[Leica] Woodbridge Harbor Pano & Boat Groundings

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)]

This is the panorama I had to torture into quasi linearity with the Warp 
command in PSCS4.  It was taken with the camera tilted about 30 degrees down 
and then rotated horizontally.  Panasonic G-1 with 20 mm f1.7 pancake lens; 
ISO 100.  It covers 90 degrees it total.  The two walkways are actually at 
right angles to one another.  

I like it but the big blue boat still looks too much like a banana to make 
me really happy and there is some strangeness in the tilt of the boats 
further out on the pier. 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/England_2009/sm_woodbridge_merge.jpg.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/yla8bgv

One of my earlier attempts to pull this pano off resulted in a curved 
horizon.   I didn't like it at first and quickly discarded it.  After 
looking at this one for a while, though, I think I'll revisit that result 
since I believe it produced a more normal looking foreground.  

To any New England sailor the very idea of having such big boats sit in the 
mud twice a day is simply unthinkable.  I talked to the gal in the lower 
left of the image for a bit.  She was just back from a trip that was 
supposed to take her as far as Cape Town.  She got as far as Gambia before 
deciding enough was enough and wasn't at all upset about not making her 
goal.  Her boat is a 28-foot sloop at the far end of the pier, not visible 
in this shot.

After we shared our offshore experiences for a bit I asked her about the 
regular groundings.  She said that it only took a short while after she 
returned for her boat's keel to dig a hole in the mud big enough to 
accommodate itself and after that her boat was as happy as...  err... well, 
a clam in mud?   It rose with each incoming tide and settled back in it's 
own special hole as the tide receded, as nice as ever could be asked for, 
twice a day.  

C&C always welcome.  
 
Regards, 

Dick