# 1,474 Megapixel Photo of Obama's inauguration **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755 "2009-01-30T19:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/1 "2009-01-30T19:01:36Z")
I did a search to see if this had been posted, but couldn’t find anything, apologies if it’s already been shown on here. [This](http://www.davidbergman.net/blog/2009/01/22/how-i-made-a-1474-megapixel-photo-during-president-obamas-inaugural-address/) is an incredible piece of photographic work. I put five pictures together in a panorama and was proud; this is made up of two hundred at twenty. You can view it fullscreen [here](http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c). Could spend hours just zooming in and looking at people’s faces in the shot, the detail is incredible. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/2 "2009-01-30T19:08:39Z")
Wow, that is very, very cool. ---
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/3 "2009-01-30T19:13:12Z")
make that _two hundred and twenty_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/4 "2009-01-30T19:22:54Z")
Incredibly cool. But check out the lower right. Along the low fence that runs diagonally through the picture and just below the rightmost legs of the tower.Disembodied legs! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/5 "2009-01-30T19:24:26Z")
Well, I know how I’m going to spend a couple hours later tonight… ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/6 "2009-01-30T19:40:47Z")
Is anyone else thinking that this picture would make one badass game of I spy? Truly a remarkable picture. I’ll be plaing with it a lot tonight I think. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/7 "2009-01-30T19:45:42Z")
If you go to the [www.gigapan.org](http://www.gigapan.org) site (also linked from David Bergman’s site (the first link in the OP)) and click on the picture–it’s the headliner there–it expands to give pan controls and a row of detail snapshots at the bottom. You can then hit any of the snapshots and it’ll zoom in to that snapshot. People were spotting themselves in the crowd. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/8 "2009-01-30T19:50:52Z")
CSI Tech Geek: Now, if I zoom in and enhance this picture taken by an ATM camera from across the street. There’s your murderer. Former Stripper CSI Woman: Good job CSI Tech Geek. And I can’t believe you were able to do that in five seconds when this schmuck required _6 and a half hours of computer processing time_. The mind boggles. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/9 "2009-01-30T19:53:24Z")
> [@MovingTarget](#): > > Is anyone else thinking that this picture would make one badass game of I spy? Truly a remarkable picture. I’ll be plaing with it a lot tonight I think. I spy… With my little eye… [David Gregory?](http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq286/vacilandotv/Picture1.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/10 "2009-01-30T19:58:57Z")
I found Waldo. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/11 "2009-01-30T20:05:04Z")
The grassy knoll looks clear as day. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/12 "2009-01-30T20:07:00Z")
I like the floating hat in front of Aretha Franklin. What is Laura Bush doing under that blanket to put such a smile on her face? Burberry scarves seem to be a very popular item. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/13 "2009-01-30T20:14:39Z")
That is just about one one the coolest things I’ve ever seen on the net. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/14 "2009-01-30T20:15:55Z")
Wake up Clarence, you’re missing everything!!! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/15 "2009-01-30T20:21:18Z")
Check out the three-headed dude behind Jimmy Carter (shades and orange hat) to the right of the Clintons and The older Bushes. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/16 "2009-01-30T20:39:28Z")
Drats, can’t do a screen grab. If you look at the bottom right of the picture, there’s a concrete wall intersecting the metal railing. Zoom into the police officer standing in front of the wall. See the woman in the black jacket with the camera that has a big lens? Anne Leibowitz. If you look about three rows in front of the police officer, there’s a guy with gray hair and a dark coat grabbing his head. I believe that’s Dustin Hoffman. (I know a guy who sat in that section who saw both of them.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/17 "2009-01-30T20:49:47Z")
You know, I thought my new hat was old-mannish, and now that I see Jimmy Carter wearing it, that clinches it. Seriously. Same style, same color. It’s probably even leather suede too. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/18 "2009-01-30T21:01:51Z")
I can’t decide who looks more bored, Newt Gingrich or Dan Quayle. Maybe it’s that both of them seem to be looking dead at the camera. Is that John McCain with a navy hat on? Has anybody spotted Sarah Palin yet? There are some neat bunches of folks on roof tops in the distance and you can even read the banners on the construction site in the distance: Morrow. I want to see somebody famous in one of the windows of those faraway buildings or else somebody watching TV. I can’t spot anything illegal going on in the port-a-potties. There are quite a few obvious seams between photos. Some are weird in that they’re moments-apart views of the same individual. What is that figure (bronze?) on the very top of the Capitol? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/19 "2009-01-30T21:02:37Z")
The best part is the look on Bush’s face. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755/20 "2009-01-30T21:08:24Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > What is that figure (bronze?) on the very top of the Capitol? [Freedom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Freedom). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-474-megapixel-photo-of-obamas-inauguration/483755.md?page=2)