Category: Nightscapes

Oct 2, 2006

Panoramic Photos from Italy

Panoramic Photos from Italy

I travelled around Italy in September 2006, and took lots more photos, including a few sets of photos which stitch together to form panoramic views. I took two 360 degree panoramic views, in Venice and Sienna, which are shown in Java Applets below. You can drag the view around with your mouse, or use your keyboard’s arrow keys. Pressing – or + lets you zoom out or in,...

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Apr 19, 2006

Hi-Res Panoramic Photos

Hi-Res Panoramic Photos

During my trip to South Africa, I took several sets of photos at various stunning vistas, which I would stitch together back home. Well, now that all the other photos have been tweaked and added to CantabPhotos, I’ve started stitching some of them together (I use the open source stitching software Hugin, along with Autopano). At Blyde River Canyon, I had taken 19 photos at 8...

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Nov 17, 2005

22 Degree Moon Halo & New Court Nightscapes

22 Degree Moon Halo & New Court Nightscapes

With a crisp, clear night boasting a brilliant full moon, I headed out with my camera, and after 2 hours of salsa to warm me up, spent 2 hours getting rather numb taking photos, but the results were worth it. I wouldn’t have spotted the moon-halo, had it not been for a group of people standing in the middle of John’s New Court, excitedly talking about how amazing it...

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May 29, 2005

Is Trinity a Den of Thieves?

Is Trinity a Den of Thieves?

There are hundreds of tales recounted about Cambridge, many are probably apocryphal, but they’re still juicy enough to tell people who haven’t heard them yet (or gullible tourists in a punt). While taking the photographs shown below, I noticed the inscription on the Trinity Chapel, which reminded me of one of these tales. I’ve not checked the veracity of the tale,...

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May 28, 2005

More night photos…

More night photos…

I took some more photos at night this morning – as I got home at 2:30, I noticed a clear sky and rising moon, so headed out again with my camera. Got distracted taking photos down St. John’s St and Trinity St, and completely forgot about the moon! Dawn came at 4am and ruined the light though :( Here are two quick processings of some of the photos I took (I’ll...

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May 22, 2005

King's College at Night

King's College at Night

I headed out with my camera to take advantage of the full moon this evening, only for the skies to fill with clouds and rain to start coming down (damn unpredictable weather!) – I did manage to get this 30-seconds shot of King’s backs though, which came out rather nicely: More photos of King’s College at...

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Oct 24, 2004

Prague

Prague

Lucky, lucky me. Another week, another conference, another country. This time I’m in Prague, and am relishing the opportunity. Having got up at a ridiculous hour (4am, after 3 hours’ sleep), my colleague and I got into Prague at 9am. Quite impressive, considering most people back in Britain were still enjoying their Saturday morning lie-ins… The Charles Bridge...

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Oct 20, 2004

Annecy

Annecy

I was fortunate to be able to visit Annecy, to attend a conference for work. The conference was at the Imperial Palace, where we also stayed: My room offered a fantastic view over Lake Annecy, the purest lake in Europe. On the opening night of the conference, we dined on a boat on the lake, and on the last night, we dined in the Chateau d’Annecy, a 15th Century castle....

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