 Bridges - A World Wide Panorama September 18-22, 2004 |
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Memphis, Tennesee, USA
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| Lat: 35° 9' 25" N |
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Long: 90° 2' 45" W |
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11:00am US Central Time |
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Equipment: Cannon 300d with Sigma 15mm and Kaidan QPS 1 pano head. |
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Sure I live on the Mississippi River here in Memphis and there are a number of bridges to photograph; but for this submission I chose the new BRIDGES Center in downtown Memphis. Its funciton and name just fit too well with the bridges theme to pass up.
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| Photo: David Goldwasser |
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North Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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| Lat: 32° 45' 34" N |
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Long: 97° 20' 5" W |
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19 September, 2004 1:15p Central Daylight Time (GMT -6) |
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Equipment: Taken with Nikon 990 FC-E8 16mm mode, f 6.3 at 1/205 sec, Kaidan Kiwi990. Stitched: PTGui Panoweaver 3 and iSeemedia Photo Vista, PS CS, Panocube plus. |
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PADDOCK VIADUCT. The Paddock Viaduct, a Fort Worth bridge across the Trinity River, was built in 1914 and named in honor of Buckley Burton Paddock. Previously, travel over the river had been via low-water crossings and ferries, and later by a two-lane suspens..
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| Photo: Dave Albright |
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Austin, Texas, USA
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| Lat: 30° 20' 54.6" N |
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Long: 97° 47' 49.2" W |
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10:10am Central Daylight Time, 20 September 2004 |
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Equipment: Taken with a Canon 300D (Digital Rebel) digital SLR, 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18mm (equivalent to 28mm film camera), ISO 100, f.8 at 1/160 second. Hand held. Stitched with Apple's QuickTime VR Authoring Studio 1.01. Graphic modifications in Adobe Photoshop CS. |
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At the time of the WWP shoot, I was visiting Austin for the first time, I asked a local resident about bridges to photograph and he said, "go to the Loop 360 bridge". Given good directions, I followed the Loop 360 highway north to the river and drove down to t..
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| Photo: Caroling Geary |
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Near Denton, Texas, USA
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| Lat: 33° 7' 45.4" N |
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Long: 97° 6' 15.5" W |
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7:08 PM CDT, 22 September 2004 |
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Equipment: Taken with a Nikon Coolpix 995+Kiwi 995 with the Nikon FC-E8 fisheye lens. Stitching was done with PTGui+Enblend+Meticulous tweaking in Photoshop. |
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The Old Alton Bridge lies just south of Denton, TX. The bridge is an iron truss bridge originally built in the late 1800's to carry horses and the automobiles of the time, which were, of course, much narrower than today's vehicles.
The Old Alton Bridge was in..
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| Photo: Tim Hatch |
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Underneath the JFK Causeway, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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| Lat: 27° 38' 6" N |
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Long: 97° 14' 27.3" W |
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September 22, 2004, 6:42 pm Central Daylight Time (CST) |
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Equipment: Nikon D100 10.5 fisheye lens, F 7.1 at 1/180 sec, Kadian panhead leveler. Stitched: PhotoVista, PS CS, Panocube Plus |
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JFK Causeway links Corpus Christi, Texas to Padre Island, and is the only overland link to the mainland. The Causeway provides safe evacuation during times of hurricane. The causeway is currently undergoing a $33 million dollar renovation which includes expa..
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| Photo: Joan Maricle |
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The Woodlands, Texas, USA
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| Lat: 30° 9' 28.1" N |
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Long: 95° 29' 32.6" W |
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| Date/Time: |
9/18/04 6:45 P.M. Central |
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Equipment: CP 995, FE8 set at Full Frame, PTMac, Enblend, Photoshop |
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The following information comes from the architectural firm of Ford Powell & Carson
The Woodlands wished to create a major access link to the interstate highway on the east side of the new town, which required the construction of a major bridge. Also, the..
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| Photo: Laurie & Mike Price |
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Mexican Hat, Utah, USA
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| Lat: 37° 9' 3" N |
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Long: 109° 52' 1" W |
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10 am Mountain Standard Time, Sept 20 |
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Equipment: Canon 10D, 15mm-30mm Sigma lens, shot at 15mm, Kaidan Spherical Head, Realviz Stitcher, Photoshop CS |
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The Mexican Hat Bridge spans the San Juan River, on SR-163 at milepost 20.94 in San Juan County, 23.4 miles north from the Arizona State Line. This bridge is as much a metaphor as it is a physical structure, for it links two distinct cultures historically depe..
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| Photo: Charlie Kulander & Livi Clare Kulander |
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Minocqua, Wisconsin, USA
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| Lat: 45° 51' 53" N |
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Long: 89° 45' 38" W |
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September 18, 2004 11:52 a.m. CST |
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Equipment: Hardware: Photographed with a Sigma 8mm lens on Canon 10D mounted on a Manfrotto 303SPH panorama head atop an old Velbron VE-3 tripod.
Software: RAW images converted in Photoshop and stitched in PTMac with enblend (of course). Final panoramas converted to QTVR using CubicConverter and CubicConnector. |
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Located at the northern end of the Bearskin-Hiawatha State Trail, the Minocqua trestle is one of the many bridges on this former railroad route turned recreation trail. Used by bicyclists, pedestrians and fishermen during the summer and skiers and snowmobiler..
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| Photo: Kevin Kratzke |
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