The Whole Mammoth by auntietk

Photography • Creatures • posted on Feb 02, 2015

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Museum of South Texas History Edinburg, Texas I know I don't usually show you all of something, but this was such an incredible exhibit I thought you might like some context. The skeleton was lit from above and below, both with colored LED lights (blue, red and green LEDs together in each can) and several more standard can lights that dimmed and brightened on a cycle. What that meant was that in order to get a decent picture, I had to stand there until the light got bright enough to shoot. The effect was really subtle as you stood there looking, but as soon as I started taking pictures it became obvious that the lighting was amazingly dynamic. It's easy to see the different colors when looking at a still photograph, but believe me ... in person, you barely noticed. So here you go ... the whole mammoth. I took more than a hundred pictures of this thing, part by part, and if you're nice to me, I won't make you look at all of them! LOL!

Comments (27)

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AidanaWillowRaven

3:00PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Impressive shot!

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durleybeachbum

3:14PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

I should love to have been there. Thankyou for the wider view, fascinating!

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Katraz

3:16PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Impressive Picture.

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giulband

3:20PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Great suggestive creation !!!!

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photosynthesis

3:37PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

...and nothing but the mammoth, so help you God? That's not actually a recreated eye, is it? I'm guessing it's a trick of the light that makes it look like an eye - kinda spooky. And, by the way, Tara, I saw the baby rhino immediately after reading your comment...

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Wolfenshire

3:41PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Oh, now that's just feakin' awesome coolness!!!!!!! Best capture you've ever done. This seriously rocks.

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

4:47PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Excellent Tara, I like the whole view too, let's us appreciate the sheer scale of what a mammoth was.

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tofi

5:16PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Indeed very impressive, Tara! I've always had a fascination with these, considering that they are long gone... I can just imagine these powerful animals roaming the earth. Beautiful capture of the tusks and the skeleton. I really like the lighting as well here!

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SunriseGirl

6:26PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Thank you for sharing the entire Mammoth. With this unique and im[ressive lighting it truly is a wonder to behold.

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adorety

7:09PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Nice! The lighting really works too.

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wysiwig

7:22PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Very impressive, your patience was well rewarded. Can you imagine this coming at you. Our ancestors must have been very desperate to hunt them. Perhaps we can replace the phrase "The Whole Nine Yards" with "The Whole Mammoth"?

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Mulltipass

9:06PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Great Capture!!! The lighting really makes the image pop!!

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kgb224

9:39PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Superb capture Tara. God bless.

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RodS Online Now!

9:55PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

A most amazing capture, Tara! The lighting really makes this an awe-inspiring image - and so dramatic! I'm getting a really great education on these wonderful prehistoric creatures between you and Art! This really is impressive!

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Faemike55

10:47PM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Fantastic capture Tara. I think back to some novels I read from a local author J.A. and I look at this and stand in awe

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Juliette.Gribnau

2:34AM | Tue, 03 February 2015

wonderfully captured; superb lighting

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jayfar

2:48AM | Tue, 03 February 2015

Love your POV and the result.

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moochagoo

6:54AM | Tue, 03 February 2015

Very good lighting for that very old guy.

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sharky_

10:04AM | Tue, 03 February 2015

Impressive capture! Aloha

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awjay

12:10PM | Tue, 03 February 2015

wouldnt like to meet that on a dark night

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jocko500

11:26PM | Tue, 03 February 2015

wow look like he will walk on you here. cool image

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MrsRatbag

7:56PM | Wed, 04 February 2015

How amazing to see this! I would love to see the feet up close...

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irisinthespring

8:57PM | Thu, 05 February 2015

Marvelous capture!

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pauldeleu

3:04PM | Sat, 07 February 2015

Nice composition and light/dark.

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anahata.c

6:21AM | Mon, 09 February 2015

I know this is the whole mammoth, but it still feels partial because of the dramatic light, the subtle hues, the piecemeal nature of its construction, and of course your composition---once again capturing it on one side of the frame. Once again, I zoomed and downloaded, so I could see the actual end of the frame, which isn't possible against RR's black background... I'm not criticizing, by saying it doesn't feel "whole" to me: I"m complimenting. Your angle and the way you handled the light still makes it feel "in pieces" to me, as does the display itself. We're, after all, looking at a skeleton, and not the whole beast. In any case, you caught it as a whispering ghost, of very real corporality but still an apparition, coming at us. And your capture of the two outermost horns? horns? I assume those are horns and not a frame for the animal---they are partly visible and partly in deep shadow: Very effective! Like auras. The choice to give this to us on the right side is very expressive, once more, as if it's emerging out of the past and emerging on our right. More beautiful lighting and composition in this series. Fine work, technically, too. I know this type of shooting isn't easy. Museum shooting never is...

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