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30 Days around Peru with Andrea - a set on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Some photos of a month long trip around Peru, we covered a lot on this trip traveling from Lima to Pisco, then the bay of Paracas with the beautiful Ballestas islands. Then to Ica and the Oasis at Huacachina, Nasca and the amazing lines in the dessert as well as the mummy cemetery at Chauchilla. Later to Arequipa the colca canyon with its condors, and from the Colca to Puno and Lake Titicaca visiting Taquile, Amantani, and the floating islands the Uros. The last leg of the trip included Cuzco, the Sacred Valley, the Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, and some days at a jungle lodge in Puerto Maldonado. A fantastic trip, covering some of the best sights Peru has to offer.
- Mitchell Tsai
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- Mitchell Tsai
Check out this beautiful 360 Aerial Panorama of New York. You need to have QuickTime to view it, but if you want the best quality use the plug-in on the site. It’s amazing with the plug-in loaded! http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr...
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I found this photo in the photostream of xmir on Flickr.
- Michael Fidler
is there a link to the orig? I think the FF image is static
- Keith - @tsudo
OK, it should be up!
- Michael Fidler
wow!
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Let me know if it works. I think the best view is from Governors Island or the from Downtown with the view pointing up.
- Michael Fidler
Over-the-top amazing!
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Awesome. Like taking the helicopter ride I've been too cheap to pay for...
- Mitchell Tsai
Here's another one of London. Amazing! http://bit.ly/qjf6M
- Michael Fidler
Here's an amazing one. I just let it go, rather than control it; http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr...
- Michael Fidler
It appears the plug-in is no longer necessary. I'm running it in Chrome without one.
- Michael Fidler
That is pretty amazing.
- Son of Groucho
Nice!
- Kol Tregaskes
This is awesome.
- Mark Krynsky
The viewer appears to be Flash not Quicktime,
- Brian Sullivan
Brian, they changed it since this was first posted back in May. It used to require a VR plug-in which worked with QuickTime, but now it doesn't require anything, However, it looks just as good as before. The images are truly amazing!
- Michael Fidler
New York, New York!!!
- Myrna
Michael - didn't notice the post date-- "Doesn't require anything" -- Flash must be installed so something is required. The Flash viewer seems to crash a lot though (or at least in Chrome) -- still a great pano. I wonder how it was done -- from a helicopter no doubt but beyond it would be a mystery.
- Brian Sullivan
I just tried it in Chrome and recommend Firefox instead. It didn't crash on me in Chrome, but it didn't run smoothly either.
- Michael Fidler
Brian, I would love to know how these are made. I know some are done from a helicopter, but if you check out the one from Downtown, it's clearly stationary. I can't even see the reflection of the camera in the building windows when it's turned around 180 degrees. I've posted links to others above. I wonder if I should repost this to a room and if so which one?
- Michael Fidler
Here's the link for Sydney http://bit.ly/aFFbZ and I'll grab a few more.
- Michael Fidler
I know generally how to make these 360 panos but the only technique I know is shooting from a tripod where you have control of the leveling of the camera and control of the angle of shooting. You have to manipulate out the tripod out of the picture after shooting -- these I have no idea, http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028... is a QTVR one of my living room
- Brian Sullivan
All the fisheye does is cut down on the number of shots you need to take -- if it goes 180 in both directions two shots are nominally sufficient on a full frame camera - usually 3 though but that is only if all are shot with the same horizon and with precise angular placement. How you control this in a moving helicopter is beyond me. Maybe more than one camera ? In shots like these where parallax is less of a problem maybe that is the method used
- Brian Sullivan
This must be shot completely differently than a stationary panoramic. I'm familiar with the 8 shot method, but the camera needs to be on a tripod as Brian mentioned. If you watch these images load slowly, they look like plates. It sort of reminds me of photosynth, but connected somehow. Now, I really want to find out how it's done.
- Michael Fidler
I think regular stationary panoramas are loaded as "plates" (at least you export them that way to edit them) as well so I am not sure that is a clue as to how they were generated.
- Brian Sullivan
If I email them, do you think they'll answer? Hi, I was just curious; what’s your secret? You never know. It might be worth a try:)
- Michael Fidler
Here's one of U2 (on one of their smaller tours), and I don't think they had a helicopter with them to shoot it. http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr...
- Michael Fidler
That one is done from a tripod or monopod of some type it appears -- you can see if you look down the footprint has the logo on it.
