Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]squirrels? SQUIRRELS??? but they're rodents, f'r heav'n sake! did a bloody rodent ever sit in your lap? - or lick your hand? without you worrying about rabies? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Vertical Panos >I get overwhelmed by natures beauty! > And spunkiness! > > Love Squirrels as much as dogs or cats! > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Scribe <scribe@rs.org> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:41:08 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Cc: <scribe_rs@yahoo.com> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Vertical Panos >> >> Backyard vertical pano, Canon 20D + Leica Telyt 280/4.8, my model worked >> for >> peanuts. >> < http://www.photoblog.com/ishutterbug/2008/12/29/ > >> Don >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Carl Socolow" <socphoto@verizon.net> >> To: <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 12:07 PM >> Subject: [Leica] Re: Vertical Panos >> >> >>> 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/MO200612 >>> 23_3a_11Print13x19.jpg >>> >>> and: >>> >>> http://www.carlsandersocolow.com/images/portfolios/mexico/mexico-full/MataOrt >>> izXmasTree.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. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1868 - Release Date: 12/29/2008 10:48 AM