G10-based gigapan of the inaguration
bowser
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David Bergman used his MacBook Pro and a Gigapan Imager to create an amazing
1,474 megapixel photo of President Obama's Inauguration.
I made a panoramic image showing the nearly two million people who watched
President Obama's inaugural address. To do so, I clamped a Gigapan Imager to
the railing on the north media platform about six feet from my photo
position. The Gigapan is a robotic camera mount that allows me to take
multiple images and stitch them together, creating a massive image file.
The final photo contains 220 Canon G10 images and the file is 59,783 X
24,658 pixels or 1,474 megapixels. It took David more than six and a half
hours for his Macbook Pro to put together the final file. The completed TIF
file is almost 2 gigabytes.
Click the link below to zoom and navigate through the image. You can find
all sorts of things.
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
Ray Fischer
>No, not a political post, just something you might find interesting:
Random observations...
Very cool.
Cheney really does look like Darth Vader's protege - almost like he
was dressed to play the evil villain for a movie.
You can see the seam when the photos don't quite line up just above
the Surpreme Court justices.
How on Earth did Michelle manage to stay warm in that short dress???
Some people are still not to embarrassed to wave the Texas state flag
or wear a big white cowboy hat.
Off in the distance there are a eight tents set up on top of a
building, and in one it looks like a camera flash went off just as the
picture was taken.
Several Bushes, the Clintons (sans daughter). No Carter?
You can _almost_ read the band's music.
Apparently being a former president means that you only get a folding
plastic chair. Real chairs are reserved for the currently important.
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Ray Fischer
rfis...@sonic.net
Doug Jewell
> The final photo contains 220 Canon G10 images and the file is 59,783 X
> 24,658 pixels or 1,474 megapixels. It took David more than six and a
> half hours for his Macbook Pro to put together the final file. The
> completed TIF file is almost 2 gigabytes.
It woudl have been a bitch to stitch, but that would pale
into insignificance against the work required to get
2,000,000 model releases prior to putting the work on the
net :-P
>
> Click the link below to zoom and navigate through the image. You can
> find all sorts of things.
Yeah - 4 Nikon, 12 Canon, and a few unidentified cameras
being used by the photogs on the centre stand. Despite the
chatter in these NGs looks like Canon still well and truly
hold the upper hand. I'm impressed - some Nikons actually
visible in the wild. Beats me where all the ones that are
supposedly getting sold are going, cos I pretty much only
ever see Canon in the wild.
>
> http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
>
>
George Kerby
On 1/31/09 6:09 PM, in article
4984d3de$0$2284$ec3e...@news.usenetmonster.com, "bowser" <w...@tisgoing.on>
wrote:
I feel sorry for the guy sitting behind Aretha. Could he see *anything* but
that lid she wore?
bowser
"Doug Jewell" <a...@and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote in message
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My favorite was the 8x10 (guessing...) view cam on the far right of the
frame. I'd love to see that shot.
bowser
"George Kerby" <ghost_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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She's a house, isn't she? Amazingly, her body is much smaller than her ego.
Great singer, but I can't stand listening to her. The over-the-top ego just
ruins it for me.
bowser
"Ray Fischer" <rfis...@sonic.net> wrote in message
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> bowser <w...@tisgoing.on> wrote:
>>No, not a political post, just something you might find interesting:
>
> Random observations...
>
> Very cool.
>
> Cheney really does look like Darth Vader's protege - almost like he
> was dressed to play the evil villain for a movie.
Cheney makes Vader look like a Cub Scout.
>
> You can see the seam when the photos don't quite line up just above
> the Surpreme Court justices.
>
> How on Earth did Michelle manage to stay warm in that short dress???
Natural insulation. She's huge.
>
> Some people are still not to embarrassed to wave the Texas state flag
> or wear a big white cowboy hat.
I have relatives in TX who fully support secession from the US, and say that
many, many Texans feel the same way. I commented that I had no idea so many
Texans were so anti-American. They damn near shot me to death! So I asked
the simple question: if you're such patriotic Americans, why do you want to
break away and form your own country?
You could hear the crickets chriping...
>
> Off in the distance there are a eight tents set up on top of a
> building, and in one it looks like a camera flash went off just as the
> picture was taken.
Check me on this one; on the right side, near the shooter with the view
camera, is that Annie Liebovitz?
>
> Several Bushes, the Clintons (sans daughter). No Carter?
>
> You can _almost_ read the band's music.
>
> Apparently being a former president means that you only get a folding
> plastic chair. Real chairs are reserved for the currently important.
Purely racial, no question.
Rich
news:4984d3de$0$2284$ec3e...@news.usenetmonster.com:
> No, not a political post, just something you might find interesting:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------------------------------------------- David Bergman
> used his MacBook Pro and a Gigapan Imager to create an amazing 1,474
> megapixel photo of President Obama's Inauguration.
It looks horrible. Typical P&S output.
Mike Wilcox
On 1/31/09 7:20 PM, in article 4985150f$0$1676$742e...@news.sonic.net, "Ray
Fischer" <rfis...@sonic.net> wrote:
I think those eight tents are TV crews and the "flash" is a TV light at just
the right angle.
Mike
Ray Fischer
Justin C
No, it's idiots who *reply* to trolls. Those with something between
their ears ignore them... oh, wait, I see what you're doing. That's very
funny, you got me to reply to you! Ha ha! I'm well and truly had. Very
good troll, yes, well done.
Justin.
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Justin C, by the sea.