Rice University: Prelude to Chaos - the Beer Bike Parade Preparation by David Engle

Leica D-Lux 3

The day that these were taken concludes Willy Week and the highlight are (1) the Beer Bike Parade, and (2) the Beer Bike Race. What we see in this scrapbook GigaPan are panoramas of the preparation to the Parade. The top two panoramas (illustrating peace and serenity, which is typically normal) were taken about 30 minutes before the College trucks pulled up prior to the Parade start. The third panorama was taken before the water balloons were placed on the truck, As soon as I finished taking this pano, the truck took the bikes to the stadiuim and then returned to load up the ballons. The fourth pano is that of the Rice Medical Corp who are there to treat wounds and save lives. We also see three trucks with students who hand out the water ballons to members of their Colleges who then try their best to assualt the other College students with these weapons of mass destruction. The remaining pano is that of the "vicious" security people who keep things under control. Later, another GigaPan will be U/L that will show actual photos of the Beer Bike Parade, which may be too *hot* for some.

Note: All of the above panoramas were taken with a Leica D-Lux 3, hand-held, and then stitched with the GigaPan Stitcher software and finally compiled as seen using PhotoShop CS.

See also: share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=20220
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share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=20285
As well as a view of Beatrice and her friend Ashley is *most* memorable (taken during Willy Week): share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=19298
Note: Other than my four Azalea GigaPans, there is one very beautiful and extraordinary Azalea GigaPan and can be seen here: www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=22862.