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How Does This Happen? Note too, in the background, what looks to be yellow overspray...
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Cinema4D UV Mapping Sometimes I even amaze myself! ;)
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Cinema4D UV Mapping You continue to amaze me!
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Oakland Skyline Panorama I have a client that would like to use this image on their hom...
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Category Archives: Photography
And Now, the World’s Largest Outdoor Photo
Who’d a thunk? Budapest.
Posted in Panoramic, Photography
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World’s Largest Indoor Photo
Click on the image below to view the largest indoor image ever.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m on a search for the largest outdoor Photo.
Posted in Computing, Panoramic, Photography
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Wisconsin Winter Weather Woes
Access to one of the most important destinations in Burlington, Wisconsin has been hindered by a four foot snow drift.
My forecast is that thirsty residents will grab their shovels and clear a path to their beloved watering hole by beer-thirty.
Posted in Contributed, Wisconsin
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Jim and Jerry
One of these dudes is not the leader of the world’s eighth largest economy.
Spotted at Mua a couple nights ago.
Happy New Year!
Chris Isaak — the Fillmore, San Francisco, December 31, 2010.
Posted in Holidays, iPhone, Video
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Wrong Place, Right Time
This rainbow peaked while I was on the Embarcadero in the city on my way to the top floor of the Transamerica Pyramid. The shot might have been better from almost any other vantage point – assuming that a rainbow was actually visible from any other vantage point. This beauty lasted all of two minutes.
Interesting how the rainbow is in front of the bridge.
Posted in Bay Area, Just Blogging, Panoramic
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My New Favorite Lens
Steve has an 85mm f1.4 Nikkor lens for sale. I’d love to own it, but even used, this is one expensive lens! This led me into a search for alternatives, which led me to an entire Flickr group devoted to this interesting lens. I was impressed that these beautiful images were made with this amazingly cheap lens, so I decided to pick one up.
I’ve had the lens for just a few hours, and I’m already very impressed by the bokeh. To me, it looks as good as that from lenses costing five times as much. Interestingly, it seems that that the smooth bokeh makes the in-focus parts of the image appear even sharper than they actually are. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not suggesting that this lens isn’t sharp – it is! It already seems like the best lens bargain I’ve ever found.
Posted in Family, Photography, Within Walking Distance
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Las Vegas
We took a mini-vacation to celebrate a couple of Virgo birthdays. I was too lazy to drag my heavy camera around much, but I did shoot this 12 image panorama of Kellster, Jeff and Wendy at the beautiful Parasol Down at the Wynn.
Posted in Old Friends, Panoramic
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Cascade Canyon Panorama
Ben takes in the awesome sight.
Posted in Panoramic, Wyoming 2010
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View from the Amangani
The beautiful Amangani Resort in Jackson Hole. This is actually a 6-image panoramic image, shot with my trusty Nikkor 50 mm and stitched with AutoPano Pro.
Posted in Panoramic, Wyoming 2010
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Size Matters
While it may not be my best photo ever, this one has the distinction of occupying more disk space than any other. Comprised of 37 hand-held frames, shot with my cheapest lens due to it’s low distortion, and stitched together with the mind-blowing AutoPano Pro. The original is more than 24,000 pixels wide. The 16-bit image is just under 2 gigabytes in size. The image below links to a 6,000 pixel wide version. Get a 12,000 pixel-wide version here. (14 megabytes.)
What will I do differently next time? First, I’ll use a smaller aperture. If I had, the area behind Kelly and Ben (see her there?) would be in focus. Second, and quite surprisingly, I will not use a polarizer. The amount of filter’s effect changes with the rotational angle, so that the parts of the sky perpendicular to the rays of the sun are too dark, and the non-uniformity of the sky color in the resulting stitch is a pain to deal with. I think it looks weird, but I haven’t found a reasonable way to smooth that out without producing obviously manipulated results. Suggestions? I suppose could paste in some clouds, but that would be cheating — wouldn’t it?
By the way, if you’re at all interested in high-resolution panoramic imagery, check out this jaw-dropping 50 gigabyte image. I want to go to Vienna — now. Wow!
Posted in Panoramic, Wyoming 2010
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