People with too much time on their hands…
Everyone sing! Oh, people with way too much time on their hands!
I’ve always been curious about composite panoramic photographs and how difficult they are to create. I wanted to do one while taking a photography class in my freshman year of high school, but we just didn’t have the equipment for me to attempt anything other than a sloppy post-development cut and paste job. Given that most of our photo paper was about as thick poster board paper, the end result would have been quite thick indeed.
However, thanks to the advances in digital photography that allow any Joe Shrub1 to “develop” and edit photos in minutes, I’ve finally been able to experiment and create a panoramic photo from the comfort of my own living room!
And so, all of that being said, I give you my masterpiece (I would suggest clicking the picture to open a larger version):
I’ve always been curious about composite panoramic photographs and how difficult they are to create. I wanted to do one while taking a photography class in my freshman year of high school, but we just didn’t have the equipment for me to attempt anything other than a sloppy post-development cut and paste job. Given that most of our photo paper was about as thick poster board paper, the end result would have been quite thick indeed.
However, thanks to the advances in digital photography that allow any Joe Shrub1 to “develop” and edit photos in minutes, I’ve finally been able to experiment and create a panoramic photo from the comfort of my own living room!
And so, all of that being said, I give you my masterpiece (I would suggest clicking the picture to open a larger version):
The View From Our Balcony
Obviously this is not a 360° panorama. I didn’t feel that the side of our building would make very interesting subject material. I feel very proud of this work (especially for a first attempt); however, I do feel that I should offer just a few comments on it:
- We do not live on a corner as this photograph would suggest. The road to the right does curve off into the distance very much as is shown. The road that runs in front of our building, however, is straight.
- The long low building in the foreground has not been the victim of a horrific earthquake. The curving of the building and the jagged bits are the result of an attack by Godzilla (He was tired of being confined to the same cities so he’s broadening his horizons here in Europe.).
- The rail on our balcony does not just randomly end. We’re assured that very advanced computers calculated that exact point as being where the end of the rail should be.
- I have no idea how the writing got on the large gray building. That’s what I told the police and I’m sticking to that story.
1 This was originally Joe Schlub, but the spell-check recommended Shrub and I found that immensely more entertaining.
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Actually the picture looks great! I just couldn't resist the song after you made too many comments about having too much time on your hands.
Funny you should mention that actually... I'm being recruited for a short audit job at the embassy. It's unclear at this point how long it will take exactly, but it definitely will not take more than a month.
More on that later once I know more (and once I know that I got the job).
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