Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Convergence

Parallel tracks, coming from everywhere and going, nowhere? Along a railroad siding on the way to San Juan Bautista, stitched panorama from eight individual photographs taken from between the tracks.


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Panoramic photography has always fascinated me - the distorted perspectives that arise are often unpredictable, the final product either surprising or disappointing depending on expectations. Or in the case of this photograph, the final product was both - I was at first horrified at what had emerged from the stitching, but the starkness brought out by the near infra-red black and white conversion brought out what I was originally trying to convey from the scene.

2 comments:

Melanie said...

I really like this. You can choose to take the straight path or the round-about path but you still end up in the same place. Life!!

saguaro said...

Simply superb image, Mr B. Nicely conceived and executed!