Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 04:10:03 -0400 > From: afirkin at afirkin.com > Subject: Re: [Leica] Rome pano > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Hi Luggers, >> I am going dizzy trying to select the best Kenyan animal photos so I >> am taking a break and looking at some of my Rome photos. >> Here's a 5 panel vertical pano of the ceiling of the Church of >> Sant'Ignazio. The dome at the top is a trompe l'oeil painted on the >> flat ceiling by Andrea Pozzo in 1685 when the builders ran out of >> money to install a real dome. If you stand in the right spot - marked >> by a brass plate in the floor - the illusion is perfect. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Roma/TrompeL_oeilSant_IgnazioW.jpg.html >> >> http://tinyurl.com/3mbpj7g > > Very impressive indeed. Not sure you could ever print the monster ;-). > Looks like the painter made the dome and evening trompe l'oeil. > could you > lighten it a bit digitally? > > Alastair Could do. Will have a go later. Cheers Howard