Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/29

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Vertical Panos
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Mon Dec 29 12:28:50 2008
References: <495903EE.6000005@verizon.net>

Thanks for the hint about Eggleston. I will try to find his photos.

Your photos are nice, although the first one is a bit ghastly :-)

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Carl Socolow <socphoto@verizon.net> wrote:

>
> 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
>

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// richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
// b: http://rfman.wordpress.com

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