Photosphere: Borghese Galleries, Rome

I am standing in front of the Borghese Galleries, in the heart of Villa Borghese, in Rome, Italy, while waiting for my tour to start.

Views: Borghese Gallery, Rome, Italy by Kevin Lew

Photosphere: Parthenon Rooms, British Museum

The Parthenon Rooms at the British Museum.

Views: Parthenon Rooms, British Museum, London, UK by Kevin Lew

Photosphere: behind the Rosetta Stone, British Museum

Here's the back of the Rosetta Stone. There were dozens of people waiting outside the doors to this room, and once they opened, I had to do this before the huge rush clogged up the standing room on all sides.

Views: Rosetta Stone, British Museum, London, UK by Kevin Lew

Around and around the Moai

Moai Easter Island statue from British Museum

Photosphere: Outside Heathrow Terminal 3

Outside Heathrow Terminal 3 at 6:55am, 26 December 2012, waiting for my charter flight to the ICEHotel. Click and drag within the photo.

Views: Heathrow Terminal 3, London, UK by Kevin Lew

Sharing Photospheres

Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) arrived in November 2012 with a new feature (among others) called photosphere, which is a panoramic photo that can go vertical in addition to horizontal.  It's not a perfect 360 degree view, as there are holes at the top and bottom of the photo (zenith and nadir, if you want to sound fancy), meaning directly overhead and at your feet.  I can't embed javascript code into my main wordpress blog, so I'll host them here and post a reminder redirect on One City At A Time. You might need to update your browser to view them. Also, they are not perfect - often I am taking these photos around lots of people, and the nature of photostitching means that parts of objects and people will appear, disappear, or show up in more than one place.

Closing this down...

I've been somewhat ignoring this place, it's too much to re-upload all my pics into Picasa, and Zooomr has been great, though I've moved on to Flickr Pro. So it's now easier to keep everything in one blog, which will get the occasional photo post to make up for the long time in between major posts. In the past, I tended to save material for one post, and that often meant one post per month, which is not friendly to repeat visitors. My main blog will remain One City At A Time.