Trying to capture the feel of being on the site in a single photo doesn’t quite work, the view is just too restricted. So I looked around and found the Image Composite Editor (ICE) from Microsoft Research. This is a great piece of software that can “stitch” together multiple images into a single panoramic view. Below are some of the views I was able to capture with about 6 different photos from each view point.
Panorama view facing south
Panorama view facing north (top of the driveway)
Panorama view facing west
I also came across PhotoSynth, also from Microsoft. Similar to ICE, it creates panoramas from multiple photos, but it gives you a virtual interactive view rather than a simple panoramic photo. Not too bad for my very first attempt, but I think the more photos you throw at it, the better the results, I only had 6 photos for this one.
Virtual panorama
These tools will definitely come in handy when the house is completed as it gives you the sense of scale that no flat photo could.