Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your ability to do handheld panos is remarkable, Howard! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Feb 23, 2010, at 1:22 PM, 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 >