Raphael Tapestry

[dankearl]

Actually a famous painting by Raphael, made into a famous tapestry that hangs in the Vatican in Rome
A photograph I took of it last summer in the Vatican.
If you have been there you know what is was like to get a photo of this 30 ft. lg. (at least) tapestry with no one in front.

Cropped a bit.
Handheld
1/2 (really)
18mm
iso400
PP with a bunch of work including gaussian blur, etc. to try to re-create the 3d effect of the real work, in NX2

[denise ippolito]

Nice processing. Is the black spot in the LLC in the original tapestry? With all the people there you did a great job capturing the entire tapestry!

[Indranil Sircar]

I think you did awesome job with processing this. I really like the 3D effect.

[dankearl]

Thanks Denise and Indranil.
I was not able to do anything about the dark corners.
No flash was used (obviously in an art gallery like the Vatican) and I did the best I could with low iso in the indoor light I had with a really slow shutter speed.
The dark spot in the LLC I can't explain, it may be on the tapestry.
The tapestry is amazing in person, I could not capture the movement that seems to occur as you walk by it.