 Sanctuary - A World Wide Panorama December 17-21, 2004 |
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Kailua, Island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
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| Lat: 21° 23' 04" N |
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Long: 157° 45' 10" W |
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December 18, 2004-11:00am Hawaii time |
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Equipment: Nikon D70 camera with 18-70 zoom set at 18mm. Bogen 3414 head with homemade camera mount.
QTVRAS and Photoshop. |
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Ulupo Heiau (Night of Inspiration) is one of the first sacred temples to have been built as a "mapele" (agriculture) heiau by the first people, or menehune, and dedicated to the god Kaneulupo. Kakuhihewa, an Oahu chief who lived in Kailua in the 1400's is tho..
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| Photo: Norman Shapiro |
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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| Lat: 51° 00' 22" N |
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Long: 114° 05' 56" W |
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10:00AM - December 21, 2004 |
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Equipment: Nikon D1X - 10.5mm fisheye
Manfrotto 302Plus
PTMac, Xblend, Photoshop, CubicConverter, CubicConector
Audio recorded with a M-Audio Firewire 410 connected to a Apple Powerbook, mastered with Soundtrack |
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Sandy Beach is one of the many parks in Calgary and for many a retreat inculding myself.
It's a peaceful place for a pick nick, to read, start a bike ride, walk the dogs or to flow down the Elbow river in a raft.
Just a great place for an afternoon st..
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| Photo: John Cornegge |
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Johnston Canyon, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
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| Lat: 51° 15' 10" N |
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Long: 115° 50' 18" W |
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December 20, 2004, 15:30 |
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Equipment: Nikon D70 with Nikkor 10.5 and homemade tripod head. PTGui, PanoTools, Panocube Plus, Photoshop and Picture Window Pro. |
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To access this natural amphitheatre facing the waterfall you cross a bridge and walk through a short tunnel. In the summer you get soaked by the spray from the waterfall, so winter is really a more pleasant time to visit this secluded "sanctuary"...
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| Photo: Scott Rowed |
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Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada
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| Lat: 50° 4' 26" N |
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Long: 124° 54' 6" W |
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December 20 2:00 pm |
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Equipment: Nikon 995 Fisheye
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Before you click on this pano, please wait and just let it do its own thing for a few minutes. As soon as you click and begin to interact with it, you will be able to control it.
This is one of my favourite groves in the forest on Cortes Island in British Colu..
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| Photo: Irene Blueth |
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Mount Maxwell Provincial Park, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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| Lat: 48° 48' 1" N |
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Long: 123° 30' 50" W |
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December 21, 2004, 11am PST |
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Equipment: Nikon D70, PTMac, Xblend, Cubic Converter, Dual processor Mac G4. |
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This is an old-growth Douglas Fir forest. A peaceful sanctuary with breath-taking views from the peak.
"Stop the words now.
Open the window in the center of your chest,
and let the spirits fly in and out." --Rumi..
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| Photo: Uri Cogan |
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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| Lat: 43° 26' 29.9" N |
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Long: 79° 39' 59.3" W |
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15:52EST December 19, 2004 |
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Equipment: Canon 300D with a 20mm Sigma on a Kiwi+ panohead. |
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Lake Ontario is the last of the Great Lakes that water east of the Continental Divide will flow through on it's way out to the Atlantic. Covering 7,340 sq. miles the lake can quickly become a stormy and dangerous place to be. The sight of the Oakville Harbour ..
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| Photo: Francis Fougere |
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London, Ontario, Canada
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| Lat: 42° 59' 13" N |
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Long: 81° 14' 34" W |
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16:00 EST. December 21, 2004 |
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Equipment: Nikon D70 + 10.5mm Fisheye + Stitcher + Photoshop |
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Ellisboro, Saskatchewan, Canada
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| Lat: 50° 31' 6" N |
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Long: 103° 13' 29" W |
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December 21, 2004, 20:45 UTC (14:45 local time) |
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Equipment: Nikon Coolpix 4500, with FC-E8 Fisheye Lens, Custom tripod head, PTMac to stitch, 6 shots (North, South, East, West, Zenith, Nadir) in "panorama assist" mode. Photos: 2272x1704, focal length 11.8mm, (57mm in 35mm eq), F6.1, shutter 5/1753s, |
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Ellisboro is a small town nestled in the Qu'appelle valley, 15 kilometers north of Wolseley. It was established in 1883, and was home to the first rural high school in Saskatchewan, an Anglican and a United Church, and a small collection of houses. It is now..
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| Photo: David Gerhard |
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Tohono O'odham Reservation, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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| Lat: 32° 6' 25.69" N |
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Long: 111° 0' 28.39" W |
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December 22, 2004 |
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The San Xavier del Bac Mission, also known as "The White Dove of the Desert", is located just south of Tucson, Arizona on the Tohono O'odham reservation. It is open every day of the year to the public as an attraction and a functioning Sanctuary...
