Inns of Court, Lincoln's Inn Field London Panorama

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The panorama is captured in front of the Old Hall at Lincoln's Inn Fields 'Inns of Court'. The 'Inns of Court' were founded in the beginning of the fourteenth century and Lincoln's Field is one of four in London.



According to ancient custom anyone training to be a barrister in Britain must join one of the Inns of Court and dine there 24 times, as well as passing their examinations, before being officially qualified.

Of note are the alumni of Lincoln's Inn which include Oliver Cromwell, John Donne of whom you can find out more in our Lincoln's Inn Chapel Post and William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.

View the Quicktime panorama of the Inns of Court (3.1mb).

Lincolns Inn Fields Chapel London Panorama (High Dynamic Range)

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The Chapel in Lincoln's Inn Fields dates back to 1623. The Chapel bell pre dates the Chapel at 1596 and is the source of the quote from John Donne of 'for whom the bell tolls'.



Donne noted this as it was the custom to toll the bell between 12.30 and 1.00 p.m, when news of the death of a bencher was received.

View the Quicktime panorama of Lincolns Inn Fields Chapel (3.1mb).

Lincolns Inn Fields London Panorama (High Dynamic Range)

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Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest square in London and was once a place of public execution. Executions took place during the Tudor and Stuart periods with many religious martyrs, and those suspected of treachery to the Crown, meeting their end.



Thanks to a decree dating from the 1640s, the green area was preserved for generations of Londoners.

The panorama is taken from the BandStand in Lincoln's Inn Fields park.

View the Quicktime panorama of Lincolns Inn Fields Bandstand (3.8mb).

Smooth FM Studios - London Life Panorama

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Digital Urban captured the studios of Smooth FM after a conversation with one of its DJ's Kevin Greening. It is part of hopefully a series of panoramas giving an insight into the media that contribute to London's airwaves and life in general.

If you work in the media and would like a panorama taken (its free!) then get in touch via our contact us link above.

Smooth FM can be picked up on DAB in London, Central Scotland, North East England, Yorkshire, West Midlands and South Wales/Severn Estuary.

View the panorama full screen in quicktime virtual reality (Click and Drag to Look Around)

Templar Church London Panorama (High Dynamic Range)

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Templar Church, located off Fleet Street in London is so called as it was built by the Knights Templar, the order of crusading monks founded to protect pilgrims on their way to and from Jerusalem in the 12th century. Templar Church was consecrated in 1185 to as the Templar's headquarters in London and was built in the image of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Sadly we were not allowed to photograph inside the church as there need to 'protect their commercial rights'. We fully understand this of course, its interesting that as soon as a photograph becomes a panorama it becomes increasingly difficult to get permission.

As a final note this is another High Definition Range (HDR) Panorama, HDR is a useful technique for areas of shade and light contrasts but in general daylight we are not sure it works. The panorama, which you can view below, is nicely lit but HDR, through Tone Mapping, seems to give the shots a slight 'fake' look. The jury on this is out at the moment, I guess its a personal preference....

View the Quicktime panorama of Templar Church London (3.2mb).

Architectural Association Summer Pavilion - London Panorama (High Dynamic Range)

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Taking up temporary residence in Bedford Square London is the Architectural Associations Summer Pavilion by Simon Whittle.



Built in Finnforest timber the structure makes a striking contrast to the square which has just undergone a 6 month regeneration as part of the Bloomsbury Squares project. The Square is one of the best preserved set pieces of Georgian architecture in London with numerous Grade I listed buildings.

View the Quicktime panorama The Summer Pavilion (4.5mb).

Cleopatra's Needle London Panorama (High Dynamic Range)

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Cleopatra's Needle is located on the Victoria Embankment in London near Waterloo Bridge. The Needle is one of a trio of Needles around the world, the others being in Paris and New York. Presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 it commemorates the victories of Nelson in the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph Abercromby in Battle of Alexandria.

On either side of the Needle are two bronze Sphinxes, the right hand Sphinx still bares the shrapnel holes from a German air raid on London.

Of note in the panorama is the state of the area surrounding the Needle - from milk bottles to rubbish bags to broken glass its nice to see Westminster Council is looking after London during these summer tourist months.

View the Quicktime panorama Cleopatras Needle (3.2mb).

High Dynamic Range Panoramas - UCL Quad

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University College London was founded on February 11th 1826, the third University in the United Kingdom after Oxford and Cambridge.

The Universities main building, pictured in this panorama, was designed by William Wilkins and constructed between 1827 and 1828. The building is centered on a Corinthian portico which is reminiscent of the British Museum, (constructed a couple of years earlier).



After the building of University College London Wilkins went to design the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square.

View the Quicktime panorama of The University of London Quad, London (3.2mb).

London Churches 'Step Inside' Panoramas

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We like this one, ok so it sounds like self congratulations but hey how hard is it to gets comments and hits on a site (it seems hard!)... Anyway this is movie 3 in the series of 'step inside' panoramas with Ray Tracing in 3D Max and set to Requiem by Mozart.



Thoughts/Comments maybe, oh its ok we will keep ploughing on anyhow :)

For a higher res version, or if your having problems with YouTube you can download the movie (.wmv, 8Mb)

London - Movie 'Step Inside Panoramic Globes' 2

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Continuing the experiments into 'step inside' panoramas
we have posted another movie below that takes in the sights of Leicester Square, Tower Bridge, Covent Garden and others. Made in the same style as the previous post it places high resolution panoramas in an x/y/z space allowing the user to 'step inside' them.



The movie has some basic shadows on the floor as a test, this however seems problematic due to issues casting shadows onto a globe and the resulting distortion. Various lighting issues also need to be fixed, but we hope you get the general idea....