Here is a portfolio of panoramic images
from my journeys around the world 

 

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 Iguazu Falls panoramic
Argentina: Iguzú Falls, on the Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay border, is one of the natural wonders of the world.
It's bigger than Niagara, and over it flows one of the largest supplies of fresh water in the world.
This is the view from Isla San Martin.
Made with the Canon EOS 1DS Mark II professional digital camera.

 


California: The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park. This is one of the finest hotels, situated in the finest setting on earth.
Made with the Canon EOS 1DS Mark II professional digital camera.

 


California: Yosemite Valley from Cook's Meadow. From this meadow you can see Yosemite Falls and Half Dome.
Made with the Canon EOS 1DS Mark II professional digital camera.

 


California: Illilouette Creek Bridge, Yosemite National Park. This bridge is several miles down the Panorama Trail from Glacier Point
in Yosemite. A few yards to the left (or the right) the creek falls about 350 feet in a glorious waterfall into the Yosemite Valley.
Made with the Canon EOS 1DS Mark II professional digital camera.

 


California: The town of Mendocino and Mendocino Bay. On the right is the mouth of Big River.
Made with the Canon EOS 1DS Mark II professional digital camera, and my new-ish Mark VIII panoramic mount.

 


California: The Haystacks at Elk, Mendocino County, Friday, November 25, 2005
One of those threatening-to-rain days made the scene of the Pacific Ocean in Elk perfect for a panorama.
Made with the Canon EOS 1DS Mark II professional digital camera.

 


Canada: Toronto skyline from Toronto Island, Thursday, April 21, 2005
The city of Toronto maintains the Toronto Islands as a city park. Ferry boats ply the waters between the mainland and the islands
to bring visitors over. The view of the city is spectacular, and the islands are a lovely place to spend the day.
The ice that freezes along the shore in winter months traps a variety of jetsam in the rocks: bottles, plastic, styrofoam float parts, etc.
Made with the Canon EOS 1DS Mark II professional digital camera, and the new Mark VIII panoramic mount.

 


Hawai'i: Lava flow, Volcanos National Park on the Big Island, October 17, 2004
Visual humor: a Speed Limit 15 sign sticks up through the lava, which flowed across the road in 2003.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


Hawai'i: The Mauna Kea Resort on the Big Island, October 20, 2004
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


New York City: Times Square at midnight, February 11, 2003
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.
Signed archival prints of this photo are available for $100.00 plus tax and shipping.
Print dimensions: 43 x 7.5 inch image area.

 


New York: Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1997.
Signed archival prints of this photo are available for $100.00 plus tax and shipping.
Print dimensions: 43 x 8 in. image area.

 


New York: Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 2003.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.
Signed archival prints of this photo are available for $100.00 plus tax and shipping.


 


Paris: The Rodin Museum and gardens, June 27, 2004.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


Paris: Patrick Lawler, 17, under the Eiffel Tower. June 28, 2004.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 

 

 


California: Bishop's Peak (1,559 ft.; 476 m.), San Luis Obispo, California (pop. 43,000). August 10, 2004.
My friend Tim Stenovec is at the video camera near the summit.
It's interesting to compare the photos taken in the rainy season and summer. See the photo below taken in April, 2000.
The same lens was used for both photos, but I chose a location about 5 meters away from the spot where I took the photo below.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


California: Bishop's Peak, Elev. 476 m, San Luis Obispo, California, April 24, 2000.
Photo by Brian P. Lawler and Russell J. Fish. Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera.

 

 


California: YMCA Surf Camp at Morro Bay, August 10, 2004.
The foggy day contributes to the quality of the image, as it diffuses the light.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


Paris: Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro. June 26, 2004.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


Puerto Rico: Beach near Punto Jacinto, December 13, 2003.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 

 


Nevada: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, west of Las Vegas, February 13, 2004.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 

 


California: Yosemite Valley and Half Dome from Cook's Meadow, Sept. 2002
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Mall and tourists, 1998

 


Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial interior, 1998.
(As much as I whine about the "Tripod Police," in the Lincoln Memorial I approached a Park Service Ranger,
and asked if I could use my tripod. She replied with a smile, "Why of course, as long as it has rubber feet.")

 


Alaska: Rain forest near Ketchikan.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


Alaska: Haines, from the breakwater. The cruise ship Norwegian Wind is docked at the municipal pier.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


Alaska: View from Mt. Roberts, reached by taking the Mt. Roberts tram. In the background is Douglas
and the Gastineau Channel.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


Alaska: View from Mt. Roberts, of Douglas, the Gastineau Channel and Juneau (on the right).
On the mountain top are DD Patrick, Mike Patrick, Ashala Lawler, Linda Brady, Mike Suddarth,
Valerie Tacker, Leigh Tacker and Mike Suddarth, again.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


California: Patrick Lawler (and at least ten of his evil twins) and Kevin Jacobs pose for the camera in California Valley.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


British Virgin Islands: Bitter End Resort on Virgin Gorda, March 2002.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


British Virgin Islands: Marina Cay swimming pier and restaurant, March 2002.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


British Virgin Islands: Devil's Bay, at The Caves National Park, Virgin Gorda, March 2002.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


British Virgin Islands: The Caves National Park, Virgin Gorda, March 2002.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


British Virgin Islands: Guana Island. On the left is the Atlantic Ocean, on the right is the Caribbean Sea; March, 2002.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


British Virgin Islands: Interior of Windwalker, a 57-foot ketch owned by Rick and Martie Kinzer; March, 2002.
Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera.

