A shot with a cold isolated windy feeling. The cloud strikes me a a ghostly
horse galloping through the shot(s) from right to left. I like it.
Tom C.
From: David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: PAW - "Clouds"
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 22:11:16 +1200
Hi all,
Panoramas have been the subject of some discussion lately so here's one
that I took a few years ago.
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/cgi-bin/paw.cgi?date=25-Sep-2004
I didn't use large format, and I didn't stitch anything. I guess you could
say I cropped, but not in the usual sense.
This one came from the RB67 I used to have. I was able to make up an
adaptor system that held a 35mm film vertically centred in the 120 back,
along with a modified takeup spool on the other side. A cardboard mask
prevented exposure of the sprocket holes and doubled as a film flattener.
A bit of clear acetate with lines drawn on it went in the viewfinder to aid
composition.
The system worked well but it did need a changing bag to remove and rewind
the film. Plus, I never did get the film sitting 100% straight so the
guides in the viewfinder were not perfectly accurate. In the end, the only
benefit over cropping a 6x7 frame is that my medium format scanner is only
1200ppi where my HP S20 can scan true panoramas at 2400ppi.
I ended up selling the RB because it was monstrously heavy and I wasn't
totally satisfied with the lenses. I bought a Pentax 6x7 and never looked
back. Now if only I could afford that Minolta Multi Pro scanner...
Cheers,
- Dave
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
