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Taken from the Stoer peninsula this panorama shows most of the mountains of the North West coast of Scotand. If you look closely out to sea you can just make out Lewis. |
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Left is the Forth Road Bridge. When it opened in the early 1960s it was the largest suspension bridge in Europe, and the 4th largest in the world. Now it carries vehicles to/from the Kingdom of Fife into the Edinburgh area. Right is the very beautiful Forth (rail) Bridge - a testament to Scottish engineering in the Victorian era. Once described as the most overly-engineered structure in the world, it is a potent symbol for the people of Scotland. We love it. n.b. it is undergoing maintenance work just now, hence the shrouding. Apolgies to all Giga-Pan folk in the States, but this knocks spots off your Golden Gate Bridge - and before you ask, yes I've crossed them both. |
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Shot in a hurry because it was starting to rain and using a rifle grip instead of a tripod.
Unsurprisingly,there are a few stitching errors. |
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THIS IS MY FIRST EVER GIGAPAN: The Royal Burgh Standard Bearer James Cheyne casts the Burgh Flag at the culmination of the Common Riding festivities followed by six other standard bearers. The one on this photo is Hammerman Jason Hendrie. (sorry Jason you moved between shots). The Burgh Standard bearer represents the one man (Fletcher) who returned to the town after the Battle of Flodden in 1513, bringing with him an English flag. The ceremony is preceded by one of the largest horse and rider cavalcades in Europe ( up to 600 horses have taken part some years) They leave the town, led by the Standard Bearer, at 7 am and ride the boundaries of the town land, returning at the entrance to Selkirk and then marching behind the bands to the town centre for this moving ceremony. Try http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=26053 and http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=26062 too.http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=25995
See video of the ceremony at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8En98D57CA0 |
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This is a shot of Edinburgh, Scotland from Salisbury Crags (just below Arthur's Seat). It was a dark February day and my first attempt at getting a shot from this location. You can see most of the main sites of Edinburgh in this shot. The Crags offer chances for different views across the city. |
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This is a small town about 40 miles south of Edinburgh. It is quite posh and a lot of wealthy retired folk live here. It does not have a branch of Greigs the Bakers or a large supermarket and that makes it a good place to be. On the left you see the 'Greenyards' rugby ground - Home of Melrose Rugby Union team, and the place where rugby 7s came to be. The Eildon hills are in the background and although today is the first day of spring, there is still a good covering of snow. |
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Glamis Castle is the family home of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne and has been a royal residence since 1372. |
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360 pano of the view at Edinburgh Castle.
This is an old version. I re-stitched it with AutoPano Pro (instead of MS ICE) to fix some stitching errors. New version here: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/43178/ |
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Taken from further south, this shows the snow covered Pentland Hills in Midlothian |
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Selkirk Common Riding is a commemoration of the loss of the young men of Selkirk (Scotland) at the Battle Of Flodden on 9th September 1513. Legend has it that only one returned carrying a flag from one of the English armies. The flag casting ceremony held in the town square ends with two minutes silence followed by the playing of "The Floors of the Forest" a lament written for the men lost in the battle. This ceremony is preceded by the Riding of the Marches which is a ride round the town boundaries by the largest cavalcade of horses and riders in Europe (up to 650 riders have been in the cavalcade in past years). The ride is led by the Burgh Standard bearer carrying the town flag. After returning to the town they process behind the bands to the Market Place for this ceremony.
The trouble with getting Gigapan of this ceremony is that the whole event is over in about 20 minutes and so the 800 pics suggested by Gigapan at 550mm would have taken longer than the event to photograph. I compromised by zooming out to around 200mm so as to take fewer snaps in the time and therefor managed to get three gigapans shot. There is a problem with some of the elements which must be due to camera shake as I reduced the time between pictures to .8 sec. My next shots will be landscapes which don't move away after half an hour!! However as a first try I'm not too disappointed. Try http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=26053 and http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=26062 too. See Video of the ceremony at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPtceF7L9Cs |