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wwp1205
Best of 2005 A World Wide Panorama

The final WWP event of 2005 offered all VR photographers the chance to send in their personal favourite image from the whole year - no limit on topic or date. Over 300 responded, representing 46 countries.

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WWP 304 - Marketplace | WWP 604 - World Heritage | WWP 904 - Bridges | WWP 1204 - Sanctuary | WWP 305 - Marketplace | WWP 605 - Water | WWP 905 - Energy | WWP 1205 - Best of 2005

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Dashi and Karakuri Festival  
2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan
Lat: 34° 59' 34.08" N view map Long: 137° 30' 14.4" E
Date/Time: April 2005
Equipment: Fuji S2 Pro, Nikon 10.5DX Lens,360 Precision head
Men in period dress pose in front of Temple Floats (Dashi) with mechanical puppets (Karakuri), during Aichi Week at Expo 2005. Expo 2005 Aichi was held in Aichi, Japan from March 25 to September 25. Over 100 countries, companies and government organizations ..
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Photo: Ian Orgias
The Great Image of Buddha  
Kamakura, Japan
Lat: 35° 19' 0.8" N view map Long: 139° 32' 8.5" E
Date/Time: December 10, 2005
Equipment: NikonD70 + Sigma 8mm Fisheye + Manfrotto303
This great image of Buddha is made from bronze, height is 13.35 meters, and weight is 121 tons. It was built in 1252 and is a national treasure in Japan...
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Photo: Kenichi Sano
Light & Shadow  
Chino Cultural Complex Multi-purpose Hall, Chino, Nagano, Japan
Lat: 35° 59' 44" N view map Long: 138° 9' 7" E
Photo: Yasushi Shikano
Bottling the Sake  
Azumamine Brewery, Shiwa-cho Iwate, Japan
Lat: 39° 33' 8.43" N view map Long: 141° 6' 31.24" E
Date/Time: December 7, 2005 - 09:10 UTC (16:10 local time)
Equipment: Canon EOS 10D ,Sigma 8mm 1:4EX 360Precision panoramic tripod head
I have two best VR panoramas this year. One is this "Bottling the Sake". "Sake" is a Japanese alcoholic beverage, brewed from rice. This brewery named "azumamine" is a small ..
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Photo: Yoshito Takagi
View from the Top  
Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Lat: 35° 39' 30.45" N view map Long: 139° 44' 43.48" E
Date/Time: 2005/03/30
Equipment: Fuji S2 Pro, Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 Lens, Handheld, Stitched with PTGui and converted with Panocube
At 333 meters the Tokyo Tower is 13 meters taller than its model, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and is the world's tallest self-supporting steel tower. It was completed in 1958 as a symbol for Japan's rebirth as a major economic power, and serves as a tel..
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Photo: Keith Wilson
Duo KOBE  
Kobe Station, Japan
Lat: 34° 40' 46" N view map Long: 135° 10' 38" E
Date/Time: AM11:00 June 1 ,2005
Equipment: NikonD70,NikonFisherEye10.5,Manfrotto303SPH
I love Kobe...
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Photo: Masao Yamamichi
Tengu to Dance in the Sky  
Inagi-city, Tokyo, Japan
Lat: 35° 37' 57.91" N view map Long: 139° 31' 20.82" E
Date/Time: August 21, 2005
Equipment: Canon EOS Kiss Digital N, Sigma 8mm, KAIDAN QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Twin-Axis Bracket. PTMac, PhotoShop, CubicConverter, CubicConnector
Anazawa heavenly shrine summer festival. Tengu(long-nosed goblin) has the fan and the bottle gourd. He purifies land while dancing. It is a prayer to good harvest. The cicada barked at the grove of a village shrine, the wind at ancient times blew...
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Photo: Keiji Yokotani
Observatory  
KBS Open-Air Movie Set, Jechon, South Korea
Lat: 37° 1' 59.89" N view map Long: 128° 10' 31.36" E
Date/Time: September 24, 2005
Equipment: Canon EOS 20D EF-S 10-22mm @10mm PT-Gui
The area of Jechon is famous for its beautiful scenery. The Open-Air movie set is located in the east part of Korea, built by KBS (the Korean Broadcasting System), one of the largest television broadcasting companies in the country. This particular set was bui..
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Photo: Ingemar Bergmark
Xieng Kok  
The Golden Triangle, Laos
Lat: 21° 11' 13" N view map Long: 101° 8' 34" E
Date/Time: March 2005
