Columbus Crew Stadium (via 123D Catch)

Columbus Crew Stadium, opened in 1999, was the first purpose-built soccer stadium in the history of Major League Soccer. Its original capacity was 22,555 but has since been lowered to 20,000 with the construction of the concert stage behind the north goal.

This animation was produced from 48 source photographs taken during the Columbus Crew's game against the Los Angeles Galaxy on September 24, 2011. It took 14 minutes to circle the stadium, taking one photograph from the stairway between each seating section at the mezzanine level. I started the sequence during halftime, which explains why a row of cheerleaders is visible at the top of the penalty area in the south end of the field. By the end of the sequence, the second half had started.

This has been the largest creation I've attempted thus far, and the result seems fairly satisfactory. It helps that it is a purely-internal volume, photographed at regular intervals. That the game was a sellout, with lots of people seated, certainly helps the algorithms distinguish seating areas. I was actually worried a bit about the fact that the people in the photographs were moving as I walked around the stadium - so I was pleasantly surprised that the platform was still able to generate a 3D model even with so many people walking around.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• Columbus
• Columbus Crew Stadium
• Columbus Ohio
• 123D Catch

[spex357]

Really well done on this one, the grass has reproduced better than i expected. ;-)

[morphosis7]

@spex357 Thanks! I wasn't sure what to expect from this attempt for many reasons. The grass field was one area of concern, as was the fact that thousands of people were moving around as I took the pictures. I'm pleasantly surprised that everything reads as well as it does.

[PatrickKoolful]

how many pictures do you take here..?

very nice

[morphosis7]

@PatrickKoolful Thanks! This was built with 48 source images. The general strategy was to stand at the top of every aisle between the seating sections. That set up a general rhythm of distances between each image, which I then tried to generally carry around those portions of the concourse (the corners, etc) where the aisles didn't exist.

[will11lliw]

Great work!