The bridge on the river Kali

Monday, November 17, 2003

Of 72 total yesterday, here are 9 regular and 2 panoramic pictures. More »

The panoramic pictures were pieced together using PTMac, an excellent $50 (15 day trial) front-end to the GPLed Panorama Tools. Both panoramas are available in rectilinear projection (JPEG; 120°) and cylindrical projection (QTVR). The first panorama is a 360° projection in QTVR and is well worth the download size (2.7 MB). It was composed of sixteen individual images. The second is just five images and was shot without a tripod.

The vertical bands visible above are the unfortunate result of using a “fully-automatic” camera in the setting sun. It is at times like this I wish I either had a better camera or better image editing skills.

vipul — Nov 17, 2003 11:39:34 AM — # ↩

The step-by-step guide to compositing panoramas from Grokking the GIMP is the best guide I have come across on the matter.
vipul — Nov 17, 2003 11:41:52 AM — # ↩

Great photographs. Looking forward to your account of the journey.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Nov 17, 2003 12:17:24 PM — # ↩
  
  Thanks for the compliments. Account of the journey? That's easy:
  
  Get on bike at 2 PM. Ride southwards till Karwar. Hang around for a couple of hours. Attempt LJ Phone Post and get an error message that the number used previously is not valid. Call ukj and announce location; get advice to stay at Karwar overnight to avoid bum-ache. Wander around beach a bit. Ride back to Dona Paula. Find place empty because everyone went to a new restaurant at Anjuna beach for dinner and could not locate me. Go to Domino's with Jacob Joseph and have the worst pizza experience in a lifetime. Return to find people back.
  
  There.
  - ravi — Nov 17, 2003 9:44:56 PM — # ↩
    
    > Account of the journey?
    
    Whee, sounds fun! Good on you! :^)
contentedbloke — Nov 18, 2003 2:11:19 AM — # ↩

Nice photos, Jace!
quizling — Nov 18, 2003 9:45:26 AM — # ↩

Ever consider an alternative career as a photographer? :)