111 Gigapixels

[Zykon TheLich]

[quote="canadamus_prim

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

Is anyone else making a mental note of how long it takes before someone finds somebody naked in this picture?

If it was Vegas or Ibiza, 1000 in one minute I bet! I wondered the woods but only found a few drug dealers.

Also two crazy ladies crossing a busy avenue when the cars are on the move.

 

[steeple]

this shit is amazing...

not much more that can be said...

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I believe several posts ago I said something along the lines of 'ok, but I still think it sounds silly" which was supposed to read as 'ok you're right, but I don't have to like it'
So the reason I have this "faux blase attitude" as you call it is because I don't get why we're still discussing this.

We're still discussing it because you don't care so much that you have to make sure everyone knows it.

Well it's not exactly something I need to go crying home to mommy about. So I was wrong? I've been wrong before and I'll probably be wrong again. ...many many many many times, I'm sure.
And I don't need everyone to know it, just you. Now can we drop it please?

 

[Zykon TheLich]

[quote="canadamus_

 

[Pearwood]

Ok maybe, but "thousand million" sounds retarded or like something a little kid would say when making up some really big number.

I know I'm a little late to join this conversation but using the very rarely used British measurement a billion is a million million so thousand million would be correct using that definition of billion.

OT - that picture is just amazing. I think I'm going to bookmark it and have a look around in the morning

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Well it's not exactly something I need to go crying home to mommy about. So I was wrong? I've been wrong before and I'll probably be wrong again. ...many many many many times, I'm sure.
And I don't need everyone to know it, just you. Now can we drop it please?

Absolutely, you see where a bit of politeness gets you compared to a dismissive attitude?

Well I think we had a bit of a misunderstanding because I believed you were joking around when you said "you're crying inside, don't try and deny it." So my responding sarcasm was intended with the same jest. So I was rather surprised when this turned back into an argument.

 

[Death to Bambi]

I was amused while reading this conversation^ throughout the pages.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

[quote="canad

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Well it's not exactly something I need to go crying home to mommy about. So I was wrong? I've been wrong before and I'll probably be wrong again. ...many many many many times, I'm sure.
And I don't need everyone to know it, just you. Now can we drop it please?

Absolutely, you see where a bit of politeness gets you compared to a dismissive attitude?

Well I think we had a bit of a misunderstanding because I believed you were joking around when you said "you're crying inside, don't try and deny it." So my responding sarcasm was intended with the same jest. So I was rather surprised when this turned back into an argument.

I was joking in the sense that I didn't actually believe it, however the "/sarcasm" in your reply over egged the pudding a bit, so to speak.

I only put it in there because it's hard to express sarcasm in text.

 

[Who Dares Wins]

I do believe that the heated dispute between the respected gentlemen that are scumofsociety and canadamus_pride, was brought upon us by a misunderstanding and the lack of recognizing emotions and sarcasm over the cold tool that is the Internet. In my humble opinion, the silliness should be stopped as it brings no good to man.

 

[ciancon]

What's the shady-looking guy under the dock doing?

 

[Wolfenbarg]

Unless you have the connections to get a sufficiently powerful camera, the super expensive telephoto lenses (they went up to 800mm), and build the robot plus the mounting, not to mention utilize the software I don't think you can say you could do it if you wanted to. Also, it may not be completely novel, but do you realize how big it is to go from publicly funded projects at a national park or federally funded projects in space to just some dude in Spain?

-I already have the camera. But really, any decent DSLR will do.
-Canon's EF 800mm f/5.6L is extremely expensive, but just renting it for a day or a weekend, not so much. And even then, it's not really needed. Zooming at 100% on this image tells a lot about what they probably used. i.e: I can tell they most certainly didn't use top grade equipment
-A robot?? Like I said, a sturdy tripod is paramount as is a tripod head with independent axises of movement, but that's it. You just need to be able to rotate and tilt a degree at a time. (We have them at school, tripod+head is like 200$-300$ which you already have if you're a photographer. And if you don't: rent!)
-Like I said, the software is what's impressive, and what I've never researched...

So yeah, if I found the software, I could definitely do it.
So yeah, I'm just one dude in Canada and there are thousands and thousands in the world like me and I'm not even a professional yet.
So yeah, like I said, it's an impressively assembly, but one of very ordinary pictures.

They custom built rigging for the setup, because at 800mm plus whatever the crop ratio is on the camera (unless it has a full frame sensor) even the slightest amount of wind will give it an unusable shake. Because of this custom rigging, they had automation in order to turn the rigging and take all of the pictures and make sure they were usable. If you really think you could do that with just a tripod head, then good luck. For how many pictures over how long they were shooting, any minor mistakes would ruin an entire section of the photograph for you. With this kind of precision, the corners you're talking about cutting would assuredly ruin many sections of footage.

Guess what, I've got a DSLR, friends, and equipment too, but at least I can realize a difficult triumph when I see it. Try it, see how horribly wrong it goes, and then maybe you can see that this really is no mean feat.

 

[Fake Nicker]

Im more amazed that someone took the time to blur every number plate and peoples faces

 

[Zykon TheLich]

[quote="canadamus_prime

 

[steeple]

found an un-blurred license plate. what do I win?