 


Arizona, USA: South Rim of the Grand Canyon from Powell Point, December, 2001.
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera.

 


France: Sunflower farm near La Coste, in the Luberon Valley, July, 2001
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera.

 


France: Porquito melons on the farm of Georges Adrian. La Coste, Luberon Valley. Made with the assistance of my friend Jim Sugar.
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera, July, 2001.

 


France: Omaha Beach, Normandy. On this site in 1944, thousands of men died in the effort to liberate France.
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera, July, 2001.

 


France: American Cemetery, Normandy. 9,500 gravestones cover the hilltop above Omaha Beach.
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera, July, 2001.

 


France: Palais du Louvre, Paris. Once the palace of French kings, now one of the finest museums in the world.
Also home to the most efficient Tripod Police in the world (they're still not fast enough, though!).
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera, July, 2001.

 


France: Lavender field near Col du Murs, Provence, July, 2001
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera

 


France: Giverny, Monet's lily pond, July, 2001
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera

 


France: Chateau de Balleroy, Calvados, July, 2001.
This chateau, built in 1627, is the site of the Forbes Balloon Museum, and is an example of classic Mansart architecture.
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera

 


Spain: Calella, Costa Brava, February, 2001
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera.

 


Spain: Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Costa Brava, February, 2001
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera.

 


France: Bois du Boulogne, near Paris, April, 1998.

 


California: The famous Painted Ladies, San Francisco's queens of Victorian architecture, September 4, 1999.
Made with the Nikon D1 digital professional camera.

 


California: The annual WHAMOBASS balloon event in Coalinga, California, November, 1999.
To see other WHAMOBASS ballooning panoramas, including group panoramic photos, click here.

 


USA: Cheyenne, Wyoming, the hangar at Cheyenne Airmotive where two Pilatus PC12 aircraft are
being prepared for paint. Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera, May, 2001.

 


France: View from the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, April, 1998.
Seconds later the tripod police stopped me!

 


France: View from the North tower of Notre Dame de Paris, April, 1998.

 


England: Hampton Court, July, 1999.
I managed to get this photo before being stopped by the Tripod Police.

 


Spain: Montserrat, Spain, Elev. approx. 700m., May 13, 2000.
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera.

 


Germany: Neue Schloss, Stuttgart, May 27, 2000.
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera.

 


Holland: Amsterdam, July, 1997.

 


India: Baha'i Temple, New Delhi, July, 1997.

 


Illinois: Chicago skyline, October, 1998.
Made with the Nikon Coolpix 900 digital camera.

 


India: Taj Mahal, Agra, July, 1997.

 


Germany: Indoor produce market, Stuttgart, May, 2000.
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera.

 


England: Tower Bridge, London, July, 1997.

 


Washington, D.C.: Vietnam Memorial, August 1998.

 


California: Santa Ynez Valley, October 1998.

 


Maine: Mosquito Head, August, 2000

 


Arizona: Hoover Dam from the Arizona side at dusk, June 25, 2000
Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera.

 


California: Military tank museum, Portola Valley, January 14, 2000.

Jacques Littlefield likes tanks. In fact he has a large collection of them. He restores them,
and has been kind enough to establish a museum with his quirky collection. This is one wing of the museum.

 


California: The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, July, 1997. This was taken on the Marin County side, above Kirby Beach.

 


Hawai'i: Honolulu evening, February, 1998. This photo was taken from a dinner cruise ship, which rocked gently on the swells.
It was quite a process to level the images (over 7 degrees left and right) before stitching them into this 180-degree panoramic image!

 


California: Elfin Forest, Los Osos, California. Elves in the photo: (left to right) Ashala Lawler, Paul Feyerabend, Brian Lawler
Bobbi Feyerabend, and Ashala's evil twin, Alahsa. Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera, May, 2001.

 


California: Elfin Forest, Los Osos, California. No elves visible. Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera, May, 2001.

PANORAMIC PORTRAITS

Here are some examples of group portraits using panoramic photography.

WHAMO Pano 2007
California: 112 WHAMOBASS 2007 participants at the 43rd annual gathering of the group.
This is the assembly of pilots and crew for the annual ballooning event called WHAMOBASS –
Whiskey-Hill, Atherton, Menlo-Oaks Ballooning and Sporting Society.
This image was done with the Canon camera and PTGUI software, a combination that results
in much better resolution and image quality. Click here for a close-up showing the detail in the image.

