Street Photography: Where does the street begin and end ? Part 1.

[josh.reichmann]

https://luminous-landscape.com/street-photography-where-does-the-street-begin-and-end-part-1/

[Ray]

Interesting article, Josh, but I can't help wondering what a fantastic photograph that 16th century painting by Carpaccio would have been if high resolution, 150 mp cameras had been available in those days.   

Imagine the dozens of crops that could be made, each one of sufficiently high resolution for a good sized print. 

The subject of the painting, “The Miracle of the Relic of the True Cross on the Rialto Bridge”, shows the miraculous healing of a madman in the upper left corner of the painting. Unfortunately, the resolution is rather lacking. A 150 mp digital camera might have done a better job. 

[petermfiore]

and then...Carpaccio put on his eyeglasses. ;~)

Peter

[Ray]

Better, but still not as good as the first 3 mp Canon D30 DSLR, with appropriate lens. 

[petermfiore]

Better, but still not as good as the first 3 mp Canon D30 DSLR, with appropriate lens. 

But the original canvas is so big....It's betta than a 600MP sensor!

Peter

[Ray]

But the original canvas is so big....It's betta than a 600MP sensor!

Peter

Nah! It's only 12 feet wide and less than 13 ft high. Divide 200 by 36, and from a 200 mp camera you get thirty six 2 ft by 2 ft photos, each about 5.5 mp. My first DSLR was the 6mp Canon 60D. Much better resolution than the larger crops you've shown. 

The crops showing the healing of the madman represent about 1/16th of the area of the painting.

[petermfiore]

Nah! It's only 12 feet wide and less than 13 ft high. Divide 200 by 36, and from a 200 mp camera you get thirty six 2 ft by 2 ft photos, each about 5.5 mp. My first DSLR was the 6mp Canon 60D. Much better resolution than the larger crops you've shown. 

The crops showing the healing of the madman represent about 1/16th of the area of the painting.

I let you win....; )

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

What do we know about the pixel resolution of Carpaccio's brush?   

[petermfiore]

What do we know about the pixel resolution of Carpaccio's brush?   

Like all brushes very very very high. How could it not be? ; )

Peter

[Ray]

Joke aside, my point is that more megapixels can potentially be very useful when the street scene one is shooting has a variety of activities, as in the example of the Carpaccio painting.

You get the opportunity to print the entire scene, and/or just small crops of anything interesting in the background or foreground.

[petermfiore]

Joke aside, my point is that more megapixels can potentially be very useful when the street scene one is shooting has a variety of activities, as in the example of the Carpaccio painting.

You get the opportunity to print the entire scene, and/or just small crops of anything interesting in the background or foreground.

Of course....
I use Hi res mode with a Panasonic G9 capture for my paintings. These files are quite large but great to have my paintings archived this way.

Peter

[Ray]

Of course....
I use Hi res mode with a Panasonic G9 capture for my paintings. These files are quite large but great to have my paintings archived this way.

Peter

Wow! 20mp! That's huge! 

[petermfiore]

Wow! 20mp! That's huge! 

No silly X8 in camera sensor shift = 420MB files. The files blew away my Canon FF.  : )

Peter

[Rob C]

What do we know about the pixel resolution of Carpaccio's brush?   

You'd have to count the bristle: one bristle = one pixel. I doubt they used the hairs from a camel at that time.

Unless the paintbrush (or canvas, wood, wall etc.) has a built-in list of details...