Mt Kosciusko Virtual Tours

Mt Kosciusko Virtual Tours

by | Jan 31, 2009 | Panoramas

Back in October 2008 I had the opportunity to shoot virtual tours from the top of Australia’s Tallest mountain, Mt Kosciusko.  I put together a separate map of the 46 Mt Kosciusko Walking Track Virtual Tours.  This area is also known as the Snowy Mountains and the Australia Alps.  It’s located in Kosciusko National Park. Of course Australia being the flattest continent on Earth, our mountains are more rolling hills than ‘mountains’.  This is borne out by the fact there’s a nice wide walking track all the way to the top, while back in the day you could drive to the top.  They closed the road in the 1970’s though, as parking at the top of our tallest mountain was becoming an issue. A Virtual Tour of Mt Kosciusko – From the top. The official record lists the height of Mt Kosciusko at 2228m (7310 ft).  My camera mounted GPS claimed a height of 2232m (7322 ft), you can decide which one you want to believe.  (Hint: GPS is generally not very accurate at measuring height, although very close in this instance) There are 2 walking tracks to the top. I chose the shorter one, a 13km (8 mile) return, which runs from the top of the Thredbo Chairlift.  The lift costs $28 for a return trip in summer and takes about 10mins.  It’s a beautiful ride up. The walk wasn’t too hard consisting mostly of undulating hills.  In October I had to cross about 6 snow drifts, some of which were quite long, and near to the top of Kosciusko a little steep and slippery as well, but...
Shaving The Nikon 10.5mm Fisheye

Shaving The Nikon 10.5mm Fisheye

by | Jan 19, 2009 | Production

Talking about shaving the Nikon always reminds me of a lunch I had with friends one Sunday afternoon.  We were eating bread rolls with meat & salad when I happened to read the label for the ham.  It read ‘Lightly Shaved Hungarian’ which none of us had heard of, so I pronounced, “I’ll have a lightly shaved Hungarian please, my favourite kind!” We all cracked up laughing, my wife included.  Not funny?  I guess you had to be there All joking aside, shaving the hood off the Nikon 10.5mm is a serious although not too difficult process.  If you’re not certain you want it shaved, turn back now as you can’t glue the hood back on later.  Although you could have it repaired with a new one, at considerable expense I expect.  In fact talking with NPS Australia (Nikon Professional Services) at a motor race I heard the best example of a shaved 10.5mm they’d ever seen was one done ‘professionally’.  According to them a gentleman bought a 10.5mm and a hood as a spare part.  He had the spare part hood cut perfectly, then had Nikon install the cut hood onto his new 10.5mm.  I’m told the result looked like it came from the factory.  The other end of the scale looked more like a dog had ripped the hood off with it’s teeth The method I’m about to describe will provide a good (although not factory) finish, and require about $6 worth of tools from your local hardware store.  It requires no workshop or other gear, and I actually performed the procedure while staying at a hotel...
350+ London Virtual Tours

350+ London Virtual Tours

by | Jan 19, 2009 | Panoramas

After 2 weeks in Japan Rick landed in the UK ready to start shooting London virtual tours. He spent his time shooting mainly in the Central London areas, covering plenty of the major sites such as: Buckingham Palace Virtual Tour: Trafalgar Square Virtual Tour: London Eye, from Jubilee Gardens, Virtual Tour: Horse Guards Virtual Tour: Piccadilly Circus Virtual Tour: There are also plenty of multi monitor wallpapers from Central London on our Desktop Wallpaper site....
Japanese Virtual Tours

Japanese Virtual Tours

by | Jan 17, 2009 | Panoramas

Our intrepid pano photographer Rick headed overseas late last year. His destination, London UK, with a couple of weeks in Japan on the way. Rick experienced 2 sides of Japan in his 2 weeks, the City – Tokyo, and the Country – Hokkaido. Plenty of stunning photography was produced in the short time Rick had available. Here are a few examples: Shibuya Station, Tokyo Tomakomai Shrine, Mount...
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