Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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/MO20061223_3a_11Print13x19.jpg and: http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/mexico/mexico-full/MataOrtizXmasTree.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.