This picture is pretty much similar to the previous one and it is not this kind of photographs I usually do. But sometimes you have to look over the fence and try other things. This is a panorama shot taken at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. I made 7 pictures with a Tamron 11-18mm lens at 18mm and stitched them afterwards.
You can see the whole Los Angeles Basin from Downtown L.A. on the left till Century City and Santa Monica behind on the right as well as the Pacific Ocean. Also note the Hollywood sign on the far right. A city of an unbelievable size (and I thought Mexico City was big).
I did these photographs a few weeks after Apple has released iOS 6 which brought a panorama function to the iPhone 4S and newer and even it was a few weeks out, you could here this remarkable “beep” of the iPhone’s panorama function everywhere around the observatory. Other phones have a similar function, but when I was there it seemed like everyone was using an iPhone.
So what did I do? I just took the iPhone as well and made panorama photo by using the new function. If you want to see the comparision between a panorama of 7 raw shots where an iMac Core Duo needed several minutes to stitch it and a panorama, taken on a mobile device and ready to use immediately after releasing the shutter – then click here…
(iPhone on top)
Finally I managed to continue my work on the pictures I took in Los Angeles in November last year…
Standing in front of the Griffith Observatory, which is sitting on the south-facing slope of Mt. Hollywood, and having a look in north western direction to Mount Lee and the famous Hollywood sign on its southern slope.
These are the orbits of the inner planets in the Solar Sytem Lawn Model in front of the Griffith Observatory. 
Not the best daylight time to visit this prominent sight of Los Angeles but sometimes you have to take what you get. Shot this picture on arrival at the Griffith Observatory. When you ever get a chance to visit L.A. and you have a minimal interrest in science – you should go there. 
Ever wondered how to burn your brand new tires within seconds? Mount them on a Space Shuttle! This is how they will look like after only one touch down. This is Endeavour’s tire set used for its last mission STS-134 in May/June 2011. And yes – I touched them.
And here it is. The ship in all its glory!
