Stadium Flying Saucer

Lumix LF1

I shot this fun panorama last weekend at Opera in the Ballpark.

--Warren

Gail at the New Devil's Slide Trail

Lumix LF1

We checked out the new Devil's Slide Trail the other day, and I took the opportunity to try out the automatic panorama mode of my Lumix LF1. It was crazy easy to make a panoramic image using this camera. This wasn't exactly what I had in mind for this month's project, but Lea reminded me that a picture like this would qualify to be included in this month's project. :)

--Warren

Lands End Panorama

HTC One X 

From my late afternoon bike ride yesterday.

--Warren

Southern Layers

Nikon D200, Tamron 24-135mm

Looking south from the Marin Headlands, you can see (through the haze and fog) from foreground to background: Lincoln Park/Legion of Honor, the Richmond District, Golden Gate Park, Sunset District, Daly City, and Pacifica (Mori Point).

--Warren

The Golden Gate

D200, Tamron 24-135mm

Marin in foreground, San Francisco in the background, this is not my usual style (or is it?), but I had an idea to try this when I was standing there looking for a shot :).

I would appreciate your comments on this one. Does it do anything for you?

--Warren

Twilight View of San Francisco from the Marin Headlands

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 14-45mm

This is historic, my first stitched panorama shot!

This is a 7 shot stitched panorama. The shots were handheld. I used my EVF's grid line display to aid with positioning the horizon in each of the 7 shots. In post-processing, I am trying out a program called Autostitch. It was ridiculously easy to create the resulting image. Blogger has a 1600 pixel width limit on images, so unfortunately you won't be able to see all the details.

I also tried a 6 shot series in portrait mode that worked well, but this series was a more dramatic example.

--Warren

Beauty in a Dirt Mound

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

It was springtime (Easter Sunday) in the Presidio and there were flowers everywhere including a nondescript mound of dirt in a field. I think most people would simply walk by without noticing, but when I saw this scene, I was reminded of those beautiful fields of flowers that Dan and Simon posted recently. I wondered... can I make a picture of this scene that would be aesthetically pleasing?

Trees at North Lake

Panasonic DMC-G1, Konica 40mm f1.8

The road through the trees is Chain of Lakes Drive that goes from the north side of the GG Park to the south side. The road is narrow and twisty, and tree-lined, so that when you drive on the road, most of the lake is hidden from view.

--Warren

Crissy Field Lagoon Inlet

Nikon D100, Nikkor 28mm f2.8 AF

Fisherman's Wharf at Night

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 14-45mm

This was taken on the day after Christmas. We were hoping that the boats still had their Christmas lights on, but only a few had them.

--Warren

Self Portrait at Brunch

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

We went to Nopa Restaurant for brunch a couple of weeks ago. I took advantage of this interesting mirror scene to take a mirror self-portrait.

Any ideas for the December Project?

Added later: I forgot to say: I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Day :). It was a cool, clear day here in SF. We went out for a walk in GG Park before the big Thanksgiving dinner. I'll post a couple of shots from the park, taken on Thanksgiving, and also the weekend before.

--Warren

My New 28 Megapixel Superwide Camera...

I don't know why I haven't tried this before... here's a panorama of the Charles River from the Back Bay in Boston.

This 180-degree photo is actually made up of five "normal" images I took with my 18-55mm zoom at it's widest setting. Equivalent to a 28mm lens on a 35mm camera, it's not a superwide by any means. But coupled with the PhotoStitch software that came with my Canon DSLR, I was able to create this panorama in a few minutes. The resulting image was 13,530 x 2142 pixels, or about 28.6 megapixels.

I did this on the spur of the moment last weekend while in Boston for a wedding, without giving it much thought, but here is a good article by Ken Rockwell on using PhotoStitch. Ken notes that even the least expensive Canon digicams made in the last two years, come with this software. The digicams even come with a special "stitch assist" mode to make life easier still.

I see this as a good technique for making some dramatic panoramas in Annapolis and Baltimore. Look for some soon.