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President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address by David Bergman by David Bergman

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Explore score
168
Size
1.47 Gigapixels
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14731744
Date added
January 21, 2009
Date taken
January 20, 2009
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I made this Gigapan image from the north press platform during President Obama's inaugural address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2009. It's made up of 220 images and the final image size is 59,783 X 24,658 pixels or 1,474 megapixels.

There are a few known stitching errors in this image. A NEW VERSION of the photo with most of the stitching errors corrected can be seen here:
http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=17217

** PRINTS OF THE NEW VERSION ARE AVAILABLE:
http://www.ObamaGigapan.com

For more information and to get on my mailing list, send a blank email to:
pano (at) davidbergman (dot) net

Stitcher Notes

GigaPan Stitcher version 0.4.3509 (Macintosh)
Panorama size: 1474 megapixels (59783 x 24658 pixels)
Input images: 220 (20 columns by 11 rows)
Field of view: 194.2 degrees wide by 80.1 degrees high (top=47.1, bottom=-33.0)
Settings:
All default settings
Original image properties:
Camera make: Canon
Camera model: Canon PowerShot G10
Image size: 4416x3312 (14.6 megapixels)
Capture time: 2009-01-20 12:02:11 - 2009-01-20 12:19:56
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure time: 0.004
ISO: 200
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 142.3 mm
Digital zoom: off
White balance: Fixed
Exposure mode: Manual
Horizontal overlap: 34.5 to 52.7 percent
Vertical overlap: 32.6 to 39.2 percent
Computer stats: 3072 MB RAM, 2 CPUs
Total time 6:35:08 (1:47 per picture)
Alignment: 11:08, Projection: 26:49, Blending: 5:57:10

GigaPan Comments (110)

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  1. Bones

    John Mathis (October 22, 2011, 07:34PM)

    Yes, yawning is a good thing. I am getting the yawns from looking

  2. operate

    Operate 68studio (May 20, 2011, 10:53PM)

    nice

  3. operate

    Operate 68studio (May 20, 2011, 10:51PM)

    I like

  4. shomam

    Mohammed Shomam (April 29, 2011, 04:57PM)

    Find the large PA speaker towards the bottom left corner, to the right of which is a guy who is glitched in an odd way. He is the only spectator I can find who is facing the wrong direction and his head is sliced and shifted. The error does not affect anything surrounding him and I cannot find any similar artifacts in the image. Can anyone explain this? http://methoo.com

  5. shomam

    Mohammed Shomam (April 29, 2011, 04:56PM)

    This is an extraordinary GigaPan and should become very visible to anyone looking at the most popular GigaPans. It really is nice! http://methoo.com

  6. foofur

    foofur (March 07, 2011, 12:18PM)

    This is awesome. It's amazing the ability of the zoom on these cameras. One is able to see Justice Clarence Thomas asleep while the President is speaking ... totally amazing.

  7. mattclarke

    matt clarke (March 06, 2011, 08:31AM)

    Find the large PA speaker towards the bottom left corner, to the right of which is a guy who is glitched in an odd way. He is the only spectator I can find who is facing the wrong direction and his head is sliced and shifted. The error does not affect anything surrounding him and I cannot find any similar artifacts in the image. Can anyone explain this?

  8. karimsaad

    Karim Saad (February 07, 2011, 08:50AM)

    Great shot(s)! Perfect timing! Please check my Gigapan of Beirut http://gigapan.org/gigapans/67894/< /a>

  9. alireza.mostafanejad

    Alireza Mostafanejad (August 09, 2010, 02:12PM)

    nice

  10. appleheart

    deba (July 08, 2010, 12:58PM)

    check this http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/ index-fr.html

  11. vconstanti

    Vanessa Constanti (March 01, 2010, 02:17PM)

    A million (make that 25 million!) bravos!!

  12. borgmanndesign

    borg mann (September 22, 2009, 03:09AM)

    After seiing this i will definitly try such a panorama on the next german election day with mrs. merkel. the next election will be on sunday and hopefully she will set before that a speach in one of our cities. although there will never be as man people there as with obama...i will shortly set gigapan on http://www.borgmann-design.de with some exhibition pictures indoors and hopefully a good shot with Mrs. Merkel on the website GigaPan. feel free to visit and leave a comment.

  13. riteshraj

    Ritesh Raj Saxena (July 22, 2009, 11:30PM)

    WOW !!!! this is an extraordinary ........

  14. maystro

    Emre Osman (May 29, 2009, 12:04AM)

    Its a amazing panorama .i introduced gigapan with this panorama .i told everyone about this site in my blog http://www.emreuguz.com in my language

  15. nehuse

    nehuse (May 21, 2009, 11:32AM)

    its a amazing panorama .i introduced gigapan with this panorama .i told everyone about this site in my blog http://www.bahtiyarhoca.com in my language . i think this site grow very fast..

  16. tinkerbell_in_okla

    april smith (May 05, 2009, 05:12AM)

    this is amazing, i wish i had one

  17. RU_Group1

    RU_Group1 (April 25, 2009, 03:59PM)

    This is a really cool use of the Gigapan. Me and my classmates at Rutgers University have used a Gigapan to capture large portions of our campus with some pretty impressive results(although not nearly as impressive as this one). If you're interested you can check out what we've done on our website at http://whereru.rutgers.edu/

  18. angut

    angut (April 22, 2009, 01:54PM)

    Super sweet!! Wouldn't it be cool if you could somehow put this on facebook and everyone tag it!! That would be an awesome collaborative project.

  19. Sadiedog

    Sadie Tal (April 22, 2009, 08:29AM)

    Texas_Photo: "Of all the people we see in this scene, I assure you that the one hearing President Obama the loudest and clearest and feasting on every word being said is Justice of the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas." What a joke. This is the same guy who sexually harassed female staffers (e.g., placing pubic hairs on Anita Hill's desk and soda cans). Once appointed "Justice", "law clerks... viewed Thomas with ill-disguised contempt, questioning his qualifications and intellectual heft. Wake up Texas. Clarence is asleep during brotha Bam's speech.

  20. Joebap5

    Joseph Parker (April 19, 2009, 10:12AM)

    Where's Wally?

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