Visits, panoramas
We’ve been enjoying visits from friends lately. Magda’s friend Ola and her S.O. Sven spent a day in Venice, which reminded me that I always have pictures from my last time there to post when all else fails. This time we’re looking at panoramas:
My last trip to Venice was the first time I managed to get to the top of the campanile of San Marco, and it was well worth it for the mesmerizing views. Here’s a look to the east, across the roofs of the Doges’ Palace and up the Riva degli Schiavoni. Stitched together from several photos.
This one is looking south, across the lagoon taking in San Giorgio Maggiore (left), the Dogana, and Santa Maria della Salute at the extreme right. Also a stitched panorama.
Should you find yourself in Venice, I cannot recommend too highly the trip up the campanile; I understand that Goethe rode his horse up it, or maybe that was Napoleon, but either way you’re in good company. It is unlikely that either of them had access to the freeware program AutoStitch for capitalizing on this kind of view. This program is also highly recommended. More powerful and customizable options abound, but the beauty of AutoStitch lies in how brainless it is: tell it which photos to fetch and it will do everything for you.
These remain my favorite Venice pictures ever.
(Venice is still sinking, as far as we know.)
Take the most mundane series of snapshots, providing you have a bit of overlap, and you can make a quick and dirty panorama of anything, if it so amuses you (turn your auto white balance off first). Yesterday we took Magda’s other friend Ola to the little stony village of Štanjel, which sits up on a ridge overlooking the edge of the Karst:
Štanjel has many ancient wells, several of which Adam tried to throw himself down. We managed to prevent this cliché from occurring, and Adam instead had to content himself with handling every single pebble in the village. He made it clear that this was a pale shadow compared to the international media attention the well scenario promised.
Corn mate? Maize buddy?
What languages do have a good word for it?
Comment by Erik R. — Monday 4 June 07 @ 16.32 MDT+2.00
Just keep plying us with that old stuff. Simply gorgeous; I swear I can feel a breeze when I click on that 2nd picture of Venice.
Comment by DarkoV — Monday 4 June 07 @ 17.06 MDT+2.00
Maize buddy. Heh.
I’m going to start using that and corn mate.
Comment by Jane — Monday 4 June 07 @ 20.49 MDT+2.00
Presumably the horse did not get to ride up the six flights in the elevator.
Comment by gaoo — Friday 15 June 07 @ 05.12 MDT+2.00