bklee’s posterous

i don't think panoramic photography is used enough in news media.  my curiosity asks what is happening on the edges of the photo i am shown; my cynicism wonders if selective cropping is distorting the "truth" (sayeth i after finishing the last season of "The Wire" with its jayson blair/plagiarism focus). at any rate, the greater viewing field of a panoramic photo is just supercool.

from the nytimes, here is an amazing stitch job of a 360 degree view from an apartment with views overlooking yankee stadium (boo yankees!). the thumbnail below does not do the viewing experience justice  i love the view into the stadium but the fact that i can see the boring view of the buildings behind, the stains on the roof, and the antennas all over just makes the whole experience so much more complete.

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a college student in florida apparently kidnapped christ by walking out of mass with a cracker and is now receiving death threats. even blogging about this has resulted in threats of violence to a blogger not involved in the matter!  this more than a little ridiculous. thankfully, this should soon come to a peaceful end: fearing for his life, the student has returned the partially digested body of christ back to the church (seriously, what is the church going to do with it now? i bet it'll just end up in the garbage...). 

Shot with a 3 year old Canon SD200, 3.2 megapixels, on the banks of the Charles River, June 29.  Stitched together with PTgui.

       

These photographs are part of the famed "White Castle collection" by the renowned photographer Reese.  Shot in the early hours in a New Jersey diner circa 2008, this series of seven frames depicts one individual's ritual appreciation of the classic White Castle slider. Evoking the joy of discovery, these images, awash with the red, white, and blue colors of an Americana long past, are a throwback to the days of 5 cent burgers and cherry cokes at the roadside stand. Yet, as the photographer explains, the apparent pleasure of the subject tells only one side of the story. "Even while the unnamed subject displays unrestrained enthusiasm in anticipation of the forthcoming chow-down, notice that the anticipation remains unfulfilled," says Reese.  " I was originally trying to capture the delicate interplay between lust and satiation but with the subject's willingness to mug it up for the camera, I believe the collective imagery captures something more ominous." According to the photographer, anecdotal evidence from bystanders suggests that the digestive aftermath of slider consumption is not pretty. Perhaps in fear that the local lore is true, the eyes of the subject in successive images hint at a growing uncertainty of whether consumption of the portrayed slider is a wise decision.

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