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The Met Museam in NYC :

The Met Museam in NYC

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Updated: Oct 25, 2009 5:14pm PST

British Museum GF1 : Exhibits from The British Museum  http://www.britishmuseum.org/

These pictures were taken with a Panasonic GF1 camera with the 14-45mm lens

British Museum GF1

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Exhibits from The British Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/ Thes ...

Updated: Oct 25, 2009 1:19am PST

Los Angeles Maritime Museum : <font size=3pt face='times' color=seagreen>The Los Angeles Maritime Museum creates an awareness and appreciation of the maritime history of coastal California, with an emphasis on the people and institutions of the port city of Los Angeles. The Museum is located in the 1941 Municipal Ferry Terminal, now on the National Register of Historic Places. From 1941-1963, a ferry system transported thousands of passengers to the canneries and military bases on Terminal Island, where they could also make connections to neighboring cities and towns.  http://www.lamaritimemuseum.org/

In this location, I used the Nikon D300 and the Nikon 14-24 F/2.8</font>

Los Angeles Maritime Museum

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The Los Angeles Maritime Museum creates an awareness and appreciation ...

Updated: Sep 19, 2009 12:20pm PST

Gene Autry Museum of the American West : <font size=3pt face='times' color=seagreen>The Museum of the American West provides learning opportunities for all people by exploring the myths and realities of the American West and its diverse populations. The museum enhances the understanding of the present by collecting, preserving, and interpreting objects and art, making connections between people today and those who have shaped the past.  (http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/) In this location, I used the Nikon D300 and the Nikon 14-24 f/2.8, an exceptional lens for low-light conditions  and no flash.  

How dark was it inside?  There were some places where I could not see well enough to walk-around.  How was this lens able to even take pictures? I have no idea.  I know from my film days of 50mm f/1.4, that I could not take these pictures, in the dark, without resting the camera and even then, I felt very lucky if any pictures, other than black, came out.  I was able to shoot all the pictures handheld and without any kind of support. The shoot also presented unique challenges – reflections from the acrylic type of “glass” from the displays.  It reflected everything, but it was worse.  Many of displays were next or facing each other.  Therefore, they reproduced reflection of reflections of reflections…It was like having two mirrors facing each other and the infinite amount of reflections you get. The easy solution would have been to press the lens against the glass.  However, that will never happen with the 14-24 with its exposed bulbous front element.  One good thing, though.  I did not have the same problems with noise as I did in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  I had some, but it was easily managed by Capture NX 2, Lightroom 2, or both – no Noise Ninja, this time. </font>

Gene Autry Museum of the American West

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The Museum of the American West provides learning opportunities for al ...

Updated: Sep 19, 2009 12:10pm PST

Los Angeles County Museum of Art : <font size=3pt face='times' color=seagreen>With 100,000 objects dating from ancient times to the present, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States. LACMA’s seven-building complex is located on twenty acres in the heart of Los Angeles, halfway between the ocean and downtown. The campus is undergoing a ten-year expansion and renovation known as the Transformation.  LACMA’s collections encompass the geographic world and virtually the entire history of art. Among the museum’s special strengths are its holdings of Asian art, Pavilion for Japanese Art; Latin American art, ranging from pre-Columbian masterpieces to works by leading modern and contemporary artists including Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and José Clemente Orozco, and Islamic art, of which LACMA hosts one of the most significant collections in the world.  ( http://www.lacma.org/  ) In this location I used the Nikon D300 and the Nikon 14-24 f/2.8 </font>

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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With 100,000 objects dating from ancient times to the present, the Los ...

Updated: Sep 19, 2009 12:08pm PST

Brookgreen Gardens : 8/17/09 - Myrtle Beach, SC

Brookgreen Gardens is a non-profit outdoor museum.  It includes a sculpture garden, walking trails, zoo, and gardens.

Brookgreen Gardens

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8/17/09 - Myrtle Beach, SC Brookgreen Gardens is a non-profit outdo ...

Updated: Aug 18, 2009 7:24am PST

Hunterian Museum : Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland  http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/ located within the University of Glasgow

Hunterian Museum

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Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/ lo ...

Updated: Jul 23, 2009 12:44pm PST

The Smithsonian Museums & Artifacts : Photographs of the Museum buildings and some of their contents.

The Smithsonian Museums & Artifacts

SilentEcho

Photographs of the Museum buildings and some of their contents.

Updated: Jul 09, 2009 5:00pm PST

Victoria and Albert Museum : Victoria and Albert Museum  http://www.vam.ac.uk South Kensington London UK

- Panasonic LX3 using P or IA mode
- Handheld with OIS
- No image processing, these are straight from the camera

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Victoria and Albert Museum http://www.vam.ac.uk South Kensington Londo ...

Updated: Jul 08, 2009 12:17pm PST

Valley of the kings - Inside the chambers 06/2009 : The curse of the pharaohs? May be.
With guards protecting the sacred sites, I paid over 50 Euros in bribes (US $ 70) to take pictures inside the tombs.  But I failed to notice that I changed the settings of my silently operating small digital Canon camera, hence most images turned out to be black.
Enjoy what turned out to be ok.

Valley of the kings - Inside the cham...

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The curse of the pharaohs? May be. With guards protecting the sacred s ...

Updated: Jul 08, 2009 12:55am PST