- Brian Sullivan
Ya, I noticed one that had the logo above it. May they use it when photoshop doesn't do the job perfectly.
- Michael Fidler
Logos like that are used to hide the footprint of the tripod or other -- sometimes it can be a lot of work create a shot to cover the spot (or to fill it in using a bitmap editor) so it is just masked.
- Brian Sullivan
OK, check out this one http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr... and go into planet view. It's the P next to the directional controls. I wonder if that has something to do with it. Shot off a reflective globe maybe.
- Michael Fidler
Michael: So you like "Little Planets"? :) http://www.flickr.com/search...
- Holger Eilhard
The "P" gets you the "polar view" -- a standard view that can be created from any 360/180 panorama so that is not a clue as to how it is done either from what I can determine (http://www.flickr.com/groups... is a flickr group dedicated to such polar views)
- Brian Sullivan
I've seen them many times before and wondered how they were made, too. This guy has some examples and apparently he uses a 10.5mm lens and then maps them into shape: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Michael Fidler
STUPENDO! Io ci torno il 18 Settembre
- PICCHU
Yes the 10.5 is a Nikon fisheye lens -- I use a Peleng 8mm fully manual fisheye -- more suited to my budget. When shooting with tripod you need a parallax correction jig as well -- I use the Nodal Ninja -- which is a reasonable quality low end device.
- Brian Sullivan
I was on the Hugin site a few months ago and I found a video that demonstrates how to use the jig. It didn't mention helicopter shots though. In fact, the video was very particular about not having any movement. I think it's time to ask them.
- Michael Fidler
Yeah I have seen a number of these panoramas that seem to defy logic. Peter Murphy (who is a pioneer in this type of stuff) has a number of puzzling ones - http://www.mediavr.com/manlyai... (needs Quick time) for example. His weblog has tons of others as well _http://www.mediavr.com/blog/
- Brian Sullivan
@briansullivan I went to an event last night where I came across something that might explain how these are done. If you check out the picture I shot of the equipment; it uses a reflective dome to capture the entire shot all at once and then processes it almost instantly afterwards. http://bit.ly/qD0dn . It basically comes out looking like a globe or a planet before it is processed. Once processed it look like a full panoramic just like the ones here, but in lower resolution.
- Michael Fidler
I haven’t seen the digital version yet, but the guy who owns this company told me they would be much sharper than the prints which they give out at the event. I also asked him about the helicopter shots, and he wasn’t sure about compensating for movement, but he didn’t see it as a big problem either. Mystery solved?
- Michael Fidler
I don't see this lens/device as "the" answer. Other similar devices have a reputation for low optical quality and low resolution. Peter Murphy almost certainly does not use such a lens. No serious panorama photographer that I have heard of uses anything like this.
- Brian Sullivan
I guess the search for an answer continues...
- Michael Fidler
Hi - I own Pixelcase and shot the tour of Sydney aswell as all development. Glad you like my work.
- pixelcase
Thank you, I'm glad you found this. I love your work. Based on the number of likes and comments for this post, I think it’s safe to say, I’m not the only one. It would be nice if you could enlighten us with some details about how these are made.
- Michael Fidler
Here's a link to pixelcase's newest and IMHO best work of Melbourne http://ff.im/eBJZn
- Michael Fidler
Outstanding -- still no resolution on how it is done -- but I guess there is no reason why he should spill all his trade secrets.
- Brian Sullivan
Brian - No answer, and I can't blame him for wanting to keep it a secret. I guess that we have to just appreciate it for what it is. However, I'm already looking forward to whatever he does next!
- Michael Fidler
Poking around in panorama forums -the consensus seems to be that the pictures for these panoramas are shot with a multi-camera set up attached to an RC helicopter. The viewer is krpano - http://www.krpano.com/
- Brian Sullivan
???? :) http://johncolebrook.com/compone... - enjoy
- pixelcase
http://friendfeed.com/briansu... a helicopter like this would do the job
- Brian Sullivan
John, thanks for sharing. Love it! Brian; I've always wanted a RC helicopter, but I still haven't gotten around to buying one yet. However, the picture from the one in the video is great.
- Michael Fidler
FYI rosauro - the helicopter guy is also a well known VR/panorama photographer (also from Toronto where I am ) http://www.rosaurophotography.com/
- Brian Sullivan
Ugh. The incorrect perspective caused by stretching the picture on the sides makes me queasy.
