Regular visitors to my blog may be familiar with my 360x180 degree photography and my submissions on the World Wide Panorama website. The last event closed in January and the theme for this event was "best of 2010" so for my entry I submitted a panorama I took in the middle of Dovedale Stepping Stones.
Click the link here to see my panorama :
Dovedale Stepping Stones panorama.
Check out the other entries around the planet by other VR photographers :
Map of all entries for the Best of 2010 event.
The World Wide Panorama began in March 2004 and has become an ongoing series of events.
Photography takes place on the solstices (longest and shortest days of the year) and equinoxes (day and night of equal length). Photographers all over the world are welcome to participate in the themed events.
Thanks
Andy
Showing posts with label Dovedale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dovedale. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Dovedale Stepping Stones, health and safety gone mad as stones height increased.
I'm sure you can't have missed last weeks news about Dovedale Stepping Stones.
Derbyshire County Council and the National Trust had placed new stones on top of the existing ones to make them more "accessible" for visitors.
The story even made it into the National Newpapers, as you can read here.
Daily Express Newspaper Article.
Daily Mail Newspaper Article.
The stones they have added onto the exisiting ones to make them a lot higher, see how it looks now HERE.
A Facebook page has been set up to request that the stepping stones be returned to the way they were before, Join the Facebook group and post your comments on here :
Dovedale Stepping Stones Facebook Group.
Return the Dovedale Stepping Stones to their former natural glory on Facebook.
How about fitting some handrails either side and some traffic lights so people know when its safe to go :)
Here is a 360 dregree VR Photograph I took in in early June 2010 BEFORE the stones height was increased.
To see my high resolution fullscreen version of Dovedale Stepping Stones click the link here:
Dovedale Stepping Stones High Resolution 360 photograph.
Iphone Map locators for Dovedale.
If you are viewing this blog on an iPhone then you can click the link below to launch the iPhone Maps application with a push pin location that you can use to located the stones.
Dovedale Stepping Stones iPhone Map Marker.
The link above is for walkers, if you want a location point for driving then use the following link
Dovedale Car park iPhone Map Marker.
Once you have clicked on the link above and your Map application has loaded up, simple tap the Directions button at the bottom of the iPhone. It will be prefilled in with Current location for the start and Dovedale Car Park for the end so all you have to do is tap the Route button and it will show the driving route you need.
For a large map showing all the details such as the walking paths etc click the link here:
Dovedale Stepping Stones Map.
Thanks
Andy
Derbyshire County Council and the National Trust had placed new stones on top of the existing ones to make them more "accessible" for visitors.
The story even made it into the National Newpapers, as you can read here.
Daily Express Newspaper Article.
Daily Mail Newspaper Article.
The stones they have added onto the exisiting ones to make them a lot higher, see how it looks now HERE.
A Facebook page has been set up to request that the stepping stones be returned to the way they were before, Join the Facebook group and post your comments on here :
Dovedale Stepping Stones Facebook Group.
Return the Dovedale Stepping Stones to their former natural glory on Facebook.
How about fitting some handrails either side and some traffic lights so people know when its safe to go :)
Here is a 360 dregree VR Photograph I took in in early June 2010 BEFORE the stones height was increased.
To see my high resolution fullscreen version of Dovedale Stepping Stones click the link here:
Dovedale Stepping Stones High Resolution 360 photograph.
Iphone Map locators for Dovedale.
If you are viewing this blog on an iPhone then you can click the link below to launch the iPhone Maps application with a push pin location that you can use to located the stones.
Dovedale Stepping Stones iPhone Map Marker.
The link above is for walkers, if you want a location point for driving then use the following link
Dovedale Car park iPhone Map Marker.
Once you have clicked on the link above and your Map application has loaded up, simple tap the Directions button at the bottom of the iPhone. It will be prefilled in with Current location for the start and Dovedale Car Park for the end so all you have to do is tap the Route button and it will show the driving route you need.
