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717 Gigapixel Image of Rembrandt's Nightwatch

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565 points gaws | 1 comments | 25 Jan 22 00:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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supernova87a ◴[25 Jan 22 02:51 UTC] No.30067296[source]▶
Do they always take the image from straight on, front? Is the camera panned around with a narrow FOV so that it doesn't see portions of the canvas from an angle? Does the light source move with the camera?

Or, I'm thinking, it's often really interesting to see the 3D texture of a painting -- is that ever something desired to be recorded? For example, with impressionist / pointillist paintings I've seen in person, looking at the canvas from a very low angle is even more interesting to be able to see the brush strokes than seeing it directly face-on.

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1. nullc ◴[25 Jan 22 02:54 UTC] No.30067320[source]▶
No idea about these images, but in reproduction work it's not uncommon to work with the film plane shifted so that the camera sees the work piece from an angle (but still a flat perspective) to avoid reflections that otherwise be seen flat on.