- Otto
Otto, maybe Dramamine would help:)
- Michael Fidler
YouTube - Young Frankenstein : Whos brain was it ??? - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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jckiedncki: Twitter, Foursquare, and mobile coupons - watch this space: http://bit.ly/2G2Sni - http://twitter.com/jckiedn...
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Doggy Handstand! - http://www.zee.me/blog...
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Oh, we finally found a GREAT use for Google Wave! Holy shitake! RT: @Orli: Awesome video!! http://www.youtube.com/watch... #googlewave
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imabonehead, Chris Lasher, Todd Nilson and 42 other people liked this
Hehe!
- Kol Tregaskes
pure genius!
- Loc
Is this wave pulp fiction mockup real? Now that I have a wave account, can I see it in Wave?
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
Bluesun 2600 to Bluesun's feed, SilverScreen, Celebrity Culture, Vintage photos, Retromania, Beautiful Women
Rita Hayworth
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cok guzeldi alzheimer hastaligi oldu kotu bi son :(
- samantha
4.143 Datum: 27.01.2007 Besitzer: Frank Schlamp Betrachtungen:... - http://emmeffe.tumblr.com/post...
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wao!
- Yann Ropars
If I Could Start a Charity Tomorrow, It Would Be to Help Single Mothers - http://dcfemella.com/blog...
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Mathew A. Koeneker, Ferzvladimir, Mike Nencetti and 5 other people liked this
Life must be quite tough for them...
- Olcayto Cengiz
Not all of them, but some.
- Shevonne
My vote for the hardest job in the world.
- Todd Hoff
=/
- Shevonne
How about adult kids of single moms who are still trying to get their shit together.
- suzanne
@suzanne Mmmmm...maybe something for the single moms of adult kids ;)
- Shevonne
Remember...single Dads have a tough job too.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
They do, but I identify more with single moms because I am one.
- Shevonne
how about adult kids of single moms who are single moms? heh. yeah.
- Que Sarah Sarah
@Sarah I was one of those, so THAT I can work with. haha
- Shevonne
I can agree. I think ALL single parents have a tough job. I've been one, both of my Ex's are single parents now. As such, I do whatever I can/am allowed to do for them (even though I don't have any children with X2).
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
You're right. All single parents do have it rough. I don't want you thinking that I don't know that.
- Shevonne
visualcomplexity.com | The Remotest place on Earth - http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc...
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"Project Description: On April 18th 2009, the New Scientist published an article on a remarkable project developed by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, and the World Bank. The authors combined a series of maps to create a new map of connectedness showing the most interconnected and remote places on earth. The maps are based on a model which calculated how long it would take to travel to the nearest city of 50,000 or more people by land or water. The model combines information on terrain and access to road, rail and river networks. It also considers how factors such as altitude, steepness of terrain and hold-ups like border crossings slow travel."
- Demetrios the Traveller
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Tibetan Plateau is the most remote place on earth. Somehow that is calming to know. At least there is still one place on earth that is at peace (relatively speaking ;)
- echostreamer
@echostreamer keep and a place for me
- Demetrios the Traveller
im sorry, I don't understand the "keep..." comment, I'm blanking
- echostreamer
Free Tibet.
- Arawak
FREE Tibet! my friend
- Demetrios the Traveller
This just reaffirms, a comment I heard from a travel writer a few years back. That no place on earth was more than 5 days away.
- Bluesun 2600
Very good and interesting thank you bro.
- Burçak Çubukçu
@Bluesun 2600 ;-)
- Demetrios the Traveller
There is only 20 Europeans on FF? I don't believe it, sub to the group here: http://friendfeed.com/europea..., add yourself to the Google Map for FFers here: http://friendfeed.com/friendf... and add yourself to the European directory here:
Christian Hollingsworth, Alan (Giraffes), Véronique Rabuteau and 29 other people liked this
I'm live in the SE of England, UK. You?
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm in London...but I'm leaving next week :(
- Zach Landes
Zach, where are you going?
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm moving to Silicon Valley and starting a company. I've just done a masters degree at the LSE. I adore this city.
- Zach Landes
Cool, good luck then, Zach! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks, Kol :)
- Zach Landes
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm in The Netherlands. I didn't have the patience to add myself to the google map.
- Meryn Stol
OK.
