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This 2nd shot on this popular recreational location shows a lot of bathing and playing people. This time I only shot 231 photo's because I was afraid that too many loose limbs and twisted people would be show up due to the movement. Actually it wasn't too bad, I spend 3.5 hours to manipulate 25 photo's in such a way that the same playing or moving people would show up on surrounding photo's. I think the result is worth exploring ! Apart from water ripples I think I caught the most noticable stitching errors ! If you start on the right side you will find a waterski track with 2 skiers plowing away and 2 fallen ones wondering what to do next. Next you can find boys playing with a frisbee and others with a ball in the water. Further to the left you can find countless people sunbathing and swimming on the next 3 beaches. I stitched it on Mercator projection so that I can stretch it as an impressive sample on Canvas from Kodak (330 ppi input resolution on 600 dpi print of 1 by 6 meter). The first shot on this location is composed of 414 photo's and will be normally projected and geocoded so that you can see it on Google Earth ! It may take me a while to correct the gosts and twisted people on that 1775 Megapixel shot, so please check back later. |
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Even at dinnertime there is some recreational activity on a warm Friday at Lake Dunmore. The lake marks the eastern edge of the Champlain Valley and the base of the first ridge of the Green Mountains. A stagnant mass of glacial ice probably sat in the lake's depression as the main lobe of glacial ice retreated to the north 13,500 years ago. The torrents of sediment laden meltwater from the retreating ice built kame terraces, alluvial fans, and deltas around the dead ice, but did not fill the entire depression with gravel and boulders. Lucky for us.
Notes: Photoshop was required to repair the sails. Stitcher notes are below in a comment. This panorama was updated on September 4, 2009 using a 300mm prime lens (http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=32058) |
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The Addison County Fair and Field Days is the largest agricultural fair in Vermont.
Notes: I used an old Nikkor 105mm lens. Focus is manual, there is no metering, and the EXIF data includes no lens information (so stitcher notes are incomplete), but it is a real lens (blast these newfangled plastic zoomy things). As the sun set and I took four panoramas from the same location, I changed ISO, color preset, shutter speed, and f-stop, and mostly lost track of the changes. I think this one used ISO 800, More vivid, 1/20 sec, and about f/5.6 |
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I wanted to take a panorama of the new recreation building just completed within the past two weeks (We had seen this building nearing completion as we took an earlier GigaPan from the Rice Stadium: http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/29860/snapshots/91283/) and as I prepared to start, Fernanda walks by and she and I both admire the beauty of this new structure.
Note: This panorama is comprised of 20 photos, and each is 300dpi and is not a 360-panorama. An earlier stitch using files that are 72 dpi and is a 360-panorama can be found via this link: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/c4ff0c34e265f28ae615f38153e8fba4/. Both files are viewable in Google Earth via the link, View in Google Earth. The panorama was taken using a Nikon D70 with a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 lens and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher. Additional details can be found under Stitcher Notes. |
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Twenty percent of the town of Salisbury, Vermont is federal property within the Green Mountain National Forest, and that includes most of the land in this view. The Forest Service ensures that trees on this land never get large enough to frighten people or damage wildlife. Mount Moosalamoo, to the left of center, is the highest point in Salisbury at 2625 feet asl (800 m), more than 2000 feet higher than Lake Dunmore. |
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This first shot on this popular recreational location is less crowded with moving people then the smaller second shot which has been shown earlier. Therefore this shot of 414 photo's was actually not showing so much loose limbs and twisted people due to the movement. I had to spend 1.5 hours to manipulate 7 photo's in such a way that the same moving people would show up on all surrounding photo's.
Apart from water ripples the most noticeable stitching errors could be corrected ! Although this Gigapan is showing less people to explore, it still is worthwhile because this photo turned out a bit sharper focused then the other one. If you start to zoom in on the right side you will find a water-ski track with 2 skiers plowing away. Further to the left you can find many people sunbathing and swimming on the next 3 beaches. This Gigapan could actually be printed on 300 ppi resolution and stretched on Canvas from Kodak ( 9 meter ). |
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The ancient delta in the center foreground was farmland in the late 19th century, and became Branbury State Park in 1945. The sandy sediments have been worked into the best beach on the lake.
The vantage point is an outcrop of Cheshire quartzite surrounded by one of Vermont’s rarest forest communities. The thin soil supports a sparse forest of pitch pines (Pinus rigida) with white and red pine (P. strobus, P. resinosa), and white, red, and chestnut oak (Quercus alba, Q. rubra, Q. prinus). |
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Central Oregon's rock climbing Mecca - Smith Rock - Smith Rock State park near Redmond, Oregon is widely considered a rock climbing Mecca, hosting over 500,000 visitors annually. In response to the popularity of Smith Rock, SmithRock.com was formed to create an online rock climbing and outdoor recreation resource dedicated to the informational needs of the park's users. Visit: http://www.smithrock.com/ for more information --- This photograph brought to you by : http://www.Qubits.com a Bend Original Construction Toy |
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The Addison County Fair and Field Days is the largest agricultural fair in Vermont.
I thought this one might fool the stitcher. Many thanks to the GigaPan Stitcher Team. Notes: I used an old Nikkor 105mm lens. There is no metering, so the EXIF data (and stitcher notes) are incomplete, but it is a real lens, not one of those newfangled plastic zoomy things. As the sun set and I took four panoramas from the same location, I changed ISO, color preset, shutter speed, and f-stop, and mostly lost track of the changes. I think this one used ISO 400, Vivid, 1/320sec, and about f/14. |
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The Addison County Fair and Field Days is the largest agricultural fair in Vermont.
Notes: I used an old Nikkor 105mm lens. There is no metering, so the EXIF data (and stitcher notes) are incomplete, but it is a real lens (big, heavy, and 35 years old). I think this one used ISO 800, More vivid, 1/100 sec, and about f/5.6 |