Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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)