Devil's Backbone to Baldy, Three Ts Trail 10/12-13/2013

rallison · Post by **rallison** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 11:24 pm

This is a slightly different photo trip report - all the photos are photospheres (Android's 360 degree photo capability). Note that Internet Explorer support for this is minimal. Use Chrome or Firefox.

On Saturday, I hiked up Devil's Backbone Trail to the Baldy Summit. Most of the trail was free of snow, with just the occasional patch along the middle section and a bit on the final ascent. Beautiful conditions on Saturday. My photospheres from the hike (click on an image, and when it opens, it should automatically rotate around for you - you can also use your mouse to click and hold and drag to pan the image around for the full 360 degree view):

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1110 ... 2993758289

Then, on Sunday, I hiked up Icehouse Canyon to the Three Ts Trail to Baldy Notch. Most of the trail was free of snow, with only a few north facing stretches of trail with snow. A few more clouds than on Saturday and gorgeous as well. My photospheres from the Three Ts hike:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1110 ... 8474991361

Post by **Sean** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:44 am

Thanks for sharing. The spheres from the crossover section above Manker Canyon are very cool.

rallison · Post by **rallison** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 1:53 pm

Thanks Sean. It was great to finally have a bit of snow up in the mountains, although it is melting quite fast.

turtle · Post by **turtle** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:39 pm

rallison wrote: This is a slightly different photo trip report - all the photos are photospheres (Android's 360 degree photo capability).

Very cool... thanks for capturing these places in a new (to the forum) way.

Out of curiosity, how do you perform the capture? Does the app walk you through a prescribed series of "sweeping" maneuvers? Or do you just move the camera freely until you sense that the entire sphere is covered and let the app sort it all out?

rallison · Post by **rallison** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:16 pm

Thanks! Glad you liked them.

These are taken with a Nexus 4 phone camera using Android's relatively new built in photosphere feature. The main page for it should give you an idea of how it works: http://www.google.com/maps/about/contri ... otosphere/

Basically, the camera guides you to an extent and makes it easy to know when you've covered the entire 360 degrees. This tutorial video gives you a good idea of the process: