Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> bob palmieri <rpalmier@depaul.edu> wrote: > >> Short version: Here are examples of 2 snaps that I shot a few weeks >> ago. The duotone/infrared shot seems best realized as a 4 x 6 (5 x 7 >> max) because, to me, it heightens the sense of discovery and doesn't >> yell out and grab you when stuck up on the wall. (Also, in this case >> the grain has appeal for me at a certain absolute size, but it's not >> really the main thing here...) >> >> http://www.pbase.com/bobsworld/coba >> >> The color tableau, on the other hand, really needs to be around 2 >> feet wide so someone can peer around in various corners of the >> image. Also, the Big Color thing seems more festive or some such thing. > > I'll not be able to view these photos until this evening, but I agree in > priciple that some photos demand to be big, and some smaller for exactly > the reasons you've mentioned. > > I've been getting into stitching and merging pans. Those suckers need some space. Cute little Panoramics are kind of a mixed bag. They're cute. But you feel like you're missing out on what the shot is all about. Amazing stretched out detail in a nice perspective. Not all far away.. Mark William Rabiner markrabiner.com