Italian fresco captured in 9.85 Gigapixel photo

[Admin]

HAL9000, an Italian group that specializes in art restoration, preservation and high-resolution art photography, has once again used a Nikon D2X to create an ultra-high resolution composite of an Italian fresco that fills the curved ceiling of a church in Rome. The 9.85 Gigapixel final photo, which is viewable online at full resolution, is a stunning example of the use of stitching to create photos with incredible detail.

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[RobertP]

HAL9000 indeed

The online picture is no joke though. Surprising how crude some of the painted detail is when you see that close up.

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Excellent - thought this was going to be one I saw about a year ago, but this looks ever better

 

[oldgit]

That's some image....

... wonder how long it took to write it to the compact flash card...?