The result is a photographic quality image that can be printed at sizes beyond 50 inches in width
without appreciable noise or image degradation.


City of Pismo Beach, California, May, 2005
This is the 2005 version of the City of Pismo Beach, California. Nearly everyone who works for the City--
police, firefighters, the city council, the mayor--was there. Made with the Canon 1DS Mark II professional digital camera

 


City of Pismo Beach, California May, 2004
This is the staff of the city of Pismo Beach - fire fighters, city council people, city staff, police officers, almost everyone.
Photographed in front of City Hall on the Nikon D1X professional camera

 


Yosemite National Park - Protection Division June 6, 2005
This is the 2005 version of the Protection Division group panorama.
Photographed in the Ahwahnee Meadow with the Canon 1DS Mark II digital camera

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Yosemite National Park - Protection Division June 10, 2003.
These 63 rangers and four horses comprise the majority of the armed Protection Division.
Photographed in Cook's Meadow, Yosemite Valley, California. Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera

PRINTS OF THIS 2003 PHOTO ARE STILL AVAILABLE; CLICK HERE TO ORDER.

 


California: National Park Service Search and Rescue Rangers at the Crane Flat Helibase, Yosemite National Park

 


Pismo Beach Fire Department November, 2002, with the Pacific Ocean to the side.
Pismo Beach Fire Chief Mike Harkness and I coordinated this photo, which features nearly all the firefighters on the force.

Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera

 


San Luis Obispo, California, Fire Department, October, 2002 in Fire Station No. 1
Fire Department official Bob Wilkinson coordinated this image, which features two of the three shifts
of the local fire department and several of their trucks and engines.

Made with the Nikon D1X professional digital camera

 


Henri Tomas, boulanger, Bonnieux, France, July, 2001. Tomas is the artisan-baker in this hillside town in Provence.
His specialties are almond brioches and a delicacy called the San Cristan, a long, sweet, truly sinful pastry.

Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera. My friend Jim Sugar was the co-producer of this image.

 


Charlie Thorne, master window maker, in his “atelier,” San Luis Obispo, California, June 2, 2000. 360° panoramic image.
Thorne, 83, has been making traditional wooden windows for over 40 years.

Made with the Nikon D1 professional digital camera.

 


Ed Yost, father of modern hot-air ballooning, in his workshop in the New Mexico mountains.
Yost is surrounded by his life’s work – world record certificates, balloon baskets and parts of balloons he built.
Mr. Yost died in 2007.

 


Apprentice Boat Works, Rockland, Maine, August, 2000.
I visited the boat works while teaching at the Maine Photographic Workshops this summer.

 

Cast of “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, California, February 19, 2000.

The San Luis Obispo Vocal Arts Ensemble performs its annual Pops Concert every winter.
In 2000 the performance featured works from Fiddler on the Roof, among others. The group portait below was made
with four frames of 35mm film photogaphed as a panoramic image.

 

PRODUCTION NOTES:
Most of these images were made with Apple QuickTime VR Authoring Studio software on a Macintosh G4 or G5 computer.
Some of the contributing images were taken with ISO 200 Kodak negative film and conventional Nikon 35mm cameras.
Scans were made to Kodak Photo CD discs by my friends at Color 2000 in San Francisco, California.

My panoramas from June, 2000 to December, 2004 were made with the Nikon D1 and D1X digital cameras
and the Nikkor 17-35 mm zoom lens.

I switched to the Canon 1DS Mark II camera in January, 2005, and have been shooting with that camera since then.
I enjoy the extraordinarily high resolution of that camera (16.7 Mp) and the quality of the images.
For panoramic images I use the Canon 17-40mm zoom lens, usually set at about 20mm.

I also switched to a new stitching tool in 2006 – PTGUI – which allows me to work with higher resolution files,
and with the new operating system on Macintosh computers (Apple never updated QTVRAS).

And, in 2008 I upgraded to a Mac Pro with four dual-core Intel processors. This makes a huge difference in processing speed
on these panoramic images. Some of my latest work results in images that are over 500MB in size, and the new computer
makes handling those images much more reasonable.

All images: copyright Brian P. Lawler. All rights reserved.

WHY NO INTERACTIVE IMAGES?

Interactive versions of these images in VR format will follow. It's a lot of work, and I am way behind.

But please keep an eye on this site in the future for the navigable versions of these images. They are great fun!

I HAVE PREPARED MUCH MORE ON PANORAMIC IMAGES:

Download my Essay on how to make QuickTime panoramic images.
This essay explains the process of set-up, preparation and stitching 360-degree panoramic images
with a regular camera, a tripod and Apple's QuickTime VR Authoring Studio software.

 

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Updated on Tuesday, July 8, 2008