[Leica] Rome pano

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> 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