Re: [Leica] A Deadman 360

["\(SonC\) Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com>]

Johnny,

I was intrigued by what you said about sacrificing a frame for the benefit
for the whole in a pano.  In my limited playing with them, I found the same
thing.  I've sometimes had to throw away maybe 90% of a element shot because
that is the way it fit best.

Of course it does help coming from a documentary film background, where you
sometimes finally have to sacrifice some of the hardest work to make the
whole thing gel.

In my current work, (eons away from film-making,) we often stitch  scans of
huge antique documents and maps.  One of the hardest things I've had to
teach my student workers is that sometimes the scan just doesn't work, and
even though you had to spend several hours on the elements,  if it doesn't
work, you need to start all over.  A hard lesson for people accustomed to
instant gratification.

Thanks for posting the 360's.

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com





- ----- Original Message -----
From: "John Brownlow" <lists@johnbrownlow.com>
To: "Leica Users digest" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:31 PM
Subject: [Leica] A Deadman 360


> (This didn't seem to make it to the list the first time so I'm reposting.
> It's another of my 360 images for those of you who enjoy them)
>
>
> Unlurking for a moment...
>
> Now things have calmed down (see today's Daily Mail for the reason...)
> a bit I finally got a chance to put together a 360 from July. I shot it
> at Ed Mirvish's annual birthday party here in Toronto. Normally this is
> a lot of fun but (see the portfolios from the previous 2 years on my
> site) but it felt quite threatening this year and this was certainly
> reflected in what I shot.
>
> Here's the first pic I've put together from it.
>
> 1000 pixel version
> (90k):        http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/mirvish-4-1000.jpg
> 2000 pixel version
> (197k):    http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/mirvish-4-2000.jpg
> 4000 pixel version
> (608k):    http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/mirvish-4-4000.jpg
>
> If you can stomach the download, the 4000 pixel version is the coolest,
> but even this doesn't capture the level of detail in the 12000 pixel
> wide original.
>
> This was comped together from a selection of 14 images out of a total
> of about 30 I shot in this location.
>
> The more I do these the more I am struck with how similar the process
> of putting them together is to film editing, especially in the sense of
> constructing meaning through juxtaposition, and in the delicate
> house-of-cards nature of making it all fit together, which often means
> you have to sacrifice the best individual shots for the sake of the
> whole.
>
> As usual the pano wraps around at both ends and you are welcome to load
> it up into photoshop and use the filter>other>offset command to
> experiment with alternative framings.
>
> Tech: Nikon 5000 w/ WA adapter and cable release, Kaidan Kiwi head on a
> monopod.
>
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