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A friend pointed me to this link today, and I had not seen it referenced here yet:
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
It's a high resolution composite photo of the scene at Obama's Inaugural Address.
It's zoom-able, and the detail is astounding. Apparently it's a composite of who-knows-how-many individual photos, and the results are fairly successful.
I said fairly, because there are some quirks. Look at the crowd seated behind Obama a few rows back. You'll find Aretha Franklin fairly easily (look for her hat). Then notice how her face is partially morphed onto someone else's (with a goatee), and there's a black fedora "levitating" just in front of her. Interesting. There are other anomalies, where people are moving near the "seams."
It's an interesting snapshot of the powerful in Washington, taken over a few moments in time. Look for Bush scowling. And there's Dick Cheney beside him, looking like the Banker in "It's a Wonderful Life." Clarence Thomas is apparently taking a nap. And I found Newt Gingrich one section back (seated with one of his future ex-wives).
Fascinating.
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
It's a high resolution composite photo of the scene at Obama's Inaugural Address.
It's zoom-able, and the detail is astounding. Apparently it's a composite of who-knows-how-many individual photos, and the results are fairly successful.
I said fairly, because there are some quirks. Look at the crowd seated behind Obama a few rows back. You'll find Aretha Franklin fairly easily (look for her hat). Then notice how her face is partially morphed onto someone else's (with a goatee), and there's a black fedora "levitating" just in front of her. Interesting. There are other anomalies, where people are moving near the "seams."
It's an interesting snapshot of the powerful in Washington, taken over a few moments in time. Look for Bush scowling. And there's Dick Cheney beside him, looking like the Banker in "It's a Wonderful Life." Clarence Thomas is apparently taking a nap. And I found Newt Gingrich one section back (seated with one of his future ex-wives).
Fascinating.