San Francisco in Ruins
George Lawrence's Panorama taken just weeks after the devestating earthquake on April 18, 1906.
San Francisco Today
Together with Drachen Foundation, I plan to re-shoot George Lawrence's famous photo.
Hasselblad XPan II Panorama Rig
Brooks Leffler (pictured) created the rig using his extremely adaptable kit.
Camera Equipment
Example Fisheye Photo
Susie and me.
Rig in Flight
Conceptual Overview
Only two shots are needed: one taken from the kite, and one from the ground.
Step 1: Capture two photos
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| KAP shot: taken from the kite | Sky shot: taken from the ground |
Step 2: Unwrap the KAP shot
Use PTMac (or PTGui on Windows) to reproject the hemisphere into a rectangular image
Step 3: Unwrap the sky shot
Use PTMac (or PTGui on Windows) to reproject the hemisphere into a rectangular image
Step 4: Combine the two shots
Use layer masks in Adobe Photoshop to combine the two photos.
Note: The sun was repositioned to the correct spot in the combined shot using Photoshop.
Step 5: Create Quicktime VR
Use Cubic Converter (or Panocube on Windows) to transform standard .jpg image into an interactive Quicktime VR .mov file
Result
