Little Boxes, University Mound, San Francisco, CA, 2024.All the pixels, none of which look the just the same, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54#photography

A panoramic view of a hillside in San Francisco, covered mostly in small mid-century residential houses.
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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

This is an image that works best at the highest resolution. The Rodenstock 138mm lens has extraordinary edge-to-edge sharpness and a general lack of distortion that makes it especially well suited to wide stitched panoramas like this one.The effect is sort like Where's Waldo; the whole is shown mainly to invite you into the details.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I am, by the way, a terrible hiking partner and dinner guest. If there's something interesting on the horizon or view out the window that catches my eye, I tend to reflexively set up the tripod* and geek out in my own little world while everyone else is trying to move on down the trail or sit down to eat.* (Yes, I carry a tripod on hikes and to dinner parties. See above.)

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  • @mattblaze Sounds familiar, even though I don‘t carry my tripod with me except when planned. Even when not photographing, I need to explore a place on my own, including my own time. When anyone makes a recommendation how much time to take with some place or hike, I multiply theta by at least 2 or 3. Hikes or scenic roads? If someone suggests 2h for a stretch, I plan for an entire day and once I‘ve been there might decide to come back at some point b/c I haven‘t seen enough yet.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Hehe, feel you @mattblaze Me being notorious for mounting one of my foldable FM logperiodics during dinner events on restaurant balconies & chatting with random regional hams via the nearest repeater. 😎

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @mattblaze Hahaha, I had that experience when, ... uhm, exploring a ... lost place with some other people. I brought tripod and camera, and it was night so I was doing 2 minute exposures, while most everybody else was trying to move on. Except one guy: He didn't have a camera, but he did bring a ZOOM recorder and was fascinated with recording long stretches of the ambient sound of the place. ;)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    @mattblaze This reminds me, since you seem to get out here now and then: if you’re going to be in Bay Area and haven’t visited Computer History Museum in Mountain View and would like a free tour, let me know.

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