Take a free visit to Paris

[PowerShot]

Good Evening everyone!

I've just found this website and I thought I will share it.

Here is a little description!

"Paris 26 Gigapixels is a stitching of 2346 single photos showing a very high-resolution panoramic view of the French capital (354159x75570 px). Dive into the image and visit Paris like never before!"

I love the concept & hope they will do some more.

Here is the website! -> PARIS 26 GIGAPIXELS <-

Enough talking, take the tour and you will see.

If you know other pictures in the same spirit please share them!

Best regards.

PS

[valerian]

Extremely cool!

Thanks for posting. It makes me wanna go back to Marais instantly!

Val.

[NORing]

This is awsome. What did they shoot this with? [EDIT:2 Canon 5D Mark II (21.1 MP) each with a 300 mm f4.0 with a tele converter in order to get a 600mm /f8.0]

When zooming in on people from 200 meters distance and can make out their faces. Incredible. The depth of the picture is awsome. I especially liked the scaffolding workers (working by the green net), how you see them in action. You can almost see what their next step is. To think they have no idea their part of work of art in my opinion is very cool.

FYI I ended up in a police raid many years ago in a stripclub somewhere on that picture. Good times;)

Thanks for sharing this. I guess I should start wearing clothes at home;)

[PowerShot]

You got all the process over there:

Making of: step 1, the shooting

Making of: step 2, the stitching of Paris

Making of: step 3, the rendering

And the photographer interview.

Paris 26 Gigapixels as lived by its photographer Arnaud Frich

If you wondering what French police man are doing by a beautiful sunny day like this, They been flashed

Probably drinking a coffee & smoking a cigarette

I thought exactly the same thing as you NORing when I've found this site. But my house is hidden by another building..

Best regards.

PS

[pollux1]

Wow, what a panorama! Outstanding work that makes me want to visit Paris even more!

[Guest Sql_pl]

Great find.

I LOVE Paris!

[Pugwash]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this was taken from Tour Montparnasse.

Edit: Nope, wrong end of Rue De Rennes. It was Saint Sulpice.

[swdivad]

Very cool! Wish I was there

[NORing]

I think they've put in some surprises for the ones that dig in to the material like me. Found this funny detail on the roof of one of the buildings;)

NORing

EDIT: Sent them a message and here is the response;

Hi,

Thanks for your comments !

You found the turtle, one of the 10 easter-eggs of the picture !

Regards,

Guillaume Tilloux | Kolor Customer Service

Guess I need to spend some more time looking at it. I'm too competative!....

[Agrippa]

Brilliant link and one I'd have never found myself. Thanks ever so much!

[PowerShot]

Nice catch NORing!

Let's try to find them all.

I've found the turtle also

And I've found this also. Seems to be all the group that worked on the project.

And a few things, wondering if they can be some of the easter-eggs.

This stuff looks like a space ship.

And why is these barriers are here

Maybe the cops are also.

Will keep up to date with the answers of the team.

Best regards.

PS

[Jkay]

All those pixels and NOT ONE bare breasted woman leaning out her balcony window into the Paris sunshine???

[PowerShot]

I think I've just found another one!

For sure it have to be an easter-eggs

[NORing]

haha, that last one was hilarious!

[RealReplica]

That is awesome, thanks for sharing this! Bookmarked!