[Leica] The QV Building in Sydney 10 and 6 panel vertical panos

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Hi Howard,

Beautiful work, but I have difficulty getting my bearings when viewing a 
vertical panel on my horizontal screen.  If I recline, it gets easier.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:22 AM
Subject: [Leica] The QV Building in Sydney 10 and 6 panel vertical panos


> 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)
>
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