This has been done for years to produce gigapixel images. In fact, there's even commercial hardware to make them easier to make (see: http://gigapan.com). As this made headline news when it was done for President Obama's inauguration back in January of 2009 (among other examples), can someone clue me in on why Slate thought this was novel or new?
It's not just a big photo. If you read the article you would see that these are fantastical works of art made from lots of photos and a lot of photoshop.
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This has been done for years to produce gigapixel images. In fact, there's even commercial hardware to make them easier to make (see: http://gigapan.com). As this made headline news when it was done for President Obama's inauguration back in January of 2009 (among other examples), can someone clue me in on why Slate thought this was novel or new?
It's not just a big photo. If you read the article you would see that these are fantastical works of art made from lots of photos and a lot of photoshop.
Did you read the article, or look at the pictures? They aren't simple panoramas.
Yes, and yes... Did you make the same comment on the other people focusing on the panorama portion of it over the art portion?