The Largest Photo Ever Taken

[Isiliel]

I thought this might interest you:

World's Largest indoor Photo: Strahov Philosophical Library, Prague - 40 Gigapixel 360º Panorama

This phenomenal 360-degrees photo (okay, actually it’s 2,947 pictures stitched together). It is, to our and the photographer’s knowledge, the largest photo ever taken indoors with 280,000 x 140,000 pixels of awesomesauce.

The photo was taken by photographer and 360cities founder Jeffrey Martin, and shows the interior of the magnificent, 18th-century baroque library you can find inside the Strahov Monastery in Prague, Czech Republic.

The details, for the fans, courtesy of Martin:

The photo is 40 gigapixels (40,000 megapixels); 280,000 x 140,000 pixels; made of 2947 images joined together; used a Canon 550D and 200mm lens; print size 23m x 11m; stitched file size 280GB; cut into 85,000 tiles for web delivery.

I read this here: Behold The World’s Largest Photo Ever Taken Indoors: 40 Gigapixels Of Awesome

I encourage you to visit the library pano and Zoom In! You will be amazed.

[UlpilotSC]

One could argue that while thats an interesting photo collage or series, that is not the largest photo ever taken. Indeed most large photos are simply enlargements. Ansel adams used large format cameras but even those are smaller than say, x ray film plates which can be two feet square.

It has been theorized the largest photo ever taken is on the shroud of turin. Using a "camera obscura", the image on the shroud is actually a mannequin outside the room. Of course, no one will let the scientists test the shroud for traces of silver nitrate.

Either way - cool link and an interesting project.

[Isiliel]

I agree with you UlpilotSC, but I needed a catchy title.