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Photo of the Day: March 2011
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Here's mine for today, by trade I'm a food photographer but I'm branching out to newer subjects. My best friend and possible business partner is an architecture photographer so we are mixing our loves.
Today's mythical creature isn't really mythical. The Gigantopithecus is an ancient form of the ape. There is speculation that it still exists and is the reason for yeti and Big Foot sightings. I guess that is the reason for including it in a mythical creatures display.
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Today's mythical creature isn't really mythical. The Gigantopithecus is an ancient form of the ape. There is speculation that it still exists and is the reason for yeti and Big Foot sightings. I guess that is the reason for including it in a mythical creatures display.
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This mythical creature is Rangda. Rangda is the demon queen of the leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese mythology. The leyak is a mythological figure in the form of flying head with entrails (heart, lung, liver, etc.) still attached. It is said to fly trying to find a pregnant woman in order to suck her baby's blood or a newborn child. Don't they sound friendly?
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Loving the detail in these pictures and the others you have been posting from this museum trip. I assume it's a museum of some sort and that it was all in the same trip at least...
Thanks! I was waiting for the sunset over the city last night and the clouds screwed me. So I stuck around in the cold and took some night shots. Here's another from the same bench that I didn't like as much.
Thanks! I was waiting for the sunset over the city last night and the clouds screwed me. So I stuck around in the cold and took some night shots. Here's another from the same bench that I didn't like as much.
No, agreed, the first one is much better. I like the emptiness contrasted with the big city sky. It gives it a nice, romantic and almost nostalgic feeling.
Here's one from my latest concert shoot, Streetlight Manifesto. I had forgotten how much fun ska punk was! These guys were all over the place. I got lucky with this shot and timed it just when someone else released their flash from a P&S.
Streetlight Manifesto by sebascrub, on Flickr
D5000, 35mm, f/1.8, 1/60s, ISO3200
This is the way HDR should always be done; not too extreme. Very nice. I love it.
Thanks but it isn't HDR.
Canon 35mmf/2.0 lens on 7D
Single shot
ISO 100
f/6.3
13 seconds long.
Adjusted the white balance, recovery, and fill in post and that's it. Liked it too much to muck around with it.
Gazin' Raven
It's the south rim of the Grand Canyon, on the Kaibab Trail near Skeleton Point. Thanks for looking and commenting!
stunning.. where is that?
It's the south rim of the Grand Canyon, on the Kaibab Trail near Skeleton Point. Thanks for looking and commenting!
Auroras from lat night
Nice capture! I am so jealous, the clouds have moved back into southeast, no lights for me...
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Yes, it is the Fernbank Museum in Atlanta, GA. They allow photography as long as you don't try to make money from it. They had no problem with me bringing in my tripod, either, which allowed me to get the long exposures necessary for these pictures.
Today's image should be familiar to everyone. My problem was figuring out how to frame this shot. The unicorn was too big to get the whole thing, and there were too many people around to try to get it isolated without people. The horn was over 3' long, so I was forced to let it get cut off if I wanted to show anything up close on the rest of it. Since I have a membership at the museum I may go back and try some other angles to see what else I can do with it.
There was also a dragon, but I flubbed the shot because it came out blurry when I got home and looked at it. I guess I moved the camera a little, and I was in a hurry because people were trying to get past, so I only took one pass at it.
