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These pigs were individually decorated by local artists as a fund-raising initiative for the "Two Tunnels" sustainable transport project (http://www.twotunnels.org.uk/). They were on public display on the streets of Bath for six months in 2008 and were a great tourist attraction. You can see some of the pigs in their original locations by searching on the keyword "Bladud" and some of the snapshots have comments with links to the pig in the snapshot like this: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=6439&snapshot_id=31294.
The original pig was sculpted by Alan Dun: http://www.alandun.co.uk and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=11385&snapshot_id=31484. There are over 100 pigs in total. This pano shows most of them. Sadly for the public, the pigs were sold at public auction. Happily for the Two Tunnels project, they raised a great deal of money. At least one pig sold for tens of thousands of pounds. For an alternative version of this image taken later in the afternoon, see http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=11385. PIG ID PUZZLE (Open Research Problem, Experts Only) Are any of the following pigs in this pano? http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=6439&snapshot_id=31293 http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7541&snapshot_id=31296 http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7459&snapshot_id=31285 Update. It seems that two of these pigs have been identified now by Texas_Photo - see comments below. |
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This is the view from the roof of Bath Abbey.
I am amazed by this pano because I never expected it to stitch. I was delighted to get access to the roof of the main tower of the abbey, but dismayed when I realised the parapets were too high to see over, so there was no clear view of anything, and each corner of the roof has some tall stonework so even if I could get a view from one of the sides of the tower then I wouldn't be able to take a 360° pano. Given there was nothing else I could do, I held my camera over my head as high as I could and pointed it in the right general direction and took about 12 shots. I repeated this blind shooting on each of the four sides of the tower. Amazingly, not only did the four separate views stitch but the four views stitched into a 360°. Obviously there is a certain amount of distortion and parallax, but still, this is rapidly becoming one of my favourite shots. For a view of what is beneath the photographer's feet, see http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7547. |
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My first 1Gpix+ image taken with a GigaPan Unit.
For a false HDR rendering of (a portion of) this pano, see http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=8845. For a good close-up of the city centre see http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=26794. |
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Taken from the roof of Bath College's Macaulay building in ten minutes between showers.
For a view taken at street level just in front of where this was shot, see http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/36578/.. |
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Of the panos I have taken, this one is rapidly becoming a favourite because although it is superficially not much to look at, it has a high degree of zoomabilty. Check out the guided tour at http://www.byteswithbite.co.uk/kilgore/org/auto/gen.htm. (This is very much a proof-of-concept rather than a finished product, but I rather like it.)
There is a slightly larger view of the interesting part of this pano in http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=9808. Is three suspension bridges in one pano a record? I believe I have found all the churches that you can see in the Bath portion of this pano - unless you know different! For a similar gigapan do check out Brian Bentham's http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15962. Lots to see there too. |
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The interior of Bath Abbey.
A quick hand-held pano. I really recommend looking at this in Google Earth. For a view from the roof of the abbey, see http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=7536. |
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A series of linked panos taken on a short walk through Bath showing places that Jane Austen would have known very well.
This is a collage of small panos each taken by hand. The idea was to take a series of panos that were linked and to use or make a tool that would allow you to make a virtual tour. The individual panos are too small to upload, but I thought it would make an interesting artifact if I glued them all into one long image. Is this the longest pano at gigapan? I bet it is the thinnest! (An earlier version of this idea with the panos in the wrong order is http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15383. I have made that public because it contains snapshots of interest to fans of Bath.) |
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Nothing special and essentially the same shot as http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=3994. But after a month or more of misty and rainy weather I simply had to get out of my house (all of 30 yards away) and take a picture! |
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A test shot of Weston from Lansdown Hill. I hope to be working with a client in Weston and I wanted to see if I could see their premises from afar.
Initially I took this shot from about 5 feet further down the hill. The shoot took about 45 minutes. 40 minutes into the shoot I wandered up the hill a little and realised I could see Brunel's suspension bridge in Bristol. I anxiously scrambled back down to see if I could see it from where the camera was set up and of course I couldn't. Naturally, this was completely unacceptable to me so I re-shot the whole thing :-) This image makes a triangle of gigapans taken from Beckford's Tower, Kelston Round Hill (http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/9145/) and Southdown Round Hill (http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/9802/). Also, search on "Kelston Round Hill" and "Beckford's Tower" to find other gigapans where you can see both of these landmarks from afar. |
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A second version of http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=11099 taken slightly later in the afternoon. For more snapshots, comments and a *lot* more information, check out the original version. |