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Gehry on the Half-Shell
Gehry on the Half-Shell
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Challenge: Architecture II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago
Date: Jan 14, 2005
Aperture: F/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 16, 2005

 On this challenge I discovery that it is almost to impossible to get a photo of a Frank Gehry design on a sunny day without at least some portion being of the structure being burned out due to glare. I tried to fiddle with apeture, shutter and ISO, but any combination that would show the burned out sections made the rest of the picture incredibly dark. Perhaps, I'll will be able to handle this as I get more experience, but, in the meanwhile, I think I'll try again on some future cloudy day. I do like this angle.

Oh, for those who may not have guessed, my title is a play on Kurt Vonnegut's title of his alter-ego, Kilgore Trout's fictional book "Venus on the Half-Shell" which, in turn, is a joke on Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus." It was later actually written by sci-fi writer Philip Jose Farmer with Mr. Vonnegut's permission to use Kilgore Trout's name. Sorry, long story, but I have the feeling someone would feel the need to correct me if I didn't fit it all in.

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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 01/23/2005 01:02:49 PM
It's a little too busy. I'd crop clooser to the curved parts (the roof?) and focus on that.
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 01/21/2005 02:19:39 PM
chaotic composition of an incredible building. I don't think the angle is workign well for you. I also wish the figure right separated from the background shadow; that would help a whoile lot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 01/20/2005 06:32:52 PM
it's kind of busy.
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Canon EOS-10D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 01/17/2005 11:47:19 AM
And they said it would never fly.....
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