GigaPans

A view from Hohensalzburg castle with the old town in the foreground. It shows a carnival (fun-fair) in progress.

Winter in Minnesota is a time for fun and festivals. The oldest and biggest of these is St. Paul's Winter Carnival, eleven days of outdoor activities, competitions, parties and parades. The ice carving competition in Rice Park is always popular, but temperatures above freezing last week have taken a toll. It was 11°F (-11°C) when I shot this; lengthening the button-push time to 3 seconds seems to have solved my problem of skipped exposures.

Addison Oktoberfest 2008 - September 18 - 21, 2008

I shot this yesterday evening on the first day of Addison's Octoberfest. It was still a little early so not many people are around. The guy in the suit with all the medals showed up after I shot the GigaPan so I backed the robot up and reshot him. My friend Joe has a new GigaPan also and we set his up and shot as well. You can see his gigapan unit on the far left. This GigaPan is 7 images high and 63 images wide, 441 total images. Tomorr...

This is a small gigapan I shot on saturday morning. I have another from saturday evening with thousands of people in it. It's a huge GigaPan and is taking a very long time to stitch.

EDS Credit Union Plano Balloon Festival - Plano, Texas - September 19 - 21, 2008
http://www.planoballoonfest.org/fest-facts.html

Enjoy the ?Lofty Visions? as 70 magnificent, colorful, hot air balloons fill the skies over Plano Friday at 6:00pm, Saturday at 7:00am and 6:00pm, and Sunday at 7:00am and 6:0...

The Carnival booths from the second story of the Titanic booth. Carnegie Mellon holds a carnival every year, and student organizations develop the booths each year. Most booths have free games, and some are extremely intricate two story affairs. This year's theme was "Extra, extra, read all about it!"

A snow sculpture contest is only one of many events during the 2011 St. Paul Winter Carnival. Learn more at http://www.winter-carnival.com/

The 'Carnavalsduik' (carnivaldive) is an event that takes place each year in Blankenberge (Belgium). It's the 1st dive of the year in the (4degree) cold wather of the Nordsea. After a 20minutes rhythmic warming, the disguised people are running to the sea for a cold dive.

This was the last day at sea as the ship sails from Cozumel back to Galveston, Texas. It was a bit cooler than in the islands so there are not as many people enjoying the sun as on a warmer day. I made a panorama of this same scene while in the port of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Very few people on deck but I believe it is better because of the landscape surrounding the ship.

This is the lido deck taken in the port of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Not too many people on-board at this time. Was just testing the system.