Panoramas
Vegas Strip
A 270° panorama of the Bellagio fountain show at night in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
This panorama was stitched together from a 15 minute series of handheld shots taken atop one of the large balustrades surrounding the Bellagio's fountain pool. Casinos in the photo from left to right: Flamingo, Bally's, Paris, Cosmopolitan, Bellagio.Lightscitypeoplecrowdsfountaincasinoneonnightpanoramastitched
Lime Kiln Lighthouse
Panorama at the Lime Kiln Lighthouse on San Juan Island, Washington, USA.
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From San Juan Islands
Vancouver
Panorama of Downtown Vancouver, BC and the Inner Harbour, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
This view of Vancouver no longer exists. The Inner Harbour now has boathouses where these docks once were. The skyline has more buildings, the boat traffic increased and the water never appears this calm now.
This photo is a 30-second exposure using a Hasselblad XPan. The resulting 65mm x 24mm image film positive was scanned using a Canoscan FS4000US film scanner.architecturebuildingscitycityscapecloudslightsnightneonpanoramareflectionsskylineskyscraperwaterharborboatsxpanhasselblad
From Vancouver
Hong Kong
Hong Kong skyline panorama at dusk, Hong Kong, China
The original image dimensions are 10865 × 3178 pixels (34.5 megapixels) composited from 2 sets of 22 photos (11 above, 11 below) with minimal HDR processing to bring out the color of the sky, clouds and water. Both sets of photos were shot at 70mm, f/8 and ISO 400 on a tripod with a panoramic head. The top half of the image was taken over a period of about 45 seconds to avoid ghosting of the clouds since they were moving quickly. The bottom half was taken at a more leisurely pace. The first set was at 0.5 second exposure and second set at 0.125 second. An HDR composite image was generated from the different exposures of each section and then stitched together for the final image.architecturebuildingscitycityscapecloudslightsnightneonpanoramareflectionsskylineskyscraperwaterChinastitched
From Hong Kong
Hatshepsut Temple
360° panorama at the Temple of Hatshepsut near Luxor, Egypt. Here's the QTVR version (705Kb) You'll notice a lot of ghost images of people. Normally I remove these ghosts, but left them in to show how this is not a static image.
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From Luxor
Crater Lake
210º Panorama of Crater Lake, Oregon, USA and Wizard Island from the Watchman Overlook.
The color of the water has not been enhanced. The vivid blue color is the result of the dark water from the depth of the lake and the clarity of the air at high altitude.
The original image is 33.4 megapixelsVictoria Falls
360° panorama of Victoria Falls from the Zimbabwe side. Here's the QTVR version (4.25Mb)
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From Victoria Falls
Okavango Delta
360° Panorama of our campsite on the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
There are a couple of blank areas because these photos were all handheld and manually stitched together.AfricaBotswanaOkavango Deltariverpanorama360stitched
From Okavango Delta
Cape Point
360° panoramic view from an old embattlement at the tip of Cape Point at Cape Hope, South Africa. On the far left is the old lighthouse. The new lighthouse is at the center of the photo.
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From Cape Point
Carlsbad Caverns
360° panorama inside Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, USA. Here's the QTVR version (7.69Mb)
Carlsbad Caverns
360° panorama inside Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, USA. Here's the QTVR version (6.38Mb)
Carlsbad Caverns
360° panorama inside Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, USA. Here's the QTVR version (11.1Mb)