- Kol Tregaskes
TR
- Sinan İŞLER
Denmark here. Added my self to the map but disappeared.. Trying again :)
- Anton
Anton, make sure you hit Save then Done. A few people have had problems.
- Kol Tregaskes
Cambridge, UK. Already added to the map.
- James Myatt
Thanks, James.
- Kol Tregaskes
that's a gorgeous #map
- johnny2009
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks, Timothy.
- Kol Tregaskes
why does the column on the left say "black squirrel sightings"?
- Iphigenie
Athens, Greece
- Kostantinos Koukopoulos
London, UK
- Emma
Macedonia, Greece
- Vassos Kassianides
Sofia, Bulgaria
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Ankara, Turkiye (Turkey)
- Safa Paksu
Ankara-Turkey
- Sinem Co
Nice to see this thread is picking up space, thanks everyone! :-) Don't forget to join the group, see the links aboe.
- Kol Tregaskes
İstanbul-Türkiye
- Betül
Kol, There is more than 1000 people from Turkey :)
- Sinem Co
Sinem, invite them to the group. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Anyone else? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Nik
London, baby! (Zach, we'll miss you!)
- dkb
istanbul, turkey ;)
- Goktug Gedik
from iPhone
Turku, Finland since next friday :)
- stanjourdan
paris france
- marsupilamima
Time is divided between almost equally between Galway, London, Yeovil
- tom murphy
koltregaskes: How Posterous could be the next Friendfeed - pingmicro http://ff.im/6rkDd - http://twitter.com/koltreg...
Mats Pettersson, Svartling, Bill Jackson and 12 other people liked this
lol, what a ridiculous statement
- Mark
you still continue friendfeed ? I thought you decided to quit :P
- Melissa Taylor
If Friendfeed was a funnel, Posterous is a trumpet. (Facebook is more trummel than fumpet) #slightlyforcedobjectmetaphors
- goodmachine
Thanks for the fave, Robert. Svartling passed it onto me.
- Kol Tregaskes
I still thinks that Posterous has the potential to take over some of Friendfeeds features. They have great developers too! The comment system is really great.
- Svartling
And here is the link to this post (mine): http://pingmicro.com/how-pos...
- Svartling
more lifestreaming features could come soon in some existing services
- polou/indigo_bow
Tiny App Confuses, Delights: Check Out Robo.to, Next-Gen Animated GIFs - http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwri...
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*goes all starry-eyed*
- Mo Kargas
Real-time sharing in Google Reader - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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1. I saw a delay, however miniscule. 2. What is this? A silent film? :)
- Louis Gray
Learning lots today with Twitter down...kind of nice. The video was silent???
- stockmanmarc
I was testing the new youtube autosyndication of actions. SO, I fav'd this on Youtube, it travelled through the tubes to Reader shared items, then got updated over here instantly. :) How do you guys like the future?
- Jenna Bilotta
I guess its near real-time. close enough. I tried posting xml feeds to FF from individual labels in Google Reader, and they didn't update FF anywhere close to the speed of my regular GR Sharing feed.
- Dusty Edenfield
Is this the one announced on Live Stream Conference about the PubHubSubBub thing?
- Du Senyao Peter
@Dusty real-time updates for shared tags aren't hooked up yet, but they will be soon.
- Mihai Parparita
@Dusty real-time updates for shared tags are now live, see Brett's comment on http://ff.im/6e9hK for more details.
- Mihai Parparita
An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit - space porn - io9 - http://io9.com/5330288...
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"This is a real photograph of an FA-18, completely unblemished by Photoshop. What kind of atmospheric conditions would lead to such an apparition? National Geographic has the answer."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
i dont need no stinking nat geo for answers, i live where them bastards train, :p
- chaz2b
i knew i had a pic of them http://friendfeed.com/chaz2b...
- chaz2b
generated it's OWN cloud. :o) at a guess...
- Rob Sellen :o)
It's a Stargate!
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
its pollution, :(
- chaz2b
@rob, no, its the heat from the exhaust
- chaz2b
Breaking the sound barrier would be my guess
- Rasmus Lauridsen
I was wrong :-P http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors...
