Panoramic Photos

Panoramic photo notes (PhotoVista)

See also Panoramic Pittsburgh (The Panorama Factory)

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Pittsburgh's northside and downtown, facing east from the Roberto Clemente Bridge.  I made this panorama during the Three Rivers Regatta on 8/1/1998 -- thus all the boats on the Allegheny River.

Pittsburgh's downtown from Roberto Clemente Park, 8/??/1998.  I caught the Gateway River Belle six times in this photo.

Pittsburgh's "Point" from Mt. Washington at the Duquesne Incline at dusk, 8/16/1998.

Pittsburgh and the Mon Valley from Mt. Washington at dusk, 8/16/1998.

St. Paul, Minnesota from the south end of the Wabasha Bridge at dawn, 8/30/1998.   This is a 360 degree panorama.

Pittsburgh's Market Square on an overcast morning, 9/7/1998.

Pittsburgh's Market Square on a sunny day, 10/11/1998

Pittsburgh from the Veteran's Bridge at sunset, 9/28/1998.

Filming of the movie "Inspector Gadget" at Pittsburgh's PPG Place, 10/11/1998.

Santas of the World display in the Hall of Architecture at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum, 12/29/1998.

Flying Saucers Land in Highland Park, sunset 9/25/1998.  This photo was taken inside Pittsburgh's Highland Park Reservoir #2 during its renovation.  At this point, the reservoir has been drained and its surface repaired.

Renovation of Highland Park Reservoir #2, 10/1/1998.  A small portion of the plastic liner has been laid.

Renovation of Highland Park Reservoir #2, early morning 10/9/1998.  More of the liner has been laid.  The work machines are sweeping rainwater toward the outlet.   After the liner is complete, an upper skin will be added, making the reservoir a big blue balloon.  The purpose is to seal the reservoir so that the water, initally filtered before pumping into the reservoir, need not be filtered a second time when it is drawn for the public water supply.

Panoramic Photo Notes

I made these panoramas by combining multiple conventional photos into panoramas with LivePicture's PhotoVista software.

The photos used to make the panorama from the Roberto Clemente Bridge were taken with a Kodak DC210 digital camera. The remainder were taken with a Pentax Super Program 35mm camera. The negatives were scanned with an HP PhotoSmart scanner.

Selecting a thumbnail displays a 345 pixel high panorama. The panoramas look even better at higher resolution, but I can't afford the disk space (and you can't afford the download time).