Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

In message <MPG.2294c8507e1e24b598bc2e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Alfred Molon 
<alfred_molon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>In article <T_nWj.542$qH4.87@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Bruce. says...
>
>> OMG.  I guess I should have said reasonably priced.  For 50.8 MB / 5150
x
>> 3446 pixels, they want $330.  For a single photo I print myself for
over the
>> fireplace, that's a budget buster.
>>
>> I assumed art this old would be virtually free for the asking.   Anyone
know
>> of a more reasonable source?
>
>$330 is just 214 Euro.
>
>Anyway, this is not an easy shot to take. Tripods are not allowed and
>all photography is strictly forbidden in the Sistine chapel. The chapel
>is constantly monitored by guards who control people and enforce this
>photography ban.
>
>So hats off to those photographers who managed to smuggle in
>professional photography equipment with a long lens and managed to get a
>sharp handheld shot despite the poor lighting conditions.

Unless it was done with permission.

Actually it would have to be as the Church owns it. It is not "public" 
as it is a physical part of their building.


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