Photography.80 - Panoramics--Let's get W-I-D-E

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Photography.80
Panoramics--Let's get W-I-D-E

{Photography.80.798}: Paddrick Mackin {paddrick} Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:57:40 EDT (HTML)

We visited Saguaro National Park West yesterday and I snatched a 14 image pano:

Enjoy the detail of the larger image at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddrick/6866185872/sizes/o/in/photostre am/

Paddy

{Photography.80.799}: Coyote {coyote} Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:05:33 EDT (1 line)

Wow, that large size pano is amazing! Quite the crop of cacti!

{Photography.80.800}: annie {oceanannie} Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:27:36 EDT (1 line)

Like sentinels at attention

{Photography.80.801}: Paddrick Mackin {paddrick} Sat, 12 May 2012 10:49:41 EDT (HTML)

Woodard Bay Trestle Pano

Washington State’s largest known bat colony is tucked away under this abandoned railroad trestle north of Olympia Washington. Here female Yuma and Little Brown Bats cluster together in the trestle above the waters of Puget Sound. A section of trestle and track was removed so that landlubbers would not disturb the bats.

But they don’t feed here. They fly south each day at dusk about 18 miles to a fresh water estuary; Capitol Lake in downtown Olympia. Amazing.

This is a three image panorama stitched with AutoPano Pro. See the larger view at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddrick/7179199442/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Paddy

{Photography.80.802}: annie {oceanannie} Sat, 12 May 2012 20:44:29 EDT (1 line)

I wanna see the bats, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

{Photography.80.803}: Paddrick Mackin {paddrick} Sun, 13 May 2012 11:42:25 EDT (9 lines)

I’ve not seen the bats myself, at least at this location which
involves about a mile walk along an uneven closed asphalt road, up and
down through a conifer forest timed to arrive a bit before dusk when
the swarm of bats take to the air.  And then you have to retrace your
steps in the dark with a handy flashlight to find your way.

I’ve seen a few isolated bats near dark feeding on flying insects at
the fresh water Capitol Lake.  Once it gets dark, you can’t see them,
but you can hear their echo location chirps as they fly about.

{Photography.80.804}: annie {oceanannie} Sun, 13 May 2012 13:20:30 EDT (2 lines)

Urk, not my idea of wandering around in the dusk!  Still, to see them
leave the wharf en masse would be a sight almost worth it.

{Photography.80.805}: Coyote {coyote} Mon, 14 May 2012 16:42:50 EDT (4 lines)

I'm so glad they're protecting that wharf. I love bats! At my last
place of residence, there was a pond that attracted bats. There were
certain places I could stand next to the pond (at nightfall) and feel
the bats whooshing past my head, just inches away. It was magical :-)

{Photography.80.806}: TJ {tj2} Mon, 14 May 2012 22:07:32 EDT (1 line)

Did they build nests in your hair? :~)

{Photography.80.807}: Coyote {coyote} Tue, 15 May 2012 17:25:46 EDT (1 line)

I was hoping one would, but I had no takers :-(

{Photography.80.808}: Paddrick Mackin {paddrick} Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:42:33 EDT (HTML)

Canyonlands Pano01

See the larger view at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddrick/6946955299/sizes/o/in/set-72157594394724273/

{Photography.80.809}: TJ {tj2} Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:11:05 EDT (HTML)

We spent a couple of days this week over near Flagstaff at three different national monuments. This is Wupatki pueblo, which dates back about 800-900 years, at Wupatki National Monument. There are several other dwellings in the the area, but this is the biggest. You can actually enter some of the rooms, which gives you a better idea of how these ancient people lived.

I made a few shots where I cropped out the handrail, but I wanted to give an idea of the overall scene, and it was virtually impossible to do that without getting part of the rail in the picture...

Click for larger view: "http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightcraft/7896938074/sizes/o/"

{Photography.80.810}: Coyote {coyote} Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:53:48 EDT (1 line)

The large view gives me a you-are-there feeling. What a fascinating place!

{Photography.80.811}: Paddrick Mackin {paddrick} Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:31:42 EDT (1 line)

Amazing that the artifacts include cane or reed cigarettes.

{Photography.80.812}: TJ {tj2} Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:29:03 EDT (1 line)

It seems that smoking something has forever been a human activity...

{Photography.80.813}: Paddrick Mackin {paddrick} Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:05:13 EDT (HTML)

Sometimes, I like to just kick back in a beach chair with a bottle of Corona and watch the tide come in. This pano was made at the toe of Budd Inlet, Puget Sound.

Enjoy the larger image at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddrick/7925453130/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Paddy

{Photography.80.814}: annie {oceanannie} Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:35:17 EDT (HTML)

Ahhhhh - but with an Alexander Keith's!

{Photography.80.815}: Donald Dozier {donaldpd} Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:23:56 EDT (1 line)

Bud ... or Jack Daniel's & branch water.

{Photography.80.816}: Coyote {coyote} Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:07:17 EDT (1 line)

Ahhhhhhh..... such a pleasant interlude.

{Photography.80.817}: TJ {tj2} Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:44:50 EDT (1 line)

Christian Brothers brandy Manhattan, straight up.

{Photography.80.818}: Paddrick Mackin {paddrick} Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:47:09 EDT (2 lines)

Well, I've been known to tug on a little Yukon Jack to get me through
troublesome times, when Corona just isn't enough.

{Photography.80.819}: Tom Coleman {tomcoleman} Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:22:55 EST (HTML)

Guinness Stout from the tap, or occasionally splurge on Unibroue La Fin Du Monde OR Unibroue Trois Pistoles, if available.

Nice panoramas, Paddy. I haven't tried this yet..

{Photography.80.820}: Tom Coleman {tomcoleman} Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:24:10 EST (HTML)

Oh-- kudos to TJ as well!

{Photography.80.821}: Donald Dozier {donaldpd} Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:16:10 EST (1 line)

{819}  I refuse to drink anything I can't even pronounce when sober.

{Photography.80.822}: Tom Coleman {tomcoleman} Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:33:21 EST (HTML)

heh. I dont know how either

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