New toy today!

sm4him · Oct 23, 2012

You got it!! Awesome! So, what IS your first worthy subject gonna be??

kathythorson said:
Thank you. Makes sense. Now if I could only figure out the Whatsit #118???????

Wait...I missed a Whatsit?? How'd that happen? Must...go...look...

KenC · Oct 23, 2012

480sparky said:
This is one of the most classic instances.

There must be a better example than this. There is a large OOF railing in the foreground that really ruins it. Apparently whoever took this didn't use a telephoto as you suggested.

480sparky · Oct 23, 2012

KenC said:
480sparky said:

This is one of the most classic instances.

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There must be a better example than this. There is a large OOF railing in the foreground that really ruins it. Apparently whoever took this didn't use a telephoto as you suggested.

Actually, I'm sure a telephoto lens is the reason the railing is OOF. A wide-angle would easily have enough DOF to render it in-focus.

Next time, you take it...... and do a focus stack.

Majeed Badizadegan · Oct 23, 2012

That Dubai image is impressive. Individual workers captured in decent detail from miles away. Wow. I want to see a youtube video of this mechanism in action.

480sparky · Oct 23, 2012

runnah · Oct 23, 2012

I can think of what I'd do with it right now but I want one!

Majeed Badizadegan · Oct 23, 2012

480sparky said:

Can you set it to be faster? Seems so slow!

480sparky · Oct 23, 2012

Rotanimod said:
Can you set it to be faster? Seems so slow!

Yes. But you can only go as fast as your camera will allow.

480sparky · Oct 25, 2012

I took it for a test drive today.
Click here.

480sparky · Nov 8, 2012

Got out late this morning for two more 'fun runs', before the weather turns on me this weekend.

GigaPan: Grays' Lake Bridge

GigaPan: Grays Lake

Majeed Badizadegan · Nov 8, 2012

480sparky said:
Got out late this morning for two more 'fun runs', before the weather turns on me this weekend.

GigaPan: Grays' Lake Bridge

GigaPan: Grays Lake

Interesting. Not the most scenic locations, but the compositions, especially with the bridges jutting off either end in the first, are nice.

sm4him · Nov 8, 2012

480sparky said:
Got out late this morning for two more 'fun runs', before the weather turns on me this weekend.

GigaPan: Grays' Lake Bridge

GigaPan: Grays Lake

That is SO cool, Sparky!!
One question--what in the world are those 3 concrete "silo" things in the first picture, and why are they right next to a playground?

480sparky · Nov 8, 2012

Rotanimod said:
Interesting. Not the most scenic locations, but the compositions, especially with the bridges jutting off either end in the first, are nice.

Bridge. It's singular, because it's the same bridge.

480sparky · Nov 8, 2012

sm4him said:
That is SO cool, Sparky!!
One question--what in the world are those 3 concrete "silo" things in the first picture, and why are they right next to a playground?

The silos were used to store sand and gravel back when the lake was a sand / gravel pit.