I walked north a few blocks to get away from Hastings (figuring that farther from Hastings would mean less traffic). My first stop was smack in the middle of a street for a full 360° panoramic shot:<\/p>\n
[You can click the link there for larger versions. If you have a Java plugin working, you can click the “View Panorama” link on the left of that page for a nice drag-around viewer.]<\/p>\n Making a panorama like this requires 40–50 separate frames (with the lens I have) that are then stitched together. Everything has to be set to manual on the camera (exposure, focus, white balance). The whole process takes 10–15 minutes for a single “picture”.<\/p>\n In this case, each frame was exposed for 1 second at f\/5.6, ISO 1600. I left the white balance set for for tungsten light. That’s why the image has the orange colouring from the sodium streetlights. I only had to move our of the way of a car once during that shot.<\/p>\n Having had enough of dodging traffic, I found myself a convenient traffic circle for the next one:<\/p>\n The camera settings were the same, except this time I set a custom white balance so the snow is actually white. That is exactly what I was hoping for when I set out.<\/p>\n On the way back, I saw some drops of water that had frozen on a little tree<\/a>, and couldn’t resist stopping for one last shot of them. I set the aperture to f\/2.8 for that shot for maximum Bokeh<\/a> goodness.<\/p>\n![\"street](\"http:\/\/gregbaker.ca\/gallery2\/d\/20871-4\/street.jpg\")
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