Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Johnny, A stupendous effort as your other panoramas. Even though I could not even think of doing something like that, and even though I still miss your Human Traffic work, I enjoy these very much. What are the events you refer to as having "calmed down"? And who is Ed Mirvish, and why is his birthday party threatening? Nathan Johnny Deadman wrote: > Unlurking for a moment... > > Now things have calmed down (see today's Daily Mail for the reason...) a > bit I finally got a chance to put together a 360 from July. I shot it at > Ed Mirvish's annual birthday party here in Toronto. Normally this is a > lot of fun but (see the portfolios from the previous 2 years on my site) > but it felt quite threatening this year and this was certainly reflected > in what I shot. > > Here's the first pic I've put together from it. > > 1000 pixel version (90k): > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/mirvish-4-1000.jpg > 2000 pixel version (197k): > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/mirvish-4-2000.jpg > 4000 pixel version (608k): > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/mirvish-4-4000.jpg > > If you can stomach the download, the 4000 pixel version is the coolest, > but even this doesn't capture the level of detail in the 12000 pixel > wide original. > > This was comped together from a selection of 14 images out of a total of > about 30 I shot in this location. > > The more I do these the more I am struck with how similar the process of > putting them together is to film editing, especially in the sense of > constructing meaning through juxtaposition, and in the delicate > house-of-cards nature of making it all fit together, which often means > you have to sacrifice the best individual shots for the sake of the whole. > > As usual the pano wraps around at both ends and you are welcome to load > it up into photoshop and use the filter>other>offset command to > experiment with alternative framings. > > Tech: Nikon 5000 w/ WA adapter and cable release, Kaidan Kiwi head on a > monopod. > > -- > Johnny Deadman > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html