Panoramas

I've experimented from time to time with panoramic photos.  I stand in one place and take a number of pictures, turning a few degrees to the right each time.  Then I stitch together the central portions of the resulting photos to create one superwide-angle panorama.

The first three examples below were made from conventional snapshots.  I literally cut and pasted the prints together, and you can see where.

The other eight examples come from a digital camera and have been assembled with the assistance of photo-processing software, so their quality is better.  (Some other panoramas, from the Oberlin College Science Center, are here and here.)

Click on any of these examples for a larger version.  Because they're wider than usual, the pictures may take some time to download.


The city of Washington, PA, May 1980 (252k)


My Washington apartment, July 1980 (352k)


View from the Tarentum Bridge, October 1981 (625k)


My back yard, December 2000 (111k)


PNC Park and the Roberto Clemente Bridge, March 2001 (257k)


Livermore, Kentucky, October 2001 (109k)


The neighbors' dog, October 2001 (143k)


TV trucks at the Salt Lake City Olympics, February 2002 (265k)


Japanese garden at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, May 2008 (236k)


Oberlin students lining up for Commencement, May 2008 (369k)


TV trucks at Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena, May 2008 2002 (486k)