Leica D-Lux 3 on a tripod. Camera aspect ratio is 16:9 and landscape mode.
. Behind the one snapshot showing where a previous pano was taken from is Autrey Basketball Court and from this place, Bill Clinton said in a speech last year to the students that he was not charging his regular speaking fee since James Baker assured him that he would not get involved in ballot counting in 2008 :) And behind Alice Pratt Brown is Rice Stadium where JFK gave his Moon Speech in 1962: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTyYM-dUgCI |
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This is two in a series of five panoramas taken in the Japanese Garden, and all can be viewed via this link: http://tinyurl.com/msqdnq.
When visiting this place, it is easy to access from the parking areas in Hermann Park, especially those on the north side, close to the museums. These panoramas do not need my words to describe their beauty except to say that there are a couple more that are better than what we see in these five and those will be taken when I have blue sky and my robot to take a GigaPan. |
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This station is small, but is very active since it is across the street from a parking lot for TMC employes. |