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20-FEB-2005 Brian Barnes

Shuttlecocks *

Larger than life size sculpture of one of the four shuttlecocks on the lawn at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.
They are made from aluminum, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, and urethane paint by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen.
Installed in 1994, these sculptures provide a unique view for passerby’s of one of the finest art museums in the Midwest United States.

Canon EOS 10D ,Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX ASP DF
1/45s f/22.0 at 35.0mm iso100 full exif

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ctfchallenge24-Feb-2005 05:50
Thanks for your comments Alex and Abs! Brian
ctfchallenge23-Feb-2005 22:13
Brian, i like this shot. i wish i had something like this in my town. quite unique. -Abstract
alexeig23-Feb-2005 20:05
Quite impressive, great find
ctfchallenge22-Feb-2005 23:36
Thanks Melissa! Brian
melissa m22-Feb-2005 02:11
brian I really like this , really cool shot. we use to go visit family in Kansas City and visit this museum, even had some family portraits that once were displayed in the Bingham wing.
melissa
Guest 21-Feb-2005 14:18
Thanks Techo, PhotoNUT and Rod! Interesting fact about SpaceShip One PhotoNUT.

Techo, This wasn’t a composite… The clouds were patchy that day allowing the sun to peak through every now and then. It was taken about 3:30 PM so there was some degree of golden light. My post processing (with PSCS) included: setting the lightest and darkest point with levels, slightly increasing the contrast with a curves adjustment layer, bumping up the saturation a bit, and after resizing I sharpened it with USM 250,0.3,0. Brian
Rod 21-Feb-2005 11:17
Excellent shot & commentary, I would agree with Nutcase but the Statue shot is still on me mind:-)
PhotoNUT 21-Feb-2005 06:59
Great shot! You just raised the bar here with that shot. Good commentary as well. You know the Shuttlecock is what inspired SpaceShip One's design for re-entry.
Techo 21-Feb-2005 05:09
forgot to add, the lighting is what I like the most and of course the composition aswell. Just wondering, was this a composite of two different exposures or highlight/shadows tweaked in PS?

Thanks :)
Techo 21-Feb-2005 05:06
This is a great shot. My neighborhood doesn't have anything as cool as this :-(