Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

I need to make a print in a custom size (8x20) of Michelangelo Creation of
Adam. Not the complete picture. Just the 2 hands touching fingers.

I've googled until my fingers are worn but I haven't been able to find a
source for a HIGH RESOLUTION digital version of this picture.

I'm not too picky but even at just 200dpi that would be 1600x4000. I
probably need an even larger original as I need to crop it to a 8x20
panorama frame.

Anyone know of a source where I could get this file?

Thanks.
Bruce.

Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

In article <efmWj.3455$J16.54@newssvr23.news.prodigy,net >, Bruce.
says...
> I need to make a print in a custom size (8x20) of Michelangelo Creation of
> Adam. Not the complete picture. Just the 2 hands touching fingers.
>
> I've googled until my fingers are worn but I haven't been able to find a
> source for a HIGH RESOLUTION digital version of this picture.
>
> I'm not too picky but even at just 200dpi that would be 1600x4000. I
> probably need an even larger original as I need to crop it to a 8x20
> panorama frame.
>
> Anyone know of a source where I could get this file?

Alamy has 47 pictures:

http :// www .alamy,com /stock-photography-search-results.asp?
qt=michelangelo+creation+adam&lic=7&ipn=1&apn=1&cpn=1&cdpn=1&mr=0&pr=0
&ot=0&nu=0&cdsrt=0&pn=1&st=0&a=-1&cid=&cdid=&s1=0&s3=0&s5=0&s7=0
&pseudoid=0&npgs=7
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Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

"Alfred Molon" <alfred_molon@yahoo,com > wrote in message
news:MPG.2294177bedd74cb898bc2d@news.supernews,com ...
> In article <efmWj.3455$J16.54@newssvr23.news.prodigy,net >, Bruce.
> says...
>> I need to make a print in a custom size (8x20) of Michelangelo Creation
>> of
>> Adam. Not the complete picture. Just the 2 hands touching fingers.
>> Anyone know of a source where I could get this file?
>
> Alamy has 47 pictures:
>
> http :// www .alamy,com /stock-photography-search-results.asp?
> qt=michelangelo+creation+adam&lic=7&ipn=1&apn=1&cpn=1&cdpn=1&mr=0&pr=0
> &ot=0&nu=0&cdsrt=0&pn=1&st=0&a=-1&cid=&cdid=&s1=0&s3=0&s5=0&s7=0
> &pseudoid=0&npgs=7

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?

Bruce.

Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

"Bruce." <noone@example,net > wrote in message
news:T_nWj.542$qH4.87@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc,com ...
> "Alfred Molon" <alfred_molon@yahoo,com > wrote in message
> news:MPG.2294177bedd74cb898bc2d@news.supernews,com ...
>> In article <efmWj.3455$J16.54@newssvr23.news.prodigy,net >, Bruce.
>> says...
>>> I need to make a print in a custom size (8x20) of Michelangelo Creation
>>> of
>>> Adam. Not the complete picture. Just the 2 hands touching fingers.
>>> Anyone know of a source where I could get this file?
>>
>> Alamy has 47 pictures:
>>
>> http :// www .alamy,com /stock-photography-search-results.asp?
>> qt=michelangelo+creation+adam&lic=7&ipn=1&apn=1&cpn=1&cdpn=1&mr=0&pr=0
>> &ot=0&nu=0&cdsrt=0&pn=1&st=0&a=-1&cid=&cdid=&s1=0&s3=0&s5=0&s7=0
>> &pseudoid=0&npgs=7
>
> 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?
>
> Bruce.

The art may be old, but the digital capture sure isn't. Even film shots
printed in a coffee table book would not be "free for the asking," but
rather probably copyrighted. There's nothing wrong with a photographer
asking a healthy price for his work.

Now, if you could go to Italy and slap that original art onto a photocopier,
you wouldn't be breaking any copyright laws.

dwight

Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

On May 13, 7:42 pm, "dwight" <dwi...@XtfrogX,com > wrote:
> "Bruce." <no...@example,net > wrote in message
>
> news:T nWj.542$qH4.87@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc,com ...
>
>
>
> > "Alfred Molon" <alfred mo...@yahoo,com > wrote in message
> >news:MPG.2294177bedd74cb898bc2d@news.supernews,com ...
> >> In article <efmWj.3455$J16...@newssvr23.news.prodigy,net >, Bruce.
> >> says...
> >>> I need to make a print in a custom size (8x20) of Michelangelo Creation
> >>> of
> >>> Adam. Not the complete picture. Just the 2 hands touching fingers.
> >>> Anyone know of a source where I could get this file?
>
> >> Alamy has 47 pictures:
>
> >> http :// www .alamy,com /stock-photography-search-results.asp?
> >> qt=michelangelo+creation+adam&lic=7&ipn=1&apn=1&cpn=1&cdpn=1&mr=0&pr=0
> >> &ot=0&nu=0&cdsrt=0&pn=1&st=0&a=-1&cid=&cdid=&s1=0&s3=0&s5=0&s7=0
> >> &pseudoid=0&npgs=7
>
> > 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?
>
> > Bruce.
>
> The art may be old, but the digital capture sure isn't. Even film shots
> printed in a coffee table book would not be "free for the asking," but
> rather probably copyrighted. There's nothing wrong with a photographer
> asking a healthy price for his work.
>
> Now, if you could go to Italy and slap that original art onto a photocopier,
> you wouldn't be breaking any copyright laws.

