Field Museum #22 by Misha883

Photography • Historical • posted on Mar 10, 2005

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This is the first from a short series taken in the Field Museum in Chicago. This was partly done for Michelle, as she maintains a fascination with dead things. And partly to test out how a digital camera (here a Minolta A2) would work under these conditions. There were a few lessons learned. The lighting was dim, and mixed. I think I would have been better forcing a "indoor" white balance, rather than leaving on automatic. Handheld exposures, braced against the glass case, were still problematic; sometimes several seconds. Someday I'll go on a really empty day, and BEG to get my tripod past the guard! Main new lession learned: with film, such long exposures really bring out saturated hidden colors. With digital, long exposures bring out noise. Lots to learn.

Comments (17)

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TwoPynts

7:49AM | Thu, 10 March 2005

Fasncinating artifact and I appreciate you comments on the differences between film and digital! ;)

dragonfly2000

8:07AM | Thu, 10 March 2005

Glad you posted your comments - very interesting point about exposure times. Well another good reason to hold on to my old nikon fm2's.

jacquette

8:29AM | Thu, 10 March 2005

very cool place . i love this kinda stuff . you did well here .

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marybelgium

8:34AM | Thu, 10 March 2005

Splendid portrait ...splendid shot ! Thanks for sharing ...

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SNAKEY

8:35AM | Thu, 10 March 2005

This is beautiful mate.......... astounding.;) and you are correct about the digital noise.

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Zacko

10:06AM | Thu, 10 March 2005

I think its absolutely perfect. Thanks for sharing your experienses, im thinking of buying an A2 and always nice to see some referencephotos. I think this one look amazing, shot through a glass. Well done!!!

thesymphonyofthelife

11:16AM | Thu, 10 March 2005

the details of this mask is very good and the ligthning too. have a good day

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DELMUR

12:20PM | Thu, 10 March 2005

I told that ,when you increase iso ,you make noise,and you must go in the blue layer( photoshop) to add blur.BUT,NOW, it's finih: i bought the marvel of the marvels ,an EOS 20D CANON !1600 iso and no blur(and no tripode ) a delight!except the price!!!maybe correct the yellow color with curves! oh,Yeeees, i know ,i fuck off the flies..But we were talking about technic!!!!Before EOS, i had a nikon 5700 ,perfect for macro( the best),but only for macro;And there, a lot of noise.With EOS only 0.2 second to take a photo (from the camera stopped to the shot!!!) BETTER, than argentic!And more, a big zoom stabilized!!! THE MIRACLE!

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LostPatrol

4:17PM | Thu, 10 March 2005

Yep long exposures = noise and auto w/b can throw up a few wobblers! Anyway back to the point, this is a fascinating image, love the colours and textures, I am fascinated by this, what for me looks maybe Mayan or Egyptian, I am sure Michelle will love it too.

logiloglu

5:10PM | Thu, 10 March 2005

a wonderful and expressive mask. excellent photography. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!

cynlee

9:36PM | Thu, 10 March 2005

think this one came out well!! missed shooting the Eygptian exhibit, no photos were allowed anyways... but do enjoy a good museum... terrific golden sarcophagus? :]

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WandM

12:42AM | Fri, 11 March 2005

Regarding all your problems it is a good shot.

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sossy

9:19AM | Fri, 11 March 2005

amazing and wonderful lighted capture of this impressive artwork! ;o)

tvernuccio

2:03PM | Sat, 12 March 2005

yep...long exposures with digi makes much noise. the colors here are magnificent, Misha!!! they soak into my skin and i need that today. i wish i could touch his face. feel the textures. an incredible artist taking pictures of incredible art!!!!! i just sit and enjoy this!

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addiek

3:17AM | Sun, 13 March 2005

Agree about the comment (DELMUR) re- blur... red & blur (as in dreamsuite software i use) improves a noisy digi 85%...something about the red enhances the yellowy to normal and the blur can improve the noise. Experimentation is the sponsor of progress.

Michelle A.

7:27PM | Sun, 13 March 2005

Yes, I do love this sort of thing.... I could spend hours and hours in a place with these sort of artifacts..... glad to see you playing around with the A2. I think what you figured out on your own was quite right. Wonderful image!

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