At what ratios does a rectangle become a panoramic format? I watched 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' a couple of days ago. The cinematography is very good so I was paying a lot of attention to the composition. The format it was filmed on appears to be a tatami (double square), or something very close to that, and I remember thinking how very well the cinematographer had composed within it, especially compared to the majority of panoramas that we see.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 March 2006 12:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Panorama Challenge - Attempt Something Unique > > The plethora of panoramas posted here in recent weeks is > interesting from a technical standpoint, but for the most > part they are boring and uninteresting photos - at best a > documentary of some space that looks good spread out over a > wide number of pixels. I've seen nothing original, nothing > that's not been seen before, no matter how well executed or > pretty the scenes may be. Skylines and beaches seem to be a > dominant theme ... > often patched together from segments that by themselves would > be of little interest on many levels. > > I liked what Bob Sullivan tried to do with his panorama of a > few runners in the park on an early morning? In some ways it > wasn't as finely executed as some of the technological tours > de force others have posted, but what made it outstanding is > that Bob was working with a relatively closed and small > space, trying to capture something more intimate. > > So, here's a panorama challenge: make something different, > maybe a macro panorama, or one of some everyday object like a > sofa or a car, or of something in your house. > > Shel > > > > >
