On Oct 1, 2010, at 13:26 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
The copyright symbol in the center floor hides the camera and
mirrored parabolic tripod mounted device that allows this image to
be made in two exposures, stitched at camera level.
However, that's not the way it was done, if a bit of research is
correct. According to the Spinatour website "thousands of photos
were taken" over a period of three freezing nights and stitched
together after color and light balancing.
See the article at: http://spinatour.com/?p=35
Apparently, to enable zooming, they had to match hi-res images in
several stages to the overall stitched image. Also apparently the
camera(s) were located beneath the covering copyright symbol. Those
taking the picture were Vatican interns from Villanova.
Here is an outdoor image taken with the system, and it includes the
camera and tripod: http://www.spinatour.com/clemsonamrl/tour.html
An interior shot, with one scan being done in each room of Clemson's
Telecom Center.
And no link to it... http://www.spinatour.com/sys/scansource/tour.html
Took me quite some time to find the speakers, which are painted to
blend. But I did find many places where the restoration left
untouched, plus hooks driven into the walls, etc. Nice and rare as it
is, the chapel is still a working place of worship to the church.
One of the articles I read today mentioned that the chapel art was
degrading at a pace that makes those in charge feel that it must be
closed to the public soon.
Thanks Cotty, for helping to enlighten us all.
Joseph McAllister
Pentaxian
http://gallery.me.com/jomac
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