This is Abiqua Falls, in Marion County, Oregon. It’s a 92-foot waterfall that punges into a wonderful basaltic amphitheater that’s like a natural cathedral. This was my WWP “Best of 2011” entry.
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Author: Jim
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Protected: Thanksgiving 2011
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Wings of Wonder Greenhouse
This panorama was taken in the Wings of Wonder greenhouse, located in Buena Vista, Oregon. It is a wonderful exhibition of tropical butterflies. They fly around freely in the greenhouse, along with a handful of birds, among lush foliage and beautiful flowers.
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A Place to Play
This is a new play structure at our small local park, and was my WWP entry for the “Family” event.
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Nye Beach Test Shot
This is a quick VR I made when our family took a day at the coast. It was an attempt at a WWP project, but a number of technical challenges kept this one from working out.
This is a view from Mitchell Point viewing area on Highway 84, just west of Hood River. It was taken on a trip to bring my daughter home from college at the end of the year.
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VR Photography as Metaphor
Virtual reality photography has been around a while, but is becoming more widely known as new ways emerge of experiencing media. In particular, people expect rich ways of exploring remote locations, and the emergence of touch-sensitive displays makes VR pictures very compelling. In addition to photographic value, they offer an intriguing metaphor for seeing things in the real world — for understanding our whole reality.
VR photographs are viewed interactively. They are images that show all fields of view available from a given location. Three hundred sixty degrees around, and one hundred eighty degrees vertically, the viewer is essentially inside a sphere with the ability to look in any direction and often to zoom in for greater detail.
What can this tell us about the nature of reality?
This is Upper North Falls at Silver Falls State Park, in Oregon. One of about ten waterfalls, this VR is my entry for the 2009 World Wide Panorama “Best Of” event.
This is the carving studio of the Albany Brass Ring Carousel project, in Albany, Oregon. They are working to create a hand-built carousel for the area, eventually to become a world-class museum with the help of a major manufacturer.