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About This GigaPan
Toggle- Taken by
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David Engle
- Explore score
- 120
- Size
- 0.24 Gigapixels
- Views
- 3828
- Date added
- April 20, 2011
- Date taken
- April 17, 2011
- Gear
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Nikon D7000
- Categories
- Galleries
- Competitions
- Tags
- reckling, green, tulane, conference, 20x1, D7000, ricew, riceu, riceowlsbaseball, wave, rice, owls
- Description
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This GigaPan was taken during Sunday's game ... a spectacular photo was taken during Saturday's game and can be seen here: www.panoramio.com/photo/51392189
This game was the annual Kids Take Over the Park day: tinyurl.com/RecklingKids001
Before you leave, take a look around and visit: www.gigapan.org/gigapans/most_popular/?q=riceowlsbaseball and www.gigapan.org/gigapans/most_popular/2/?q=riceowlsbaseball
This panorama was taken with a Nikon D7000 camera and the 18-105mm 3.5-5.3G ED lens and is comprized of 20 stitched photos, stitched with the GigaPan Stitcher software.Thanks to the GigaPan Stitcher software, seeing it as a curved panorama on a curved surface via the "View in Google Earth 4.2 " link can be most memorable.
Stitcher Notes
ToggleMinimizeGigaPan Stitch version 1.0.0804 (Macintosh)
Panorama size: 236 megapixels (44112 x 5352 pixels)
Input images: 20 (20 columns by 1 rows)
Field of view: 180.9 degrees wide by 21.9 degrees high (top=11.3, bottom=-10.6)
Settings:
All default settings
Original image properties:
Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION (+ 1 unknown)
Camera model: NIKON D7000 (+ 1 unknown)
Image size: 1270x4918, 1774x4928, 2011x4915, 2157x4928, 2166x4928, 2474x4890, 2474x4928, 2521x4928, 2568x4928, 2633x4928, 2670x4928, 2773x4928, 2782x4928, 2937x4435, 3142x4928, 3165x4928, 3249x4928, 3259x4928, 3264x4928 (6.2 megapixels - 16.1 megapixels)
Capture time: 2011-04-17 13:44:38 - 2011-04-17 13:47:09 (+ 1 unknown)
Aperture: f/5.3 (+ 1 unknown)
Exposure time: 0.0003125 (+ 1 unknown)
ISO: 400 (+ 1 unknown)
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 99.0 mm (+ 2 unknown)
Digital zoom: off (+ 2 unknown)
White balance: Automatic (+ 2 unknown)
Exposure mode: Manual (+ 2 unknown)
Horizontal overlap: 4.1 to 50.2 percent
Computer stats: 2048 MB RAM, 2 CPUs
Total time 3:20 (10 seconds per picture)
Alignment: 35 seconds, Projection: 11 seconds, Blending: 2:34
(Preview finished in 1:02)
David Engle (May 03, 2011, 06:19AM )
The collection of curated GigaPans, which you provided the link to, does have one photo of the ball coming off the bat [ www.gigapan.org/gigapans/75452/snap shots/209037/ ] and is a very good shot. It was taken at 1/100 sec shutter speed (Note: this frisbee-flight snapshot www.gigapan.org/conversations/17184 0/ was also taken at 1/100 sec ... the flight of a frisbee is *slightly* different than that of a baseball although both are goverened by the same laws of physics). My baseball photos, if they show the ball frozen in flight, are taken usually around 1/5000 sec. The trick is to take these photos and GigaPans in bright sunlight and at f/2.8 or f/3.5 [resulting in small depth of field] to achive fast shutter speeds; that is why you may see baseball photographers using *big* fast lenses at these sporting events.
The Gigapanographer Currently Known as "Kilgore661" (May 03, 2011, 03:21AM )
Good point! The collection is called "Take me to the ball game" but there is not a single ball to be seen. Clearly, someone has dropped the ball there :-)
David Engle (April 27, 2011, 11:29PM )
The GigaPan collection that you mention: I do not see the baseball as I do in this collection: tinyurl.com/ISeetheBall001 or seen in this single photo: www.panoramio.com/photo/51392189&n bsp;
The Gigapanographer Currently Known as "Kilgore661" (April 27, 2011, 09:32PM )
Wow - that sounds like everything I could want to know! Also of note is that there is a curated collection of gigapans tinyurl.com/6g9t7jk
David Engle (April 27, 2011, 11:41AM )
In one way or another they should: For basics, consider this link that shows the difficulty: tinyurl.com/BaseballPhysics001&nbs p;
For an *very*
interesting collection of informative links, this
is a *must see*: tinyurl.com/BaseballPhysics002&nbs
p;
which one of
the links will take you to a very popular site
with an incredible amount of information: tinyurl.com/BaseballPhysics003&nbs
p;
This link has
some neat photos as well as excellent articles: tinyurl.com/BaseballPhysics004&nbs
p;
Dr Rod Cross
has written an excellent book on the physics of
softball and baseball: tinyurl.com/BaseballPhysics005&nbs
p;
and here is an
article he wrote concerning the bounce of a ball:
tinyurl.com/BaseballPhysics006&nbs
p;
and if the
above does not answer your question, then this
link will: tinyurl.com/BaseballPhysics007&nbs
p;
My suggestion
to become an expert on the physics of baseball is
to buy this very inexpensive book, which is a
classic of the field (no pun intended ... well,
maybe): tinyurl.com/BaseballPhysics008&nbs
p;
The Gigapanographer Currently Known as "Kilgore661" (April 27, 2011, 10:45AM )
When the players are watching a 90 mph fastball coming at them, do they consider physics of baseball?
David Engle (April 20, 2011, 06:11PM )
Thanks for the uplifting comment. It seems as if this project will last as long as I last ... I want to take the perfect panorama of a Rice Owls baseball game with each player on the field having an action shot of them and the baseball in play and at the moment, a hand-held panorama although, later I may use a monopod. Note: on the campus of Rice University, due to the international variety of students, it is not unusual to see a cricket match or rugby match as there are open spaces designated as a rugby field [ remember Emily?: www.gigapan.org/gigapans/35842/ ] and a cricket field [ for this panorama, I was standing on the cricket field: www.gigapan.org/gigapans/40036/ ]. Rice rocks ... :)
Sydney Gardens Gigapan Group (April 20, 2011, 04:31PM )
This project of yours is really coming along nicely David. I must work out how to get myself to a cricket match and try something similar myself. I second your recommendation to view this pano in GE.