Really really high def pics

[xarir]

Zoomable views of some of the great masterworks. Cool technology and you can even see individual brush strokes on some of these pics. I only wish the viewing window was bigger, but the whole thing is free so I guess one can't really complain.

http://www.haltadefinizione.com/en/

 

[Eli]

Holy crap! You can totally see that Jesus was trying to steal that chick's bread roll!

 

[Berlin]

http://www.haltadefinizione.com/en/

Dig it ! Thanks.

 

[stang]

That music's been haunting me for over a week now.
Anyone know what/who it is?

 

[The Cunning Linguist]

what's with the "H9" embossed in the design when you zoom way in?

 

[Papi Chulo]

what's with the "H9" embossed in the design when you zoom way in?

It is a watermark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_watermarking

 

[ryick]

That song is pretty haunting!! What is it?

 

[CUTTERBUCK]

Shit, that's cool technology.

 

[xarir]

That music's been haunting me for over a week now.
Anyone know what/who it is?

Last Supper - J.S. Bach, Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV1056, Second Movement

Vita di Cristo - W.A. Mozart, Requiem, Lacrimosa

La Gloria di Sant'Ignazio - Vivaldi, Gloria in D Major, Gloria In Excelsis Deo

 

[buttercup]

Holy crap! You can totally see that Jesus was trying to steal that chick's bread roll!

What's a chick doing at the Last Supper?

 

[Jimmy C]

La Gloria di Sant'Ignazio - Vivaldi, Gloria in D Major, Gloria In Excelsis Deo

Wow, that is an incredible painting! How the hell did this wind up on terb?

Thank you.

What's a chick doing at the Last Supper?

Did nobody watch The Da Vinci Code?

 

[Papi Chulo]

The subject: The Last Supper
Painted by: Leonardo da Vinci
Where? Milan, refectory of the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent
When? From 1494 to 1498
Size: 460 x 880 cm (181 x 346 in)
Technique: Tempera with oils on white lead and calcium carbonate
Image: Size: 16.118.035.591 pixel (172181 x 93611)
Color depth: 16 bit per channel
Shots: May, 7 - 2007
Number of shots: 1677
Computing: CPU: 2 Two Quad Core AMD Opteron™ processors
16 Gigabyte RAM memory
2 Terabyte hard disk space
Photographic Equipment: Camera: "Nikon D2Xs"
Lens: "AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4D IF-ED II"
Real time acquisition Software: Nikon Camera Control Pro
Postprocessing and real time verification software: Nikon Capture NX
Pointing Device: Motorized Panoramic Head:
CLAUSS Rodeon VR
Notes: Great care has been adopted in the Last Supper illumination during shooting. Lighting system has been tested and validated in the Photometric Laboratory of the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro not to damage the painting

 

[buttercup]

Did nobody watch The Da Vinci Code?

The Da Vinci Code was fiction!

(Unlike the story of the last supper in the bible, of course . . .)

 

[gabeti]

Very nice

 

[basketcase]

Now, can this be used for real important artwork? Mainly porn?

 

[superman]

cameras with 12 MP are so cheap now!