Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-10-04 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Oct 1, 2010, at 15:15 , Cotty wrote: On 1/10/10, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed: Thanks Cotty, for helping to enlighten us all. I did no such thing! Ok then, you Way Cool'd us! :-) Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com There is no off position to the genius switch.

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-10-01 Thread Anthony Farr
On 30 September 2010 08:03, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: I want to know who had to drill the anchor points and rig those speakers. What were the guys faces like when somebody asked them to do that job? ARE YOU EFFING Kidding ME? and YOURE OUT OF YOUR EFFING MIND if you think I'm

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-10-01 Thread Anthony Farr
On 1 October 2010 21:19, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: For real philistinism go to the British Museum and see collection numbers engraved prominently upon ancient treasures. P.S. Repatriate the Elgin Marbles aka the Parthenon Marbles. Now. Don't give excuses, just send back the

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-10-01 Thread mike wilson
Anthony Farr wrote: On 1 October 2010 21:19, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: For real philistinism go to the British Museum and see collection numbers engraved prominently upon ancient treasures. P.S. Repatriate the Elgin Marbles aka the Parthenon Marbles. Now. Don't give

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-10-01 Thread Joseph McAllister
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

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-10-01 Thread Joseph McAllister
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

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-10-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/10/10, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed: Thanks Cotty, for helping to enlighten us all. I did no such thing! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 29, 2010, at 17:03, Cory Waters wrote: I want to know who had to drill the anchor points and rig those speakers. What were the guys faces like when somebody asked them to do that job? ARE YOU EFFING Kidding ME? and YOURE OUT OF YOUR EFFING MIND if you think I'm driving into the

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I visited about 10 years ago, and then again this February. The chapel is much more colorful than before the restoration. It is a magnificent -- and monumental -- work of art. Dan On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Sep 29, 2010, at 17:03, Cory

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-29 Thread Walter Gilbert
I'm not a devout man, to say the least. But, this is moving. -- Walt On 9/28/2010 3:47 PM, Cotty wrote: This has to be classed as totally cool. http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/9/10, Thomas Bohn, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html Oh my gods, that is Vatican Church View. Call the data protection agencies there must be something wrong here. Clearly you can't just publish those picture publicly on the internets

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
Is there a program that will stitch something like this together given enough still? On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 29/9/10, Thomas Bohn, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html Oh my gods, that is Vatican

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-29 Thread Cory Waters
I want to know who had to drill the anchor points and rig those speakers. What were the guys faces like when somebody asked them to do that job? ARE YOU EFFING Kidding ME? and YOURE OUT OF YOUR EFFING MIND if you think I'm driving into the parking lot of that place with a hammer drill!

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-29 Thread Stan Halpin
I kept thinking the same thing at numerous sites in Rome that obviously had not been planned for electric lights, air conditioning, etc. Who did the retrofit! We were there in 2009. The Chapel speakers are used for periodic announcements asking visitors to be respectful, to be quiet, and to not

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
Probably had the guy that painted the ceiling do it while he was up there... :-) -p On 9/29/2010 5:03 PM, Cory Waters wrote: I want to know who had to drill the anchor points and rig those speakers. What were the guys faces like when somebody asked them to do that job? ARE YOU EFFING

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-29 Thread steve harley
On 2010-09-28 14:47 , Cotty wrote: This has to be classed as totally cool. http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html first of all, this is totally NSFW -- sex organs all over the place second, it sets a fairly high standard for the October PUG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-28 Thread Cotty
This has to be classed as totally cool. http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-28 Thread P N Stenquist
Amazing. Thanks for the link. Paul On Sep 28, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Cotty wrote: This has to be classed as totally cool. http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

RE: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-28 Thread Bob W
: OT - Sistine Chapel This has to be classed as totally cool. http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html Charlton Heston was such a great painter. Pity he gave it up for the motorway service station business. Leonardo da Vinci said Charltonangelo's muscular male

RE: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-28 Thread John Coyle
That's a definite Wow! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: Wednesday, 29 September 2010 6:48 AM To: pentax list Subject: OT - Sistine Chapel This has to be classed as totally cool. http

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-28 Thread Thomas Bohn
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 22:47, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: This has to be classed as totally cool. http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html Oh my gods, that is Vatican Church View. Call the data protection agencies there must be something wrong here. Clearly you can't

Re: OT - Sistine Chapel

2010-09-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Totally cool! Loved the music too. Thanks for posting. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 3:47 PM Subject: OT - Sistine Chapel This has to be classed as totally cool. http