Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the hint about Eggleston. I will try to find his photos. Your photos are nice, although the first one is a bit ghastly :-) On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Carl Socolow <socphoto@verizon.net> wrote: > > Richard, > > You're discovering what an amazing image capture device the Hasselblad Xpan > can be. For me it's refreshing to see pictures made with it in color. I use > mine pretty much exclusively for black & white. I had read somewhere that > William Eggleston has taken a shine to using the Xpan; particularly for > verticals. I'm hoping to see the retrospective show in NYC at the Whitney > before it closes at the end of January. If anyone has seen it do you know > if > there is any of his Xpan work? > > Pano seeing has also been explained to me as a continuous triptych; in that > each is essentially three separate frames joined together in a continuum. > It > adds to a new way of seeing, composing and defining the frame. > > Meanwhile, here's a link to a vertical pano and a horizontal: > > > http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/mexico/mexico-med/MO20061223_3a_11Print13x19.jpg > > and: > > > http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/mexico/mexico-full/MataOrtizXmasTree.jpg > > Enjoy. Best wishes to all for a Happy New Year. > > -- > Carl Sander Socolow > Socolow Photography > www.carlsandersocolow.com > www.socphoto.com > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com