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Seattle 360
From the observation deck of the needle, I did a quick experiment: creating a 360-degree panorama for later stitching. Visibility was good (for Seattle) but overcast. Adjusted my zoom to get a good vertical angle of view, then experimentally determined that 12 paces resulted in optimum horizonal overlap. This resulted in 10 handheld shots around [...]
In: Photography, Travel
Full Moon over Long Pong
I used to generate massive (gigapixel) stitched panoramas using an arcane piece of software called PTAssembler combined with an even more obtuse tool — the workhorse underneath — Panorama Tools. This pair of tools is an amazingly flexible powerhouse; but not for the faint of heart. At HP I had grand visions of creating a [...]
In: Art, Life, Only in the USA, Photography
My new aspiration: To be an “early post-human artist”
So I have finally decided to start a blog. Initially (and for the forseeable future) this will be little more than a personal journal where I track and record thoughts and ideas for which I have some greater-than-passing interest. It is mainly for myself (a journal more than a blog) but also a means of [...]
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