This is a follow-up to a recent post covering my trip to the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati. My original post was a test to confirm the settings and possible issues concerning 360° panoramics. This post includes links to all the “flat” images (panoramic and non-panoramic), as well as the 360° Virtual Tours. The image above is a panoramic image in it’s “flattened” state.
Here’s the entire gallery. Enjoy… but don’t leave yet! Check out the Virtual Tours below!
Click the numbers below to view full-screen Virtual Tours of the museum.
I recently visited the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio to shoot some 360° virtual tour panoramic images. I have posted one of those images here as a test. Just take you mouse and move it around to view the full 360°. You can also zoom in and out to view closer details. Please take a look and let me know how things look. I will be posting additional images soon, as well as providing some information on the museum. Stay tuned, and please let me know how this works out.
A special thanks goes out to Tod Swormstedt, founder of the American Sign Museum!
After a long weekend doing things I “had” to do, cutting grass, getting the camper ready for the summer, and cleaning the garage, I decided Sunday after dinner it was time to do something I “wanted” to do, shoot some photos!
A friend of mine who shall remain nameless as he would be upset that he suggested I break the law by trespassing, and he’s a “man of the cloth” to boot, told me about an abandoned factory on the Loveland Bike Trail. After some Google work I found out the factory is the remains of the Peters Cartridge Company. Here’s some information on the company: Peters Cartridge Company.
So I drive up to Loveland and get out only to find two guys standing there shooting some cellphone photos. They seemed into it so I asked if they wanted to “explore” with me. They were up for it, although the one guy seemed a bit paranoid about the many warning signs! After being “greeted” by a very nice guard dog, no kidding, we found a way in. We explored the first two floors seemingly keeping an eye on each other for safety’s sake when somewhere between the second and third floors I realized they were gone! I think the one guy talked the other into leaving! So I was on my own, although I did have my trusty (not), iPhone should something bad happen.
Waiting till after dinner turned out to be a not so good decision as the light was very harsh, although some of the shots are better with the harsh light. In general I would have preferred more even lighting so there may be a return trip in my future.
This turned out to be the “mother of all explorations” for me. I’ve seen more interesting abandoned places in the way of colors and textures, but this wins the “really huge abandoned building” award. At times I felt like I was in a submarine, yet I was quite a few floors above the ground. If you look at the tower you’ll see a set of windows right below the “P”. That’s how far I made it before I decided I was pushing my luck!
I hope you enjoy these shots as much as I enjoyed shooting them, and stay tuned for a return visit with better lighting conditions, and next time I’ll go to the basement!
