Photographie panoramique de Lyon, le 8 decembre 2010, vue des pentes de La Mulatiere. - Panoramic view of Lyon, december 8th 2010, from La Mulatiere. by Mathias Chorein

Le 8 decembre a Lyon c'est "La Fête des Lumieres" et des milliers de photographes amateurs, avertis ou pro s'en donnent generalement a coeur joie pour immortaliser les "lumineuses" nouveautes installees chaque annee.

De plus en plus de monde se rue dans la ville pour immortaliser cette Fête des Lumieres,
2 heures pour faire 20 km pour rejoindre le centre de Lyon nous a fait nous deplacer sur les hauteurs de la ville de La Mulatiere (sud de Lyon)
pour vous proposer un panoramique exceptionnel et unique a ce jour, aussi bien du point de vue geographique que technique.

Materiel utilise :
- Nikon D300 et Nikon D200
- Objectif 500mm
- Tête panoramique motorisee Gigapan Epic Pro

Prise de vue :
- 1h30 de prise de vue
- 816 images de 4288 x 2848 pixels

Assemblage :
- photo composee de 816 photos haute definition (48 colonnes, 17 lignes),
- 2 heures d'assemblage logiciel.
- image brute assemblee 139012 x 33388 pixels, soit 4.64 milliards de pixels (4.64 GigaPixels)

Photo finale :
- dimensions 11m par 2.40m (en 300 dpi)
- 139012 x 33388 pixels, soit 4.64 milliards de pixels (4.64 GigaPixels)
- poids du fichier : 12.97 Go (soit pres de 3 DVD pour stocker l'image brute seule)

Credit photo : mattt.org (Mathias Chorein - Photographe), www.lalogo.fr (Michel Valero - Photographe) et www.latelierdeclaire.fr (Claire & Johan Serre - point de vue)

Tous droit reserves - Reproduction interdite

Contact : lyon.gigapixel [a] free .fr

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English version :

December 8th in Lyon is a Light festival, where thousands or amateur photographer are shooting lights in the city.
Each year, more and more people are in the streets to see this festival, and this year, we are taking this panorama from La Mulatiere (south of Lyon) for this
unique and amazing point of view of Lyon.

Material :
Nikon D300, Nikon D200 with 500mm lense
Motorized panoramic head Gigapan Epic Pro

View :
1hour 1/2 of picture taking
816 images of 4288 x 2848 pixels

Assembly :
Picture is composed of 816 images in high definition (48 colons and 17 rows)
More than 2 hours of software assembly
rough image of 139012 x 33388 pixels, that's 4.64 billions of pixels (4.64 Gigapixels)

Final picture :
size of 11 meters by 2.40 meters (300 dpi)
139012 x 33388 pixels, that's more than 4.6 billions of pixels
size of file : 12.97 Go (needs 3 DVDs to store only the image)

Credits : Mattt.org (Mathias Chorein - Photographer), www.lalogo.fr (Michel Valerero - Photographer) and www.latelierdeclaire.fr (Claire & Johan Serre - point of view)
All rights reserved - Unauthorized reproduction prohibited

contact : lyon.gigapixel [a] free .fr

GigaPan Stitch version 1.0.0805 (Windows)
Panorama size: 4641 megapixels (139012 x 33388 pixels)
Input images: 816 (48 columns by 17 rows)
Field of view: 171.8 degrees wide by 41.3 degrees high (top=12.8, bottom=-28.5)
Settings:
All default settings
Original image properties:
Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model: NIKON D300
Image size: 4288x2848 (12.2 megapixels)
Capture time: 2010-12-08 22:43:53 - 2010-12-09 00:15:05
Aperture: f/6.3 - f/16
Exposure time: 1.3
ISO: 200 - 1600
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 750.0 mm
Digital zoom: off
White balance: Automatic
Exposure mode: Automatic
Horizontal overlap: 30.3 to 42.2 percent
Vertical overlap: 31.3 to 36.4 percent
Computer stats: 4095.3 MB RAM, 4 CPUs
Total time 2:31:22 (11 seconds per picture)
Alignment: 1:38:58, Projection: 9:21, Blending: 43:03
(Preview finished in 2:05:18)