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| Photo: Gary Mackender |
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Ouachita Mountains near Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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| Lat: 34° 28' 48" N |
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Long: 93° 5' 0" W |
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11:45AM Dec 21, 2004 |
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Equipment: Canon 10D Sigma 14mm lens, Kaidan QPU-2 head |
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A small creek-river in the Oachita Mountains, it goes from a small creek to raging torrent several times a year in a matter of a few hours. A very private- peaceful place...
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| Photo: Richard Vallon Jr. |
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University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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| Lat: 37° 52' 30" N |
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Long: 122° 15' 30" W |
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December 20. 2004 - 9:00 PST |
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Equipment: Olympus E-1 with 14-28mm lens at 14mm (equiv to 28mm), on a Kaidan QuickPan III with spherical adapter. One level tier of 14 images, tiers up and down at 45 degrees of 7 images each, zenith and nadir. RealViz Stitcher 4.0 on a Mac G5. |
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Salmon Creek Beach, Sonoma County, California, USA
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| Lat: 38° 21' 5" N |
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Long: 123° 4' 2" W |
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18 December 2004 - 23:49 UTC (15:49 PST) |
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Equipment: Hardware: Nikon D100, Nikkor 10.5mm Lens, Kaidan QuickPan III Spherical
Software: Kekus PanoTools Plug-ins, RealViz Stitcher, Photoshop CS, CubicConverter, QT Player Pro, VRPrep |
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I take the theme of sanctuary to mean a "place of refuge or asylum". Growing up in Northern California about a 45-minute drive from the ocean, I've always considered the beach as my sanctuary.
Whether stressed because of school, work, friends, o..
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| Photo: Landis Bennett |
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Pacific Palisades, California, USA
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| Lat: 34° 2' 39" N |
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Long: 118° 33' 8" W |
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| Date/Time: |
December 19, 2004 16:50 PST |
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Equipment: Fuji S2 Pro Camera, Nikkor 10.5mm fisheye, Bogen 300 Panorama Head with custom multirow bracket.
PTMac 2.1 v38, xBlend 2.1, Photoshop CS, CubicConverter 2.0.5, VRPrep |
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Arden Fair Mall, Sacramento, California, USA
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| Lat: 38° 36' 7" N |
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Long: 121° 25' 39" W |
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7:45 PM, Sunday, December 19, 2004 |
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Equipment: Hardware: Nikon D100, Nikkor 8mm Lens, Kaidan QuickPan III Spherical
Software: Kekus PTMac, Photoshop CS, CubicConverter |
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For Macintosh users, a sanctuary away from a Windows-dominated world. For shoppers tired of traditional stores and sales, a sanctuary of no-pressure sales and a place to browse the web. For Mac addicts and many panographers, home ... almost. And what better..
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| Photo: Ryan E. Galt |
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San Jose, California, USA
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| Lat: 37° 20' 2.79" N |
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Long: 121° 53' 25.46" W |
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| Date/Time: |
11:00 am PST, Saturday Dec 18, 2004 |
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Equipment: Bogen tripod, Kaidan QuickPan Spherical, Olympus E-1, 14-54 mm lens on 14 mm, 3 rows of 10 pictures, nadir and zenith pictures (total 32). Stitched with RealViz Stitcher 3.5 and processed with PhotoShop CS and PanoTools 2.1. |
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Luckily enough I was able to finish taking this panorama before the church personel started to move things around (piano, etc) and turn on the ceiling lights for a baptism or other event. The rich decorations of the dome make for a nice spherical image with lo..
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| Photo: Christian Gavin |
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Oakland, California, USA
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| Lat: 37° 48' 24.93" N |
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Long: 122° 15' 23.13" W |
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Tuesday Dec 21 - 1:00 PM |
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Equipment: I used an Olimpus Camera, and Quicktime VR Authoring Studios |
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Mojave Desert northeast of Tehachapi, California, USA
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| Lat: 35° 8' 32.46" N |
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Long: 118° 18' 50.4" W |
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December 21, 2004 - 10:05:35am, PST (GMT -8:00) |
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Equipment: Canon EOS-20D, Sigma 8mm |
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The Mountain Spirit Center is a Zen Buddhist study and retreat complex in a serene canyon of the high desert between Mojave and Tehachapi. The site was founded in 1993, and has since been developed by students and guests with several beautiful buildings, and a..
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| Photo: Roger Howard |
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Sun Mountain Farm, Placerville, California, USA
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| Lat: 38° 44' 59.7" N |
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Long: 120° 43' 16" W |
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3:00 PM 19 December 2004 |
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Equipment: Hardware: Nikon D100, Nikkor 10.5mm Lens, Kaidan QuickPan III Spherical
Software: Kekus PanoTools Plug-ins, RealViz Stitcher, XBlend, Photoshop CS, CubicConverter, QT Player Pro, VRPrep |
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Sunday 19 December
This may sound strange, but on that Sunday, my godparents' farm was a sanctuary for me. I had been trying to visit with them for some time and our paths were never really able to cross until our Solstice pano weekend. Landis and I were in ..
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| Photo: Kat Kalamaras |
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