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I took a pit stop on the way to Monterey for NMC2009 to grab some GigaPan scenes near Fisherman’s Wharf. What a lovely clear sunny day it was. First was a shot from the beach catching a lot of the crazy cold water swimmers:
Yes, I got myself in the image….
Next, I took the walkway that extends from the end of Van Ness Avenue that curves out into the water, offering two great views – one of the city Skyline:
I have one more (still slowly rendering) looking the other way sweeping from the Golden Gate to Alcatraz.
These ones are not big because it was really worth only 3 rows of images, and the sweeps are wide (about 180 degrees, so there is that warped distortion. Still, the scenes are rich with detail.
I hope to do a few down here in Monterey if there rally is any free time this week (not likely).
Update Here is the last one from the Bridge to the Brig
I made a very unsuccessful attempt to shoot a handheld series for a pano of that spot back in 2002 – only 2 photos wound up even remotely lining up. sigh. looks awesome with the actual gigapan hardware!
here’s my failed attempt. doh.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/38033581/
I’ve done a few Gigapans using sets up images taken off the cameras as pano shots; e.g. you can create a gigapan from images used to create a normal pano.
I am really happy with AutopanoGiga. I just bought a NodalNinja 5L i considered a Gigapan system. I might still get one
@D’Arcy Autopanodoes colour correction among other things: http://www.autopano.net/en/photo-stitching-solutions/features.html