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A look at Hanauma from the opposite side. I used full zoom plus the Canon 1.5x tele-extender - zoom ~650mm equivalent. I forgot my glasses, so inadvertently used Aperture Priority rather than Manual (the double A I saw looked like an M. :^\
Maybe AutoPanoGiga will soon be able to fix this problem! This image also shows the auto-focus limits of this point and shoot. I look forward to a DSLR model so I can return to this spot and take a new gigapan with my Olympus E-510. Notice, though, that you can see people on the trail up to Makapu`u Point, about 6.5 km (4 miles)distance! |
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Canon S5IS, 8mp
full zoom = 435mm + 1.5 tele-extender = 650 mm equivalent. 1564 frames stitched with Auto Pano Pro Giga 2.0.3, rendered as APP raw format .kro This is the first .kro rendered gigapan uploaded to gigapan.org |
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The eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range is quite different from the western. The western side is a gradual slope rising to the Sierra Nevada crest. The eastern side is a steep escarpment dropping down into the Great Basin. The western side is at a lower elevation with significant population and rainfall. The eastern side is a high arid desert with few people and towns.
U.S. Route 395 follows the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. For most of this run the highway is also routed through the Owens Valley. It is the life's blood of this region. There are few roads, but those that exist in the area are most likely going to or from 395. Along the way are many of California's most scenic and beautiful spots. This view of 395 is no exception. Where ever you're coming from, north or south on 395, or down from Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows on Highway 120, I would suggest you stop off at the Whoa Nellie Deli ( just west of the junction at the Mobil station ) and drive on up to the vista point. From left to right you have, The 120/395 junction, the town of Lee Vining, the Inyo Visiter Center in the distance above the rock quarry, the left side of Mono Lake, Black Point across the Lake, in the center of the view you have Negit and Paoha islands in the middle of the lake with the Lee Vining airport buildings in the foreground, the right side of Mono Lake and the Tufa State Natural Reserve, Panum Crater, and the Mono-Inyo Craters as they progress to the right and south down the valley along with the 395 highway. The following links may be of interest to you: http://www.monolake.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_Lake http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=514 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paoha_Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negit_Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono-Inyo_Craters http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Mono-Inyo_Craters_satellite_image-annotated.jpeg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panum_Crater http://www.whoanelliedeli.com/ http://www.leevining.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Vining,_California http://www.monocounty.org/lee-vining/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Highway_395 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owens_Valley |
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The view from Tantalus. Looking over Diamond Head Crater, Waikiki, Downtown Honolulu and the Honolulu International Airport. Also in this panorama, Punahou School, University of Hawaii, Iolani School, Roosevelt High School, Makiki Cemetary, Puchbowl Crater, Manoa Shopping Center, Noelani Elementary School, Magic Island, Honolulu Harbor, Top of Waikiki, Kapiolani Park, Makiki Park, Alamoana Center, Hawaii Pacific University, and of course, the South Shore. |
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Kilbourne Hole is a maar volcano in southern New Mexico famous for the mantle xenoliths it has brought to the surface. |
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Barringer Crater, more popularly known as Meteor Crater, was created by the impact of a meteor about 50,000 years ago. This 360 degree panorama took a few tries to stitch properly. Overlap at the zenith confused Stitcher. I fixed the problem by removing the top row of images from the panorama. |
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Barringer Crater, more popularly known as Meteor Crater, was created by the impact of a meteor about 50,000 years ago. |
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These spectacular cliffs along the Ka`iwi Coast of O`ahu are next to the parking lot for the Moloka`i Lookout, between Hanauma Bay and the Hālona Blowhole. One cloud bank passed by, giving a dark band at about the 40% area. This is a 18 row x 48 column image. I thought it would be much larger, but I probably set the angle of view incorrectly and got too much overlap between images. How many fishermen can you find? |
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Taken from in front of the observatory located atop the peak. I believe there are some chipmunks/ground squirrels down there trying to turn this into a meme. It's challenging to do a large GigaPan from up here because of the limited time allowed for parking. I was very fortunate that the ranger who was issuing the passes had an appreciation for my situation and issued me two. :-) |
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I arrived at Crater Lake too late to shoot the classic Wizard Island panorama and thought I had missed the light entirely. Then, just before pulling away from the lake I spotted this scene and decided to pull out the GigaPan for one last shot before sunset. |