David (81 weeks ago) delete

Absolutely spectacular. This is the synth against which all other "document in context" synths will be measured. Great work Scott and Josh!

martym (537 days ago) delete

Great job. Share this link and click on the down arrow a few times... makes ya feel patriotic and synthy all at once!
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=a25dae45-7921-4265-b676-0e67ee2ccfd4&i=0:0:78&z=8006.2356166287045&g=0&p=-1585.46:-2238.54&m=false&c=4.89481:-0.29403:-0.18345&d=-1.82217:2.09912:0.516227

rwmcnab (75 weeks ago) delete

Wow, I really like this one. There's lots of stuff to zoom in on. It's pretty cool that the quality is good enough to read some of the Constitution. 
Too bad it's so distorted just 'turning your head around' not zoomed in. I guess it means more straight up and down shots as you went around, or super wide angles....
But still, thanks!

Scott (424 days ago) delete

Hi rwmcnab.. Super wide angles are the culprit!  I guess there are advantages and disadvantages to shooting ultra-wide.  I took the initial panorama at 17mm on a full-frame camera, so if you zoomed out to look at the point cloud, the scene would look really distorted.  The advantage is that the scene is very immersive when you're zoomed in.

It was fun to capture this synth, but very difficult due to the low ambient light.  I had to use a tripod and take very long exposures for each shot.

ronaldcousins (383 days ago) delete

Excellent

CMOS (375 days ago) delete

What is the box next to the column on the left side?

Scott (52 weeks ago) delete

CMOS, that's the Declaration of Independance.. I just didn't get enough shots to connect it with the rest of the synth, unfortunately.