Leonardo da Vinci seems to have found the magic that we are all so attracted
to in pinhole photography. If he were still around today I reckon he would
be into this discussion group!
Love the quote Lonnie, thanks :-)
> Before the invention of photography, here is what Leonardo da Vinci said
> about the camera obscura. Can you pinhole photographers relate?
>
> "who would believe that so small a space could contain the image of all the
> universe? O mighty process! What talent can avail to penetrate a nature
> such as these? What tonque will it be that can unfold so great a wonder?
> Verily, none! This it is that guides the human discource to the considering
> of divine things. Here the figures, here the colors, here all the images of
> every part of the universe are contracted to a point. O what a point is so
> marvelous!"
>
> --Leonardo da Vinci
> (1452-1519)
>
> Lonnie Paulson
> Minneapolis, MN
> USA
>
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