Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/05

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Subject: [Leica] Macro Pano
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:29:36 -0500
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I have similar feelings about the "pano"
Occasionally I do see one that accomplishes something that could not be done 
any other way.
But more often than not they feel unnatural and unnecessary to my eye.

I truly understand the use of stitching to achieve file size (for large 
prints)
and/or expand the view with lens available.
Yet rarely do I have the feeling that the image was "seen as"
and could only be realized using a panoramic format.

Disclaimer: I owned the xPan and all three lenses for almost two years.
In that time I only made about a dozen photographs which "strongly" used the 
format.
Apparently I simply don't see in this extended format.

When I worked my 12x20 it seemed to work much better for me.
The whole process required "seeing" in the format before I'd even consider 
setting it up.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist





On Sep 4, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> I'd like to understand the why of the pano besides the fact that it was
> there to do.



In reply to: Message from cummer at netvigator.com (H&E Cummer) ([Leica] Macro Pano)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Macro Pano)