XPanning in Yangon.

Arbitrarium said:
Some incredible shots here. You've used the format to great effect. I imagine when using it, you start to see scenes that would only work in panorama, like I did when I started shooting 6x6.

1, 5 and 29 are my favourites. Especially 29. Bloody great shot.

Planning to go to Japan next Autumn, which will be my first trip to the "far east", and I'll definitely have to follow it up with Myanmar or Vietnam.
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Thanks. Oh man, Japan is amazing. I stayed a total of 14 days just walking around in Tokyo and its many neighborhoods. It's the one city where I can walk for days and find something new and interesting to look at.
 
Great format choice for the streets of Yangon! Honestly, I was not that impressed of the city, but you made the best out of it. I particularly like 12, 17, 26 and 29.
 
Gorgeous colors, and you managed to compose and use all the space the Xpan gives you really well, my favorite is the one with the pigeons and the people with the umbrellas.

Would love to see more of your work!
 
Really impressive! You have a great, "wide" eye. Looking at the pictures, I have a real sense of being there. Colors are amazing and you really get a sense of space the way you use that camera. I had one years ago, but sold it off. . . .best I could do was a really stretched out group portrait (a waste of the system). Using a camera like this well requires a sense of what is at the edges of the frame. It is clear from the number of really good pictures in your series above that you've got it! In *****s.

Well done!
 
very good photos, very well taken!
the wide format really fits the theme so very well, shall remember that from now on, thank you for the teaching!
 
interesting thx for sharing!

I like the view of #4. it must be one of the high buildings near the bridge over railway lines. when I walked by them, wondered what the views are from there... now I can see :)
 
pacco said:
Great format choice for the streets of Yangon! Honestly, I was not that impressed of the city, but you made the best out of it. I particularly like 12, 17, 26 and 29.
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Thanks Paco. I try to travel to SEA every year since it's close to where I live and I don't have to deal with the jetlag. So over the years, I've managed to get a feel of what the region is like. Yangon and Myanmar as a whole is very much underdeveloped, but not too far behind most other SEA countries.

I think people do exaggerate when they say it's like traveling back in time. I mean there are luxury cars, fancy cafes, and everywhere you look people have a smart devices in their hands.

I didn't feel too much of a difference to say Indonesia or Cambodia. What I didn't expect was how hot it was. I couldn't walk more than two hours without finding proper shade. It was exhausting.
 
I'll just follow up what everyone said - Wow. And do the same as everyone else who doesn't have an Xpan - Which is go hunting for an Xpan :)
I especially like 5,9,10,12,19, and 29. Such wonderfull use of the whole frame - each element adding to the story.
Wow.
 
Benjamin Marks said:
Really impressive! You have a great, "wide" eye. Looking at the pictures, I have a real sense of being there. Colors are amazing and you really get a sense of space the way you use that camera. I had one years ago, but sold it off. . . .best I could do was a really stretched out group portrait (a waste of the system). Using a camera like this well requires a sense of what is at the edges of the frame. It is clear from the number of really good pictures in your series above that you've got it! In *****s.

Well done!
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Glad you like them Benjamin. I used to shoot a lot of wide angle around 6 years ago. I don't anymore, but I guess that helped?? :p
 
michaelwj said:
And do the same as everyone else who doesn't have an Xpan - Which is go hunting for an Xpan :)
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A slight digression here - in praise of the Xpan. I have two of them right now - the Fuji badged version - in the 1 and 2 flavours. And I got two because they are so awesome, nothing like them. I still have a Noblex 135 pano, and have had and sold the Noblex 150, Widelux F8 and Horizon Perfekt.
There is a very good reason for that, with the swinger pano cameras most of the shots that Kaydee took would have been ruined due to the distortion that can result if they are tilted away from being parallel to the horizon, or if there is something in the close to medium distance in the center of the frame. Then you will also get a massive bulging effect.
The Xpans/TX cameras act as normal cameras - they just let you shoot. With the incredible bonus of being able to switch between regular 35mm images or pano images anywhere you want to on the roll.

Xpans - everyone should have one!

especially if you can take as good pics as Kaydee!
 
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