[Leica] Rome pano

[afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)]

> 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