arnielarson's Most Recent Favorites

The Bob

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:47:44 Z

by Bert "This is my cat, his name is Bob."

Apollo 17 - 28th Revolution

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:09:01 Z

Poly Synth

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:02:38 Z

by ryanviernes "Early morning walk around of Poly Canyon. It was intended to have 1500-2000 pictures and cover a larger area. 3 photographers were involved, this is just my share of the photos. If you locate a map in the synth, i covered the south west of building A and went around into the courtyard, between buildings B, I , and A. Initially, all photographers started at the same point, then split up to cover more area. One of the cameras failed in the middle of the project so we didn't have as many pictures as we wanted. We tried to get it as synthy as possible, creating a nice point cloud. Later I might take more photos from the hills overlooking the area and reupload the synth. Hopefully this would improve the point cloud and more features will be visible."

"Unfinished" Church St. George's Bermuda

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:00:35 Z

by lostinthetriangle ""Unfinished" Church St. George's Bermuda These ruins are a protected historic monument and part of the St. George's World Heritage Site. Work commenced on this intended replacement for St Peter’s Church in 1874 but bickering within the Anglican community coupled with severe storm damage caused the project to be abandoned. My Primary School was located next door, I remember a hurricane in the early 70's that ripped off what little of the roof remained. As the structure is made of soft Bermuda stone, left to the elements, time, wind, rain and Hurricanes had caused a lot of damage. The National Trust hired a stone mason in the 90's to do extensive work on the property just to prevent further damage and erosion."

Near Space Balloon

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:22:50 Z

by dcshrum "High Altitude Ballon. Near Space Project."

Cologne Cathedral - Kölner Dom, Germany

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:20:50 Z

by Fred_Oxford "To achieve 100% synthy taking over 300 photos of this cathedral is incredible! The point cloud also turned out really interesting considering that no overview shot could be taken from a high point nearby. Particularly pleasing was the way Photosynth constructed the rounded end of the cathedral viewed from the Philharmonic end. Best viewed on Full Screen mode - press "F" on your keyboard sadly although the synth is 100% the point cloud is nothing like the cathedral really is...a mystery is the only way to describe it...anyway... enjoy!"

New Years Eve Sunset over Red Bluff

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:05:27 Z

by ssing "This is a sunset taken just off I5 while driving on New Years Eve"

Smith Tower Snow Day (Joint Synth)

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:57:41 Z

by dariusmonsef "Adding in the photos Scott took with the ones I took... the really nice photos would all be his."

Times Square at Night

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:15:42 Z

by David "Times Square is one of the iconic spots in New York City, and one you have to see at night to truly appreciate. According to Wikipedia: The theaters of Broadway and the huge number of animated neon and LED signs have long made it one of New York's iconic images, and a symbol of the intensely urban aspects of Manhattan. Times Square is the only neighborhood with zoning ordinances requiring building owners to display illuminated signs.The density of illuminated signs in Times Square now rivals that of Las Vegas. Officially, signs in Times Square are called "spectaculars", and the largest of them are called "jumbotrons." Almost lost in this gaudy show of lights is the memorial to Francis P. Duffy, Chaplain of the 165th US Infantary that stands at the north end of Times Square. See if you can find it."

Prague Old Town Square (Staré Mesto)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:49:47 Z

by Rick "This is probably the first synth ever shot and knit together. I was in Prague in May 2004 for the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) and I wanted to capture the beautiful old town square in a way that was more immersive and three-dimensional than the panoramas I had been shooting (and stitching) until then. I decided to walk around the perimiter shooting overlapped photos of the building facades, as well as taking a few panoramas to "link" everything together. When I got back to Seattle, I started collaborating with Noah Snavely and Steve Seitz at the University of Washington on these ideas. Noah was able to create the world's first synth (we were calling them "photo tours") from this data. We later hit upon the idea of using photos from the Web to achieve the same effect. A few months later, we had the first working "Photo Tourism" system (http://research.microsoft.com/IVM/PhotoTours/), which we presented at SIGGRAPH 2006 and which eventually led to the creation of Photosynth. See if you can find the panorama taken while walking arond the fountain. (Click on the little globe to see the overall lay of the square.) There's a second 3D group taken from the clock tower (use the "Next 3D Group" button in the URH corner). Enjoy! Rick"