Pritzker Pavilion on a cold winter's day

This is from the same cold morning on the 13th as all of the other photos. The sky was a clear magic blue. Next time I need to use a tripod and plan out the edges better.

Synthetic Aperture - First Results

The computational photography project continues...



This is a set of 21 images that have been aligned and remapped using Hugin, and then averaged into a single image using Paint Shop Pro. The source nodes were spaced two sidewalk blocks apart from each other (approximately 1.5 meters). Thus we have an image which is a very crude approximation of the image you would get with a 30 meter wide camera.

I don't know how to calculate the equivalent aperture value... if you know, please leave it in the comments below.

I'm amazed that it works at all... and impressed as to how cool it looks.. it's a surprisingly good bokeh, don't you think?

The old neighborhood

We got a chance to visit the old neighborhood where I lived before we got married. I took the opportunity to do some street photography. Here's a fairly nice panorama of Broadway just south of Belmont in Chicago.



I really like the color of the sky in this one. I hope someday I can get a panorama of the skyline with that color.

Marina City

Here's a view of Marina City in Chicago... 9 frames stitched with Hugin.