For a large map showing all the details such as the walking paths etc click the link here:
Dovedale Stepping Stones Map.
Thanks
Andy
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Video : Dovedale, See the Stepping Stones like never before. Beautiful Derbyshire Peak District.
August Update blog post : Stepping Stones Heath and Safety gone mad.
Here is my latest video promoting the local area. I dare say that if you are from Derbyshire then Dovedale Stepping Stones will be somewhere that you will have visited at some time. Its a great place to visit, perfect if you are looking for somewhere to visit in Derbyshire while the weather is nice. This tranquil and beautiful place is a "must see" place.
This video came about because I actually visited Dovedale one Friday in order to take lots of Panoramic photographs, while there I took a few short video clips too. When back to Derby I looked at the videos and wished that I had recorded more footage. My answer to this problem was some clever software called Pano2Movie as it allowed me to create video-like pans and incorporate them into the real video footage.
The first pan starts at 0:30, the sun rays which start at 0:45 I created using the "Light Rays" effect on the timeline in Sony Vegas 9 Pro to give the illusion of the Sun through the trees.
The sequence that starts at 4:17 shows what you can do using Pano2Movie as this kind of movement would not be possible with a video camera because I am panning to the ground while standing on stepping stones that are in the middle of the river Dove!
At 4:33 I used the FOV markers in Pano2Movie to zoom in, as you can see this made a very odd effect which makes it look like we are moving in mid air.
Anyway enough of the techincal stuff sit back and enjoy my video of Dovedale. This video is best viewed in 720p HD and fullscreen.
My video of Dovedale Stepping Stones.
My original source video that was uploaded to YouTube was 474Mb and took over two hours to upload!
Map of Dovedale Stepping Stones.
If you have never visited Dovedale Stepping Stones then here is a detailed map of this area.
I have marked the exact position of Dovedale Stepping Stones along with where you park etc.
View Dovedale, Derbyshire Peak District in a larger map
If you want to take the map with you then click the link above so you have a large version you can print out.
If you zoom out a bit you will see I have even marked on useful bits on the road to the car park.
Hope you like my little video of Dovedale.
Andy
Here is my latest video promoting the local area. I dare say that if you are from Derbyshire then Dovedale Stepping Stones will be somewhere that you will have visited at some time. Its a great place to visit, perfect if you are looking for somewhere to visit in Derbyshire while the weather is nice. This tranquil and beautiful place is a "must see" place.
This video came about because I actually visited Dovedale one Friday in order to take lots of Panoramic photographs, while there I took a few short video clips too. When back to Derby I looked at the videos and wished that I had recorded more footage. My answer to this problem was some clever software called Pano2Movie as it allowed me to create video-like pans and incorporate them into the real video footage.
The first pan starts at 0:30, the sun rays which start at 0:45 I created using the "Light Rays" effect on the timeline in Sony Vegas 9 Pro to give the illusion of the Sun through the trees.
The sequence that starts at 4:17 shows what you can do using Pano2Movie as this kind of movement would not be possible with a video camera because I am panning to the ground while standing on stepping stones that are in the middle of the river Dove!
At 4:33 I used the FOV markers in Pano2Movie to zoom in, as you can see this made a very odd effect which makes it look like we are moving in mid air.
Anyway enough of the techincal stuff sit back and enjoy my video of Dovedale. This video is best viewed in 720p HD and fullscreen.
My video of Dovedale Stepping Stones.
My original source video that was uploaded to YouTube was 474Mb and took over two hours to upload!
Map of Dovedale Stepping Stones.
If you have never visited Dovedale Stepping Stones then here is a detailed map of this area.
I have marked the exact position of Dovedale Stepping Stones along with where you park etc.
View Dovedale, Derbyshire Peak District in a larger map
If you want to take the map with you then click the link above so you have a large version you can print out.
If you zoom out a bit you will see I have even marked on useful bits on the road to the car park.
Hope you like my little video of Dovedale.
Andy
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