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I'm Ed Fink, these are my 360 degree panoramas. I was the first photographer in the world to shoot 360 degree panoramas from a helicopter. Today I'm a FAA licensed drone pilot and shoot most of my aerials with a quadcopter.
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Click here to see the panoramas of the cool set for the Golden Army Chamber..
I was in Budapest in 2007 to shoot 360 degree panoramas of the main set for the movie
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army".
After I finished the Hellboy set I had a free day to run around Budapest shooting panoramas. It was awesome!!
If I’d had a little more time and money I would have chartered a helicopter to do 360 degree aerials, but I had to settle for shooting from a 12’ pole. :) I really hope to go back one day to shoot aerials.
Oh well - some of the panoramas, like this one from the Citadella on Gellert Hill, practically are aerials!
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
360 degree panorama during the "Bor Fesztival" ("Bor" means "Wine", and I bet you can figure out "Fesztival") at the Buda Royal Palace. The "admission ticket" is actually a black pouch with a neck strap that holds your souvenir wine glass, and you "wear" your glass around the festival refilling it as needed. Much classier than the paper or plastic cups you get in other places, and the view of Pest and the Danube from here is incredible.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama at night from the Buda Royal Palace, overlooking Pest and the Chain Bridge over the Danube.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama in front of Saint Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest, Hungary. The church is named for Stephen, the first King of Hungary. The dome collapsed during construction, requiring the church to be totally demolished and rebuilt from the ground up.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama at night of Saint Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest, named for the first King of Hungary.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama at the Liberty Statue at the Citadella on Gellert Hill in Buda. The statue was erected in 1947 in remembrance of the Soviet liberation of Hungary from the Nazis. The original inscription said it was "in memory of the liberating Russian heroes" but over the years public sentiment turned against the Soviets and after Communist ruled ended in 1989 the inscription was modified to read "To the memory of all those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and success of Hungary."
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama at night of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama in front of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama at night of the Hungarian Parliament from the Buda side of the Danube.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama in front of the Lajos Kossuth Statue in Kossuth Square near the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama on Andrassey Avenue, a World Heritage Site. I was on my way to Heroes’ Square to do pole panoramas and ran into this huge demonstration, which evidently is very common in Budapest. Thousands and thousands of smiling, nicely dressed people marching down the street, politely waving signs that I couldn’t read.
Although the taxi driver spoke English pretty well, it seemed like he didn’t want to discuss it, like it was a touchy subject, but eventually he said something about the flag they were carrying having some very bad memories associated with it because of the "dark times" of the Soviet occupation. After trying to explain for a while "Education, everybody education, and doctors. You pay, they pay, no like pay, you know? They want all. Is no good, you know?" Then he thought of the short translation, and suddenly pointed at the crowd and said "Like Communists!"
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama of Heroes’ Square at night. This is a major square in Budapest, and with Andrassey Avenue that leads to it, is a World Heritage Site.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama at night of the Millennium Memorial in Budapest’s Heroes Square. The statues surrounding the central column represent the leaders of the seven tribes that founded Hungary, with Attila the Hun front and center.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama at the Millennium Memorial in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, featuring statues of the leaders of the seven founding tribes of Hungary. The statue in the middle is Attila the Hun. When facing the statues, across the square to the left is the Museum of Fine Arts, and to the right is the Palace of Art.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square. When facing the column in the middle, across the square to the right is the Museum of Fine Arts, and to the left is the Palace of Art.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama at the Hungarian National Bank in Budapest, just down the street from the U.S. embassy.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama in front of the Eastern Railway Station, the largest of Budapest’s three main railway stations.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama in front of the Hungarian State Opera House on Andrassy Ave. in Budapest. According to measurements done by a group of international engineers, the opera house has the third best acoustics in Europe.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama at the Piarista Church in Budapest. The church was moved over ten feet from the original location to make room for the Elizabeth Bridge, one of several bridges over the Danube that connect the twin cities of Buda and Pest.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
360 degree panorama on the Elizabeth Bridge over the Danube that connects the twin cities of Buda and Pest. Piarista Church at the foot of the Pest side of the bridge was moved over ten feet from it’s original location to make way for the bridge.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
360 degree panorama of Hungarian newlyweds at a scenic overlook on Gellert Hill, named for the saint who played a major role in bringing Christianity to Hungary. St. Gellert was thrown off the hill and killed in 1046.
Equipment: NikonD70s, Sigma 8mm, Nodal Ninja 3 on 12' pole, PocketWizard Plus
Categories: Budapest
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