- Rasmus Lauridsen
funny how all the examples cited in truth/fiction come from my hood, viva VB, VA! & btw, in mini they still come off the wing tips when they're coming in to land, which isnt at the speed of sound, :o
- chaz2b
and airliners do it too, example of afterwards from an airliner http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- chaz2b
what's the right answer then? :o/
- Rob Sellen :o)
heat from the exhaust + atmosphere
- chaz2b
Makes me want to walk again! -- The Longest Way 1.0 - one year walk/beard grow time lapse on Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/4636202
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I saw this! It's pretty cool!
- Shevonne
Google corrects you ...
johnny2009, Ersan Özer, İhsan Çandır and 56 other people liked this
Google saw all that photos too.
- Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu
OMGLMAO
- Janice
had to check - lol
- Monique
And they say Google is just a dumb machine .. LOL
- Steven J. Ram
哈哈，这个又搞笑了，给谷奥爆料（ @guao )
- 老巫
。。。。。
- Shmily
哈哈
- kang
拜倒.
- Kappa
Can't fool Google, can we. :)
- jan geronimo
HOLY L O L, BATMAN!!
- Josh Haley
It's not slander. It's a reporting of public sentiment.
- Kevin Fox
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
- ★Kristy
Nobody said it was. I was just being preemptive.
- Kevin Fox
that is the best pic I have seen all week lol. ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
http://twitpic.com/biis8 - Wearing my favorite T-shirt today
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Manu, Emil Kirichev, Count Caturday and 16 other people liked this
I want.
- Rob Schonberger
awesome :)
- Frankie Warren
Surgeon General Nominee Dr. Regina Bejamin....is obese - http://abcnews.go.com/Health...
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10 of the World's Most Beautiful Ancient Cities - http://webecoist.com/2009...
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Tristan Seligmann, Kol Tregaskes, Amiroo ™ and 12 other people liked this
seeing my hometown in such lists is not an everyday thing, even though they might not mean a lot the feeling is good
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
from Bookmarklet
Beautiful photos. @dobromir, which city is your hometown?
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
from iPhone
Plovdiv
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
from IM
Shared: http://friendfeed.com/ivanfil...
- Iván Abrego
Most of the HDR photos in that post are really getting on my nerves. So overdone, so stupidly overcontrasted...
- Raoul Pop
G8: 3rd world & CO2 restrict: U cannot b rich like we r, ur kids must b condemned 2 subsistence farming & pre-industr squalor cuz we said so
johnny2009 liked this
The Longest Suicide Note in History: #CapAndTrade Bill http://noteviljustwrong.com/blog... #cliamtechange #tcot #tlot #green
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"Stolen" Goldman Sachs computer code could be worth millions - Monsters and Critics http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news...
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Very cool: "9 DIY Beer Brewing-Rigs - Homebrewing Beer Instructions - Popular Mechanics" ( http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_jo... )
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Palin is Alaska's 'greatest gift' to U.S., her successor says - CNN.com - http://www.cnn.com/2009...
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""I was very surprised at first," he said of Palin's decision to resign, which he said she told him Wednesday. "But then as she began to explain why she was doing it, I began to see it was Sarah Palin, once again, moving to put Alaska's interest first," Parnell told CNN."
- Bill Sodeman
from Bookmarklet
Uh, wha?!?
- Bill Sodeman
read this headline and my drink came thru my nose
- BEX
I must be seeing things......
- Roberto Bonini
hahaha
- mjc
Haha Abby!
- joey
+1 Abby
- Bill Sodeman
yeah, throw her back!
- BEX
So, the greatest gift of Seward's Folly is Sarah Palin. OK, if that's what he wants to say, he can say it.
- Katy S
+1 BEX - then Sarah Palin can be the dead fish in the water.
- Bill Sodeman
+1 Katy - Sarah is Alaska's comedy gold, the gift that keeps on giving, and she fills that much needed void in the Replublican party.
- Bill Sodeman
Who knew Alaska was the first state when it came to giving gag gifts.
- Warner Crocker
+1 Warner
- Bill Sodeman
What would Blago (D-Illinois) say?
- johnny2009
Of course Parnell would say good things about her resignation; it bumped him up to Governor!
- Andrew C (✓)
++++Abby
- Anika
"Palin is Alaska's 'greatest gift' to U.S." for liberals, yes. For conservatives, not so much.
- Mark Dodson
Speaking from my little corner of the liberal world, no thanks. I'd demand a receipt to trade her in on something more useful - perhaps a box of Cracker Jacks.
- JCunwired
Mount Fuji - http://www.tr.emb-japan.go.jp/T_03...
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