Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]stunning Howard! both the architecture and the fact that you pull these off handheld. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Feb 23, 2010, at 6:22 AM, H&ECummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > > The Australian pioneers seemed to have a special love affair with > domed buildings and I am drawn to their handiwork with my pano > Panasonic. > > From Wikipedia: > > "The Queen Victoria Building, or QVB, was completed in 1898 by the > architect George McRae in the central business district of Sydney. > The Romanesque Revival building is 190 meters long by 30 wide, and > fills a city block. Designed as a shopping centre, it was later > used for a variety of other purposes until its restoration and > return to its original use in the late twentieth century. > > The dominant feature is the central dome, consisting of an interior > glass dome and a copper-sheathed exterior, topped by a domed cupola". > > Here is a 10 panel vertical pano of the center of the building and > a six panel pano of the corner of the center extending from the > mosaic first floor all the way to the dome on the third floor, > taken with the Panasonic GF 1 and the remarkable 20mm f1.7. > Handheld and developed ( very slowly) in CS 4. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Australia2010/ > QVB10PanW.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/ylsk9dp > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Australia2010/ > QVB6panW.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/yegl72o > > Please enjoy LARGE and as always, all C&C are welcome. > > Howard (still in cooler Sydney) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information