Located close to the border with China, 70 kms upstream, and Burma on the other side of the Mekong. This area is also known as The Golden Triangle. In my goal to navigate The Mekong River from the mouth to the source, then, Xieng Kok is the best of the year fo..
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Photo: Paul Stewart
Taal Vista Lodge  
Tagaitay, Luzon, the Philippines
Lat: 13° 52' 59.16" N view map Long: 120° 55' 0.48" E
Date/Time: 07:30 am
Equipment: used a seitz roundshot 420 degree image croped to 360 120mmtrasparecy film a 28mm lens film then scanned and 1 joint only to make panorama
One morning I was in the very old and historic hotel, the Taal Vista Lodge, and was captivated by the view so I shot 5 rolls of slide film and used my Roundshot 28-220 and picked one image, the first one. For the rest, too many curious people started milling ..
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Photo: Benigno T Toda III
Taal Volcano and Crater Lake  
Talisay, Batangas, Philippines
Lat: 14° 0' 43.92" N view map Long: 120° 59' 34.44" E
Date/Time: January 2005
The smallest active volcano in the world, Taal volcano is located some 50 kilometers south of the capital city of Manila in the Philippines. The uniqueness of this volcano is, apart from having a small lake (called the Crater Lake), the volcano itself is surro..
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Photo: Fung Yu
Sky Lanterns  
Pinghsi, Taipei, Taiwan
Lat: 25° 02' 32" N view map Long: 121° 45' 50" E
Date/Time: January 1, 2005 - 22:00 local time)
Equipment: The software I use are --- Stitcher, MakeCubic,PPVRhotwires The camera I use is --- nikon d70, sigma15-30
Photo: Chien-Fu Chung
Quay No. 12 of True Love  
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Lat: 22° 37' 13.2" N view map Long: 120° 17' 22.8" E
Date/Time: December 24, 2005
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8, Manfortto 303SPH
Photo: Jerry Liu
Underground Metro Mall  
Taipei, Taiwan
Lat: 25° 2' 46" N view map Long: 121° 30' 57" E
Date/Time: August 11, 2005 - 09:27 UTC (17:27 TPE)
Equipment: Canon EOS 20D + Sigma 8mm Fisheye / PTGui & Photoshop CS
Like many urban areas where population has increased sharply the space on the ground is no longer enough. So, growth towards the sky and underground gradually develops. The grand horizon of high buildings and large mansions is obvious on the ground. But the Su..
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Photo: Walker Young
Hólavallagarður Cemetery  
Reykjavík, Iceland
Lat: 64° 8' 30" N view map Long: 21° 57' 1" W
Date/Time: June 15, 2005 - 15:25 GMT
Equipment: Canon A95, Pano Tools & Photoshop, Apple QTVRAS
Hólavallargarður cemetery was consecrated in 1838 and is one of the largest and oldest cemeteries in Iceland. Many renowned 19th and 20th century Icelanders are buried here. The memorials in the cemetery are highly diverse and bear testimony to different tre..
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Photo: Martin Sammtleben
View from Mount Amos  
Mt Amos, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Lat: 42° 9' 3" S view map Long: 148° 18' 12" E
Date/Time: 16th May 2005
Equipment: Kodak 3800 Powerbook G4 Quicktime Authoring Studio
Some places take your breath away. This is one of them - breathtaking for the natural beauty everywhere around the intrepid climber, and breathtaking due to the steep hike to the summit. There is only one man made object visible from the peak - a solo yacht ju..
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Photo: James Edge
Marondah Reservoir  
Near Healsville, Australia
Lat: 37° 38' 6" S view map Long: 145° 34' 3" E
Date/Time: 26 December 5.40pm
Equipment: Canon 10D using a 28-135mm lens, set to 28mm. 26 images, using Canon's PhotoStitch and Cubic Converter.
Maroondah Reservoir has helped to supply Melbourne's (Capital of Victoria) drinking water for a number of years...
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Photo: Colin Ewington
Photographic Exhibition  
Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
Lat: 41° 34' 50" S view map Long: 145° 55' 53" E
Date/Time: December, 11 2005
Equipment: Nikon D70, Sigma 12-24
I am a web designer and a photographer. This panorama, although not my best, represents the best of my photographic work. This exhibition is called elemental. It opened on December 10, 2005 and will be running until June 2006. The Wilderness Gallery is ..
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Photo: Loic Le Guilly
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