Shutterbug: Picture This! – Panoramas:
Monument Valley: This classic panorama came to us from Dave Hughes, who worked with a Leica R4 and Leica Telyt-R 250mm lens on a Manfrotto 3221 tripod and 3030 head. He exposed Fuji Superia 100 film at f/8 at 1/125 sec and stitched 10 scanned vertical exposures together with Photoshop 6.
© 2005, Dave Hughes, All Rights Reserved
I realize Shutterbug is an ad-supported magazine, but I’d like to see a caption like this:
Monument Valley: This classic panorama came to us from Dave Hughes, who spent several hours with maps and calendars to time the light for this shot. He drove 300 miles and slept in his car to make sure he got the light he planned for. He took several series of exposures to ensure he got the shot, then drove back to be at work the next morning.
The only thing they could do to make it more of a sales pitch would be to offer the same bundle of gear used in each shot.
One of my pinhole confréres took this shot:
and here’s the caption:
Waiting To Cross: Mark J. Messerly sent us this unique image made with an Abelson Scope Works Omniscope on Ilford HP5 film with a 15-second exposure. We admit to being stumped as to this piece of gear, but it sure is an interesting shot.
© 2005, Mark J. Messerly, All Rights Reserved
They mean, we don’t know how to advertise this. Finding out what one is wasn’t that hard.
I understand their business model and don’t begrudge them their living, but when it’s more about the gear than the image, the magazine ought to be called “Camera Gear,” he says, as he eliminates any chance of appearing in the magazine.