Published by Aaron Spence on the 17th of January, 2009 — No Comments
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 Tarumai
Published by Jim Whimpey on the 23rd of September, 2008 — 5 Comments
From first conception Panedia Wallpaper was made for multiple screen users. Panoramic photography looks beautiful stretched across two, three or even more screens. At wallpaper we try to straight-up cater for just about every user with 120 variations on each image, some stand alone, some which work together. No matter how many we offer there’ll always be exotic, non-standard screen setups which is why we also offer the massive original file for our paying members.
Greg P is an IT developer, web master and Dad living in the Puget Sound area of Washington state. His setup is a 24″ alumninium iMac with a vertical Samsung 740BX 17″ LCD.
The setup up close.
The setup in context.
To get them spanning correctly and at the correct orientations across the two screens Greg uses a custom Photoshop template with cropping masks of each monitor. The original wallpaper is dropped in behind, scaled and positioned as desired, cropped and exported to “left and a “right” directories with the same filename.
As an ex-dual-screen-computer-user, now a single screen 24″ iMac user this setup is exactly what I’ve been looking at trying. Greg says there’s polarisation issues with the vertical screen as it’s not made to be viewed at that orientation but it’s simply a matter of getting used to it before forgetting it’s even there.
The widescreen plus portrait screen setup makes sense. Some applications: mail, websites, documents, are more ideally suited to great horizontal space while others: image and video editing, calendars and movie watching, are suited to a widescreen landscape setup.
I’m impressed with Greg’s setup and the way he uses Panedia wallpaper but I’m jealous of his real, panoramic views of Puget Sound, Seattle and Mt Rainier from his home and office:
Published by Aaron Spence on the 5th of August, 2008 — 6 Comments
Today Google launched Streetview in Australia, and it is brilliant. The coverage is simply mind boggling. Included is every major city or town in the entire country it seems.
Of course Streetview only shoots from streets at present, so they miss a lot, like Fraser Island, Uluru, National Parks, beaches, trails, mountains, waterfalls, accommodation, tours, shows etc but the vast coverage is great for getting an idea of a place.
In addition to incorporating Streetview scenes into Panedia, we’ll use it extensively to scope out places for high quality photography in cities and towns we’ve not been to before.
For the Streetview launch, Tourism Australia has chosen 8 virtual tours to showcase Streetview Oz. We have shot all the same places except Perth. So I’ve created a comparison gallery of the best Streetview images as chosen by Tourism Australia and the shots we took at the same place.
High resolution image comparison gallery: http://photos.panedia.com/p616902282
(I have changed the Streetview choices a little to make them match up better with the spot we shot from, but in every case the Streetview quality is the same.)
Surfers Paradise – Streetview
Surfers Paradise – Panedia
Canberra – Streetview
Canberra – Panedia
Alice Springs – Streetview
Alice Springs – Panedia
Sydney – Streetview
Sydney – Panedia
Check out all the comparison images in high resolution at our gallery here: http://photos.panedia.com/p616902282
Published by Rodrick Bond on the 27th of June, 2008 — 2 Comments
As a former Melbournite, it was a pleasure to be able to photograph the city I grew up in and show it off with a thousand or so panoramas!
Looking back now, I thought I’d stop and compile a list of the best stuff, and what I think sums up the character of the city. So, if you’ve never been, here’s what you’re missing!
Melbourne is a beautiful city, and has a justified reputation for being one of the world’s most liveable too. Whatever your cup of tea is, be it food or fashion, art or sport, Melbourne has you covered.
Royal Botanic Gardens
The Royal Botanic Gardens is a short stroll from the city and St. Kilda Road, making it a popular spot during lunchtime. On weekends you’ll find joggers, picnickers and people just out for a stroll. The Moonlight Cinema makes for a great night out under the trees in summer.
Birrarung Marr
A relatively recent makeover has turned the area between Federation Square and the Olympic Park sporting complex, now known as Birrarung Marr into a fantastic space containing many art installations, and catering for touring events such as Cirque du Soleil.
Southbank
Southbank lies on the south bank (funny, that) of the Yarra River, and features a promenade lined with cafes and bars, as well as fine dining and retail precincts with specacular views back towards the city. Southbank is also home to the Eureka Tower and Crown Casino.
Federation Square
Though Federation Square was for a long time considered a bit of a white elephant, the city has now embraced it for what it is, a fantastic piece of urban planning that brings together several areas of the city. It is home to the NGV Ian Potter Centre, ACMI and many hugely popular restaurants and bars. Federation square has become a focal point for the city, hosting free public events and acting as a meeting place for Melburnians.
Stay tuned, in the next entry we’ll explore some of Melbourne’s other iconic areas.
-Rick
Published by Aaron Spence on the 17th of June, 2008 — 1 Comment
5052 Virtual Tours are now online at Panedia. I’d been planning to post at 4000, then 4500, but before I’ve had a chance, we’ve hit 5000.
I’ve been shooting in Byron Bay, and Sydney. While Rick has been all over the place. Shooting heaps of panos within an hour or 2 of Melbourne.
We also have every intersection + a lot more in the Melbourne City Grid, plus we have audio for each panorama there. And we’ve added a new size of panorama to the map…almost double the previous largest size….while we’ve added auto panorama sizing based on your browser window size as well.
We’ve also started shooting aerial panoramas in Canberra at the recent Balloon festival. Watch this space, there’s more to come on that subject.
I’m off to Sydney again in an hour for the Google Developer day tomorrow, plus I’ll shoot a lot more Sydney for Panedia. I’m planning to shoot northern beaches over the next week. I’m also hoping to attend the Apple store opening on the 19th of June.
I’ll leave you with this fireworks pano (complete with audio) from ‘Cracker Night’ at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast 2 weeks ago.
