360 Degree View Inside Old FlowerMill Building West Side of Denver

This building has been renovated and turned into lofts since the

photo was taken. The building is called The FlowerMill Lofts.

Unusal foto. I like it!!!

Incredible shot. Great view of Denver...approaches art.

The outside looks like a painting

interesting, different, pretty. i want to do that :)

The outside scenery is superb, but the inside is very interesting too!

Very fine and interesting picture. I must look up "Rotation Specialities".

 

 

I use stitching software myself (as opposed to rotational hardware), as it enables me to use a full range of lenses (or does the Rotation Specialities allow lens interchange?) and gives me more bang for the buck as far as using my existing gear for as many formats and styles of photography as possible. Also, when I record the full 360 degrees I can pick my centre point by changing the order of your panels afterwards, back on my PC. I don't need to frame horizontally at the scene (vertically? yes).

 

But of course, you can do this too (if you want to).

 

It's quite possible that you could reframe this Rotation Specialities image, by first breaking up the scan into two panels and rearranging them with Photoshop by butting the two separated pieces together in a different arrangement. As this is already a cylindrical projection there would be no image warping or other issues involved (is it "pre-warped" by the camera at exposure time)... just a simple cut and paste. Which brings me to my only criticism of this picture, which of quite a spectacular scene (especially when looked at in detail) full of great color and interesting geometry and which contains a dramatic juxtaposition between the interior of the old mill and the crystalline looking city outside. The window on the right is too abruptly cut off, in my opinion. A re-framing (using the method described above) to change the centre of attention would make this much stronger and more complete looking. Hence, I'd try something like the attached idea (I wish all stitching was this straightforward).

 

Note that the above suggestion is not a "cropping" suggestion at all. Keep everything you recorded on the day! Just re-arrange it to make a better presentation.

 

Members of the Photo.Net Cropping Society need not read the next section of this comment...

 

This is actually a nice philosophical point for the Purists out there: is post-exposure rearrangement of a 360 degree cylindrical projection image attended by the same moral decadence as cropping out unwanted artefacts or compositional errors simply because they are bothersome? Are we allowed to "fix" shots like this and still criticise others for cropping? I think so, as nothing is cut out of the 360 degree picture, merely shifted in emphasis.

 

A second philosophical point... since I've done my own composing with your image, is this a good thing (to be able to do it) or a bad thing? Is your original vision the only really valid one? Or have we here the invention of interactive photography, where the "audience" makes their own picture from raw materials supplied by the photographer?

 

...then again, if you think it's none of my business, that's fine too!

 

 

 

 

The only problem was the word Reality on the floor, It would be cut in half the way you have it shown here so the answer is to show part of the image twice. Thanks for the constructive criticism.

 

Here is the veiw looking out the window

Bobby,

 

I didn't see the "reality" of the situation (or the word on the floor). Shifting my "version" of the image to the left or right might reinstate "reality", but might then ruin the composition's integrity. You have addressed that problem in a very clever and creative manner.

 

The way you have presented your (amended) image - widened, but with the left repeated at the right - preserves the slight right-handedness of the window to the centre point of the image and, as a bonus, gives us TWO realities.... a much more complex and interesting concept than my split reality.

 

One of the things that drew me to 360 degree panoramics was the potential for redefining the image after exposure: a luxury not afforded to straight photographers.

 

I tried looking-up your camera on the net, but found only indirect references to Rotation Specialties as a camera. There were plenty of references to "rotation specialties" as a medical procedure, though (something to do with childbirth, I think).

 

You've given birth to a fine interactive image here and I, for one, like your review of the composition. You have my congratulations and my envy at not having one of those cameras and not seeing the way to compose this image to best effect.

 

(I might also say that the exposure is perfect)

 

Cheers,

what a brilliant photo

Bobby: I had always heard that this was quite a hangout for the graffiti wannabes. I had to work with some images shot there for our magazine. The shots were of bodybuilders against the exterior graffiti. I think they even added some of their own. I don't know, I wasn't there for the shoot. It must be tough picking scenes with consistent lighting for this camera.

 

The place sure looks different now.

This photo is absolutely breathtaking. The colors are excellent. I love the look of the outside versus the inside. And this seems like it's quite a cool camera too. What are all those holes in the floor?

This Building was an abandoned Flower Mill And I think the holes in the floor were for the flower to pass between floors, Or for machines that mill the flower.

This picture is full of creative vision. First off, both of the scenes outside and in are worthy of their own picture. I mmust say I like the cropped version better that someone did and posted in the comments. That being said, youve captured a transient and exquisitely beautiful scene inside and out, a mixture of everything thats beautiful about cities and everything thats not.

Interesting image!

an inspiring image. . . both technically - makes me want to try one myself - and aestheticially.

Matchless image.....I have no words to appreciate.

Il fallait la voir celle là, félicitation pour l'oeil du photographe.

as a fan of graffiti and rotational panoramas, I have no choice but to love this photo. wonderful sense of space and tonal range.