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Kinetic Sculpture at PNC Center
Kinetic Sculpture at PNC Center
brianlh


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: PNC Center in Cincinnati, Ohio
Date: Jun 22, 2009
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30s
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2009

 This shot was interesting for a few reasons. To get the shot, I spent about 1 minute composing this and took one photo before security came out and started harassing me about taking photos of the building. I argued with him for about 3 or 4 minutes to kill time while I took more shots with my remote shutter release, then decided to go home. I knew he really didn't have the right to stop me, but I really didn't have the time to deal with the police on the night a challenge was due! I initially took this photo for the "From the Ground Up V" challenge, but the shots came back with some flare due to a cheapo UV filter I had forgotten to remove. Since that challenge was Basic Editing, this pretty much got squashed right there.
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Sculpture Title: Two Rectangles Vertical Gyratory II, Variation IV
Sculptor: George Rickey
Year: 1979
Location: PNC Center, East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH

For a better idea of what you're looking at here, here's a more standard photo of the sculpture (from a different direction): //www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3N23_Two_Rectangles_Vertical_Gyratory_II_Variation_IV_by_George_Rickey_Cincinnati_Ohio

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Place: 9 out of 407
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Votes: 134
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
 07/09/2009 08:34:53 PM
Great story and the results were worth the hastle, great photo. Congrats on your top 10 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 07/07/2009 05:56:56 PM
cool abstract, I like all the darkness.
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Sigma DP1x
07/04/2009 10:25:28 AM
Surreal. Nicely done!
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 07/03/2009 01:01:50 PM
Very nice perspective, is that a windmill or flag blowing/spinning at the top?
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 07/02/2009 08:02:58 AM
Very nice high contrast and great perspective.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/01/2009 12:03:52 PM
all I can say is...wow...love the geometric lines of this shot...excellent processing...this should be in the top portion of the FS
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/01/2009 04:52:15 AM
wow...amazing perspective
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