Re: Mountaintop 360 panoramas
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:05 pm
Thank you everyone. I didn't mean to break any rules. I wasn't aware of the regulations, and I am taking down the photos.
I agree that I don't want to disturb anyone. When I took these there was certainly nobody within thousands of feet vertical elevation, and probably at least a mile horizontally (though I couldn't really say). And it's a small drone, so once it is ~30-50 feet up, even I can't hear it. I'm confident that I didn't disturb anyone, by sound or sight.
It's too bad. You definitely can't get anything like these views from ground level; see the Whitney shot for an example. You could get slightly closer by using a long, carbon-fiber fishing pole (e.g., this 11-meter pole with 8 sections, available in the UK) or perhaps hanging a camera off a very large kite. Then you'd have to use a dedicated 360 degree camera instead of stitching, so for decent (but still worse) quality you're looking at around $2500, but I guess the price should drop in a few years.
I agree that I don't want to disturb anyone. When I took these there was certainly nobody within thousands of feet vertical elevation, and probably at least a mile horizontally (though I couldn't really say). And it's a small drone, so once it is ~30-50 feet up, even I can't hear it. I'm confident that I didn't disturb anyone, by sound or sight.
It's too bad. You definitely can't get anything like these views from ground level; see the Whitney shot for an example. You could get slightly closer by using a long, carbon-fiber fishing pole (e.g., this 11-meter pole with 8 sections, available in the UK) or perhaps hanging a camera off a very large kite. Then you'd have to use a dedicated 360 degree camera instead of stitching, so for decent (but still worse) quality you're looking at around $2500, but I guess the price should drop in a few years.