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Dupe, dupe, dupe duwhop!

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So, who is the lady in the Aunt Jemima hat 4 rows over from the Great One's wife?  She is sitting next to the lamp post.  No cracks that violate the CoC please; I just want to know who is crazy enough to ware a hat like that to Obama, big event.  It has to be someone well connected to be able to sit that close.

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So, who is the lady in the Aunt Jemima hat 4 rows over from the Great One's wife?  She is sitting next to the lamp post.  No cracks that violate the CoC please; I just want to know who is crazy enough to ware a hat like that to Obama, big event.  It has to be someone well connected to be able to sit that close.

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Oprah?

I was expecting to scope SS sniper guys on the rooftops, but didn't see any.  Anybody spot one?  Do they even do that?

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What's the deal with the blurred section just behind the big lens on the left?

To do so, I clamped a Gigapan Imager to the railing on the north media platform about six feet from my photo position. The Gigapan is a robotic camera mount that allows me to take multiple images and stitch them together, creating a massive image file.

My final photo is made up of 220 Canon G10 images and the file is 59,783 X 24,658 pixels or 1,474 megapixels. It took more than six and a half hours for the Gigapan software to put together all of the images on my Macbook Pro and the completed TIF file is almost 2 gigabytes.

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Since people move around slightly as the photos are taken, there are a few small glitches in the image. The software did a fantastic job, however, and there is amazing detail when you zoom all the way in.

I’ve only just started to explore the photo myself, but I found Yo-Yo Ma taking a picture with his iPhone.

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was covering the inauguration for Corbis and had all of my normal photo gear with me — three Nikon camera bodies and five lenses including my favorite - the 200-400 zoom. I normally use a roller bag, but with the anticipated crowds, I decided to use the Thinktank Shape Shifter backpack. It’s a fantastic bag, but it was heavy.

I knew that I wanted to make a wide, panoramic shot of the crowd in addition to my traditional coverage. I brought the Gigapan Epic with me to D.C., but really didn’t know if I had room to carry more gear.

At the last minute, I decided to strap it to my waist using the Thinktank Skin Chimp Cage and pro speed belt. I don’t believe the designers at Thinktank knew that the “skin chimp” would be the perfect size for a Gigapan.

After a cab ride with Peter Turnley, three security checkpoints, and a lot of walking, I was finally in my photo position. I was in the very back row of the platform, standing on a chair behind an AOC photographer. She was nice enough to allow me to attach the Gigapan to the railing next her.

The unit takes a series of overlapping images one at a time. In this case, I set it to shoot a grid that was 20 photos wide by 11 photos down. It took about 15 minutes to complete.

During the event, I made it through 4 1/2 sets of photos before the batteries died. For the final image, I used all 157 frames from my fifth set and 63 frames from the fourth to complete the entire scene.

I sure am glad I brought the Gigapan with me.

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So, who is the lady in the Aunt Jemima hat 4 rows over from the Great One's wife?  She is sitting next to the lamp post.  No cracks that violate the CoC please; I just want to know who is crazy enough to ware a hat like that to Obama, big event.  It has to be someone well connected to be able to sit that close.

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The Kenyan relatives. Look down the row, more hajis.

That's probably a SS guy on the end (His coat is open) and Al & Tipper across the aisle.



Everyone looks cold. Cheney looks like he's gonna choke a bitch.

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What's with the earmuffs on the AF light colonel next to the bodiless legs?

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Want to impress me?

Show that same area pre clean up after the inauguration.