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Tom Lauwers (tlauwers)
Pittsburgh,
United States of America
Gigapans: 139
Snapshots: 456
Bookmarks: 16
Last Visited: October 28, 2009
Tags:
pittsburgh,
california,
belgium
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I'm a graduate student in robotics, focusing on ways to design interactive devices for different educational contexts. I also take normal size pictures, which you can see at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tlauwers/
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This September 14, 2009 panorama captures the just completed Gates-Hillman Complex, Newell-Simon Hall, and Wean Hall. The school of computer science used to inhabit Wean, but thanks to the donations of Gates, Hillman, and other donors, they have shiny new digs. The sixth floor balcony shows many of the SCS students in a group shot to thank all those who made the buildings possible.
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This was the site of the Fine Outreach For Science Gigapan workshop. 25 scientists and science journalists were invited to the workshop to learn how to use Gigapan and see demonstrations of how Gigapan can be used in various research activities. The reception at the end of the first workshop was held in the Carnegie Music Hall Foyer, a beautiful space built in the 1890s. Thanks to the Fine foundation for making this possible!
You can see another Gigapan of this reception here:
http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=23802
Camera settings - I used an SX110 to get this shot. The light level was pretty low, so I had an exposure time 1.6", with focus manually set to about 5 meters out. I lowered my F-stop to 5.0 from my typical 8.0, giving up a little depth of field for a shorter exposure time. ISO was 80, though I probably could have gone to 100 or 200 to shorten exposure time even more. I used a 2 second timer on the camera so that the image was taken only 2 seconds after the button pusher pushed the shutter button; with this exposure I needed to set the time per pic on the Gigapan to about 10 seconds/shot (so the total image took 20 minutes). The static parts of the image came out very crisp, so I'm very happy with this. Naturally, most people don't stay still for 1.6 seconds, so people are in varying stages of blurriness depending on how much they moved.
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This was the site of the Fine Outreach For Science Gigapan workshop. 25 scientists and science journalists were invited to the workshop to learn how to use Gigapan and see demonstrations of how Gigapan can be used in various research activities. The reception at the end of the first workshop was held in the Carnegie Music Hall Foyer, a beautiful space built in the 1890s. Thanks to the Fine foundation for making this possible!
Camera settings - I used an SX110 to get this shot. The light level was pretty low, so I had an exposure time 1.6", with focus manually set to about 5 meters out. I lowered my F-stop to 5.0 from my typical 8.0, giving up a little depth of field for a shorter exposure time. ISO was 80, though I probably could have gone to 100 or 200 to shorten exposure time even more. I used a 2 second timer on the camera so that the image was taken only 2 seconds after the button pusher pushed the shutter button; with this exposure I needed to set the time per pic on the Gigapan to about 10 seconds/shot (so the total image took 20 minutes). The static parts of the image came out very crisp, so I'm very happy with this. Naturally, most people don't stay still for 1.6 seconds, so people are in varying stages of blurriness depending on how much they moved.
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In front of the Peterson events center in Pittsburgh, looking down De Soto st.
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Taken from the upper Pitt campus
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The pit and the arena at the Pittsburgh FIRST robotics competition during the alliance selection phase. Almost all the teams are in the stands and watching the selection process. The alliance selection is a crucial part of the competition - the top 8 seeded teams from the qualifying matches choose partners with which they form an alliance - giving the chosen teams a chance to be on the winning alliance.
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I took this gigapan while I was on the field presenting the gigapan to the Pittsburgh FIRST regional. It's a little small and doesn't get the full size of the audience, cause I only had time to take about a 30 picture Gigapan. If you were there and don't see yourself, you can probably find yourself in one of the many other gigapans of the competition (search pittfrc09 to see all of them).
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The audience during the Saturday opening ceremonies at Pittsburgh's FIRST robotics competition.
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Taken from the upper Pitt campus, this view encompasses the Cathedral of Learning, the Carnegie Museums and Carnegie Mellon.
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The pit and the arena at the 2009 Pittsburgh FIRST regional robotics competition.
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Almond cookies
Created: October 27, 2009
Taken From: Biscuiterie Dandoy
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Literally translated, the sign says Almond Bread, but these are crunchy cookies with sliced almonds in them. Yum. Many other offerings in this store also contain almond - can you find some of them?
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Speculaas
Created: October 27, 2009
Taken From: Biscuiterie Dandoy
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Speculaas or speculoos cookies are a favorite in Belgium. I'm not sure what's in them (ginger, or cinnamon perhaps) but these hard cookies taste amazing when dipped in coffee.
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