That would take a really big copier.

--
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Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:42:45 -0400, "dwight" <dwight@XtfrogX,com >
wrote:

>Now, if you could go to Italy and slap that original art onto a photocopier,
>you wouldn't be breaking any copyright laws.

You'd probably be breaking a lot of other laws if you slapped the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel onto a photocopier, though.

Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

Mark Sieving wrote:

> On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:42:45 -0400, "dwight" <dwight@XtfrogX,com >
> wrote:
>
>>Now, if you could go to Italy and slap that original art onto a photocopier,
>>you wouldn't be breaking any copyright laws.
>
> You'd probably be breaking a lot of other laws if you slapped the
> ceiling of the Sistine Chapel onto a photocopier, though.

As well as the copier.


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Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

"Mark Sieving" <mark_sieving@yahoo,com > wrote in message
news:vlek241gd1mt4btg8k0o7mauf360uu98ou@4ax,com ...
> On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:42:45 -0400, "dwight" <dwight@XtfrogX,com >
> wrote:
>
>>Now, if you could go to Italy and slap that original art onto a
>>photocopier,
>>you wouldn't be breaking any copyright laws.
>
> You'd probably be breaking a lot of other laws if you slapped the
> ceiling of the Sistine Chapel onto a photocopier, though.

And it would cost more than $330.

:()

Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

In message <T_nWj.542$qH4.87@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc,com >, Bruce.
<noone@example,net > writes
>"Alfred Molon" <alfred_molon@yahoo,com > wrote in message
>news:MPG.2294177bedd74cb898bc2d@news.supernews,com ...
>> In article <efmWj.3455$J16.54@newssvr23.news.prodigy,net >, Bruce.
>> says...
>>> I need to make a print in a custom size (8x20) of Michelangelo Creation
>>> of
>>> Adam. Not the complete picture. Just the 2 hands touching fingers.
>>> Anyone know of a source where I could get this file?
>>
>> Alamy has 47 pictures:
>>
>> http :// www .alamy,com /stock-photography-search-results.asp?
>> qt=michelangelo+creation+adam&lic=7&ipn=1&apn=1&cpn=1&cdpn=1&mr=0&pr=0
>> &ot=0&nu=0&cdsrt=0&pn=1&st=0&a=-1&cid=&cdid=&s1=0&s3=0&s5=0&s7=0
>> &pseudoid=0&npgs=7
>
>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.

It is reasonably priced. Just out of your budget.

Rolls Royce cars are reasonably priced but I still can't afford one

>I assumed art this old would be virtually free for the asking.

Not really.

> Anyone know
>of a more reasonable source?

You mean cheaper. No.

You can't have everything you want in this life.


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Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

"Chris H" <chris@phaedsys.org> wrote in message
news:wL+60yGEdoKIFAdF@phaedsys.demon.co.uk...
> You can't have everything you want in this life.

I'll assume that means you don't know of a cheaper site to find this photo.

Bruce.

Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

In article <T nWj.542$qH4.87@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc,com >, 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.
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Alfred Molon
------------------------------
Olympus 50X0, 8080, E3X0, E4X0, E5X0 and E3 forum at
http :// tech.groups.yahoo,com /group/MyOlympus/
http :// myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

In message <MPG.2294c8507e1e24b598bc2e@news.supernews,com >, Alfred Molon
<alfred_molon@yahoo,com > writes
>In article <T_nWj.542$qH4.87@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc,com >, 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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Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

Alfred Molon <alfred_molon@yahoo,com > wrote in
news:MPG.2294c8507e1e24b598bc2e@news.supernews,com :

> In article <T_nWj.542$qH4.87@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc,com >, 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.

Its quite hard enough getting a sharp 6MP 20mm (equiv) shot of the ceiling
of the Sistine chapel ;-)

--Sophie

(no, you don't get 4000x1600 of the fingers touching from such a shot. But
the ceiling as a whole is more glorious than the central panel, albeit the
central panel is the famous bit)

Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

"Alfred Molon" <alfred_molon@yahoo,com > wrote in message
news:MPG.2294c8507e1e24b598bc2e@news.supernews,com ...
> $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.

I think that site said their file was "licensed" so I assumed at some point
they had legal access. Perhaps that's why it's so expensive. I can
understand charging that much for commerical use, but geese, one framed
picture over a fireplace? That's a rediculous price for that use.

Bruce.

Re: Digital photo of Michelangelo Creation of Adam?

On May 14, 2:47 pm, "Bruce." <no...@example,net > wrote:
> "Alfred Molon" <alfred mo...@yahoo,com > wrote in message
>
> news:MPG.2294c8507e1e24b598bc2e@news.supernews,com ...
>
> > $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.
>
> I think that site said their file was "licensed" so I assumed at some point
> they had legal access.  Perhaps that's why it's so expensive.  I can
> understand charging that much for commerical use, but geese, one framed
> picture over a fireplace?  That's a rediculous price for that use.
>
> Bruce.

Bruce - you may be able to get permission to use the picture for free,
by sending
a request to the church itself ?