[Leica] Kenyan Safari - now really big panos of the Wildebeest migration

[cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer)]

> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 19:42:57 +0200
> From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Kenyan Safari Samburu Lions
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>
> Howard, your imagination goes beyond limits, who on earth would have
> thought of shooting a lion with the pano technique??? And it works and
> works so well!
>
> I like Esther's lion a lot too - the decisive moment, before I take a
> nap usually ... ;-)
>
> Keep processing and sharing please.
>
> Amiti?s
> Philippe

Hi Philippe,
Thank you very much for your encouraging words. I find shooting panos  
keeps me more interested.
Panos really come into their own when you get large crowds of biblical  
proportions. When I went to Kenya
one of my goals was to shoot panos of the Wildebeest migration and  
here are two of my better ones:

First here are the wildebeest massing on the far bank in the Maasi  
where they run back and forth (like politicians I thought) unsure of  
whether to cross or not.
Of course, the crocodiles in the water (like depression in the  
economies) holds them back from making the plunge.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/5panwildbeestW.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/3g3sfw6

This is a 5 panel pano, original size is 35.2MB and it would print up  
44" X 9.2" @ 300 ppi

The second pano, of an actual crossing, is 8 vertical panels processed  
in CS4. The original size is 38.2MB and would print up 39" X 10" @300  
ppi.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/8PanCrossingW.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/3mjka4p

As the current sweeps the wildebeest down the river the Crocodile  
waits and chooses his prey.
I got the jaws closing over the 'beest.  My only kill photo of the  
safari and not a pano - no time given the split second decisive moment.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/Croc-catchGnuW.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/3tsb7ts

C&C always welcome. Please look large.

Howard