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Post by doubs43 on Aug 21, 2008 14:05:58 GMT -5
Last month my wife and I visited our oldest son and his family near Washington, DC. I took the Pentax *ist-DS camera along and here are two images of a couple of hundred that I took. This is the entrance foyer of the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of Natural History. I took it from the second floor balcony. It was handheld and I braced the camera on the railing. We took the Metro into DC from Northern Virginia. This is Malaya, our youngest granddaughter, sitting beside of her mother on the Metro car. A typical two year old, she can keep things interesting! Walker
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2008 17:52:06 GMT -5
Very nice! You and the Pentax did a great job.
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Post by GeneW on Aug 21, 2008 19:25:27 GMT -5
Walker, these are two great shots. The Smithsonian one is dramatic!
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Post by doubs43 on Aug 22, 2008 0:14:12 GMT -5
Wayne, Gene - Thank you both. The main Smithsonian building was closed for renovations which probably increased the crowds at the other museums. We had a good time there and saw some impressive things. Among them was the Hope Diamond and a fortune in other jewels.
Walker
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 22, 2008 15:16:43 GMT -5
Walker,
Two beautiful pictures. Your granddaughter looks very pensive. She must have been impressed by that elephant. I was.
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Post by PeterW on Aug 22, 2008 18:40:50 GMT -5
Walker,
Nice pics with the Pentax. Lovely picture of Malaya, and the one of the Smithsonian museum shows the ability of the camera to deal with shadow detail.
That 'elephant' at the Smithsonian has me a little puzzled. It has the smallish ears that suggest an Asian (Indian) rather than African elephant, but they're the wrong shape, and the feet look wrong. I haven't seen that spinal ridge at the back before. The tusks look the wrong shape for it to be a species of Mammoth, even the so-called Siberian 'baby' Mammoth.
Is it, I wonder, a reconstructed ancestor of the modern (last few hundred thousand years or so) elephant ? If so, why the truncated trunk? Did you by any chance get a catalogue or brochure that says what it is?
If not, are there any natural history buffs on the forum that can shed any light? My limited knowledge on the subject is picked up from reading books with my seven-year-old (well, seven on the 31st of this month) grandson Luke who is at the moment fascinated by extinct animals and their modern descendants, if any. Of course, granddad is assumed to be the Oracle and know all the answers!
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Post by doubs43 on Aug 29, 2008 22:41:49 GMT -5
Walker, Nice pics with the Pentax. Lovely picture of Malaya, and the one of the Smithsonian museum shows the ability of the camera to deal with shadow detail. That 'elephant' at the Smithsonian has me a little puzzled. It has the smallish ears that suggest an Asian (Indian) rather than African elephant, but they're the wrong shape, and the feet look wrong. I haven't seen that spinal ridge at the back before. The tusks look the wrong shape for it to be a species of Mammoth, even the so-called Siberian 'baby' Mammoth. Is it, I wonder, a reconstructed ancestor of the modern (last few hundred thousand years or so) elephant ? If so, why the truncated trunk? Did you by any chance get a catalogue or brochure that says what it is? If not, are there any natural history buffs on the forum that can shed any light? My limited knowledge on the subject is picked up from reading books with my seven-year-old (well, seven on the 31st of this month) grandson Luke who is at the moment fascinated by extinct animals and their modern descendants, if any. Of course, granddad is assumed to be the Oracle and know all the answers! PeterW Thank you, Peter. I apologize for not answering sooner but I've been tied up and have just now looked at this thread again. I wish I had anticipated your questions about the elephant beforehand. I really don't know that much about those beautiful huge animals..... at least not enough to answer your specific questions. I was waiting outside of the Gems Room for my family and liked the view from the balcony of the elephant dominating the entrance to the museum. I used auto exposure which resulted in a slow shutter speed and obvious movement of some of the people which I think adds "life" to the picture. Here's a link to the museum's site that has a description of the elephant but doesn't answer many of your questions. I thought you'd like the picture of the explorer with the tripod mounted Rollei. www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/current.htmlWalker
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Post by daveh on Feb 9, 2012 3:11:05 GMT -5
See, it pays to visit old threads from time to time. Excellent photos. The *ist DS can take good photos even though, by modern standards, it is a lowly 6 mega pixels,
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Post by mickeyobe on Feb 9, 2012 6:19:01 GMT -5
Obviously a Republican elephant assembled by a Democrat.
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Post by daveh on Feb 13, 2012 16:23:15 GMT -5
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Post by mickeyobe on Feb 13, 2012 17:45:31 GMT -5
I hear the Republicans are assembling a Democratic a-s (donkey). Mickey
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