Nose to Nose

She enjoyed exploring and viewing fascinating relics from the past at the Spurlock Museum in Urbana IL during our 2nd day of FSI 09. Dr Duly :-)

Links to Picasa Web Galleries

Additional images available from in my Picasa Catalogs on the web. You can actually download them if you wish to do so. These were made using my Sony Cybershot and the Kodak Zi6 cameras. These are tigerless pictures so you need not be afraid.

However, I was prevented from uploading both of Dr. Pitard's long talks. Both filesare over 100 mgb which is the current limit for one file. Word of advice for the future is try to keep the files shorter by stopping the recording at commercial breaks or when he has to stop and catch his breath. :)

http://picasaweb.google.com/rhazlewood6/MondayAtNCSA#

http://picasaweb.google.com/rhazlewood6/TuesdayAtSpurlock#

Scenes from Spurlock

I loved the replicas of sailing ships.

And was also fascinated by the dramatic lighting in some sections of the museum. 

Was surprised to find 'Tryzub," the Ukrainian Coat of Arms in the European collection of the museum.

5 minutes of fame

I was thinking about our presentation. We could do something about the great equipment we used, then discuss the bottom line, which is that a picture is still a picture. We could show some "here is what you Do use and here is what you don't use (or some variation of that theme. Just an idea. I know that most of our pictures are perfect, but...

Pictures from the Spurlock Museum

Special thanks to Prof. Pitard for his excellent guide

that's it ........... finally

intriguing images

too many fun pics

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more from today

pics from today

museum pic favorites

Shot a Museum Sign--it's faster than taking notes

One of the interesting things about digital cameras is that they make taking another picture cheap to free. And, one can get in the habit of shooting a shot of signage in order to capture information quickly. I liked this sign/quote we saw today at Spurlock, since I'm an old Rhet instructor who didn't learn to write until I went to college.

2 Panoramas Shot by Ahmad

2 in-camera panorama shots from Spurlock that Ahmad shot today.

Dramatic Museum Lighting

Spurlock had some nice, dramatic lighting and black ceiling that accentuated the casts we saw today. Some wonderful lines on this sculpture. The camera angle I choose helped highlight the head of the full body statue, transforming the 3 dimensional statue back into a classic silhouette. I took 3 pictures, and this one was the best.

Robert