Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I get overwhelmed by natures beauty! And spunkiness! Love Squirrels as much as dogs or cats! Mark William Rabiner > From: Scribe <scribe@rs.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:41:08 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Cc: <scribe_rs@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Vertical Panos > > Backyard vertical pano, Canon 20D + Leica Telyt 280/4.8, my model worked > for > peanuts. > < http://www.photoblog.com/ishutterbug/2008/12/29/ > > Don > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl Socolow" <socphoto@verizon.net> > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 12:07 PM > Subject: [Leica] Re: Vertical Panos > > >> Richard wrote: >> >> A few people commented on my last blog post, especially on the vertical >> pano photo and the challenges it presents. It is true, most panoramic >> photos are horizontal. The human vision sees thing that way - a wide >> panoramic view. Vertical panoramic, on the other hands, just looks like >> someone did the cropping a little too tight. However, perhaps because I >> subconsciously look for the vertical aspect similar to a Chinese >> calligraphy, I do try that once in a while. So I looked through my photos >> and found a few that look pretty decent to me. They all share the >> characteristic that either a line draws you in from near to far, or that >> at least it has front and far elements. Photos and more here: >> <http://rfman.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/the-vertical-panoramic-challenge/> >> -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com >> >> 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/MO200612 >> 23_3a_11Print13x19.jpg >> >> and: >> >> http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/mexico/mexico-full/MataOrt >> izXmasTree.jpg >> >> Enjoy. Best wishes to all for a Happy New Year. >> >> -- >> Carl Sander Socolow >> Socolow Photography >> www.carlsandersocolow.com >> www.socphoto.com >> >> >> Inventing the unknown calls for new forms. >> A. Rimbaud >> >> >> Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this email and >> document(s) attached are for the exclusive use of the addressee and may >> contain confidential, privileged and non-disclosable information. If the >> recipient of this email is not the addressee, such recipient is strictly >> prohibited from reading, photocopying, distributing or otherwise using >> this email or its contents in any way. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information