TheBlakeE's Most Recent Activity On Synths

Holy Cross Abbey

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:09:13 Z

"This is Holy Cross Abbey, now Holy Cross Winery, located in Canon City, Colorado. PhotoSynth had a lot of trouble with all the trees around it, but eventually I was able to get a complete 360 connection. Be sure to check out the overhead view and the Point Cloud. (Press P to see the point cloud)"

David Over 1 year ago

Very nice! Great reconstruction...

I-50 Colorado Mile Marker 256

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:37:28 Z

"This is a beautiful spot along the side of interstate 50 in colorado, close to Echo, CO on the map. I picked this location because it was a great valley where you could see the horizon on either end, it has the 2 rock formations in the center, the mountain across the river has an interesting texture where I think they've scraped away the side of it, and the river is easy to see. A better camera and a brighter day would make for prettier pictures, but this worked very well, achieving 100% Synth on my first try! Woohoo! I suspect the snow actually helped with the Synthing because it highlights the textures. I'll probably take other areas of my trips up and down I-50, but I think I'll wait until it gets warmer."

Nathanael Over 1 year ago

Oh yeah. You nailed this one.

Red Rocks All main rock formations

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:32:31 Z

"This has me baffled. Why does it get some of the mountains, but most of them it doesn't recognize? The texture of the mountain certainly hasn't changed."

Nathanael Over 1 year ago

By resizing first, we are spreading that information out over a larger area and the blurring is only making that information look more natural - like it does to us in the real world when we hold something too close for our eyes to focus on.

W0QL Ham Tower

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:36:09 Z

"This is my dad's house, featuring his ham tower. he is W0QL and would be happy to entertain questions about his tower or his radios. (http://www.w0ql.com/). I've just started him on PhotoSynth, but he has one of a 360 view from about halfway up the tower. (http://photosynth.net/userprofilepage.aspx?user=w0ql) This is my 3rd PhotoSynth object, and I'm THRILLED with the results! Be sure to check out the Point Cloud (and drag on the arrows to move it around and really see the 3D effect), and go to the overhead view, too. There are 2 things that didn't work well. It didn't connect the garage to the rest of the house, because the trees on the side distracted PhotoSynth. I can probably fix that with some more pictures. As expected, it didn't really sync the rotation of the tower. It's really connecting the clouds above the tower, because that's where all the texture is."

Nathanael Over 1 year ago

I especially enjoy selecting the 'Tower 2' highlight and then the 'Front' highlight. The transition is very cool.

"S" Mountain Salida, CO

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:07:36 Z

"This is "S" Mountain, a prominant landmark in Salida, CO. Real name is Tenderfoot Mountain, but obviously the big "S" on the side of it gives it it's nickname. PhotoSynth did some really weird things with this series. Pros: Zoomed in well, went all the way around the water silo(?). I love how it saw the mountain range and the town's streets even from behind the mountain (from the back). Cons: Didn't get the colorful tree right at all. Why doesn't it complete the 360 around the water silo? It goes all the way around and then ends. The white building worked in some ways and not in others."

TheBlakeE Over 1 year ago

Thank you so much for all your comments, Nathanael. I don't know how long you've been doing this, but it's impressive to be so patient and thorough with a newbie after all this time.

My goal originally was just to do a 360 of S Mountain itself. While I was hiking up the back side of it, though, I discovered these interesting objects (the water tower and the colorful tree) and felt compelled to try those as well. I think I'll just forget about the tree for now, although I saw a great example that somebody did of a similar object, so maybe I'll come back to it later. I do want to try to get a better synth of the mountain itself, though, and to zoom from the mountain to the building at the top.

I tried to geoalign it, but the pictures didn't link well enough for me to tell which way was which.

Thanks again! Many more to come from TheBlakeE. :)