GigaPans

This is the pinnacle of my 2009 GigaPan effort :) 1000 feet up looking out on all of Houston ... what an experience, and I may be going back again.

From Wikipedia: The 75-story, 1,002-foot (305.4 m) tall JPMorgan Chase Tower of Houston, Texas, formerly the Texas Commerce Tower, is the tallest building in Texas, the tallest five-sided building in the world, and is the 45th tallest in the world. http://tinyurl.com/5qkn68

This hand-held panorama has been stitched using the GigaPan Stitche...

Note: an earlier GigaPan, http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30905 , did not include the panoramic view of Pasadena and the Houston Ship Channel area as does this panorama.

Taken from the 24th floor of Hilton Americas Hotel: http://tinyurl.com/2og9ru

An stunning view of Houston from Galena Park and the Houston Ship Channel area westward to the heart of the downtown area, especially so since there are two pillars not shown in this panorama, but yet the view can almost be considered ...

Kilgore661's GigaPans: Zoom Baby, Zoom (http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/9802/) and Zoom Baby, Zoom - Revisited (http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/63157/) motivated me to return to retake one of my more popular panoramas. There are others on gigapan.org that take *high* altitude panoramas versus panoramas taken from mountain tops, one of which is Tom Nelson (atypical is http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/29680/ and his masterpiece: http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/46074/) ... thanks to all for th...

I recently suffered a knee problem and the doctor I was seeing for this condition has a large office area and from here is where I took the aerial view: http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/18294/snapshots/171255/

I have named it, "Busted-Knee Panorama of Rice University, a View From Above," as it would not have been accomplished except for the visit(s) to get some cortisone shots.

The panorama was taken with the SX110, but sadly, since it was a double-pane of glass that I shot thro...

This is the first hand-held GigaPan taken on this extraordinarily hot summer day in Houston, Texas. After I descended to ground level, I took a total of about 25 GigaPans on this *hot* day, primarily focused on Metro Rail Train Stations. More to follow.

Note: If you are prone to get dizzy at heights, please do not look at this in Google Earth. In the Google Earth view, you will see that I am on the edge and for me, this was the scariest collection of photos I have ever taken.

Another vi...

This from Dave McGary's website, http://www.davemcgary.com/biography-of-dave-mcgary.htm

On February 22, 1998, Dave installed a 30-foot tall, 15-foot wide monument weighing over ten tons at the Houston Astrodome. The sculpture, “Touch the Clouds”, depicts a nineteenth century Miniconjou Chief who fought alongside Crazy Horse at the Battle of Little Big Horn. The project was announced at a ceremony and national media press conference in February of 1996, where Dave unveiled a 43 in...

Compare to the Job Seeker's Panorama: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=25935

This is my first attempt at a 360-degree panorama and the project succeeded my initial expectations only in that it stitched as a 360. My next project will be something less than infinity although downtown office windows can be seen (i.e., not a blur or out of focus).

As always, this panorama was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher; therefore, the stitcher notes, which can be seen, are invaluable. ...

Taken with a Leica D-Lux 3 at the same location as http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27043 except that this panorama is not a 360 as is the case of the panorama taken with the Canon SX110.

Kilgore661 has always been an inspiration for me and one of his most incredible GigaPans, View From Above (http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/7536/), has always been at the top of my list for exceptional panoramas. I have been to Bath Abbey *numerous* times, but never got to the top as he was able to accomplish. However, I have been to the Top of Texas (http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/34909/). Based on Kilgore661's panorama and my panorama, I am sure that there are many others from a...