Saturday, December 19, 2009

Non-negative photos, pt. 10 of 10 (Columns at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art)







The Nelson-Atkins is one of my favorite places in the world.

After I noted the remarkable reflectivity of the marble columns, I knew I'd want to capture the skylights in their reflection. The last two photos are images of different columns, obviously. The color one is untouched, and I converted it to black and white. The last picture is, I think, a little sad, but all in all I must pat myself on the back and say I did find a fair number of non-negative photos to close out the year.

I may post a few times yet in 2009, but all the remainder will be coda for me.

Peace out, brothers and sisters.

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Yo, so several of you seem to like these pics. I'm so glad. I never know with any confidence which ones will be pleasing and which ones will just prompt ye olde' eyeball central eye roll. Glad these were winners. A pleasant surprise for me.

8 comments:

Unknown said...

ooooh... me like!
esp. top marble one. It's an new fave.

Mike Bailey said...

Claudia: thank you...

Julie: thank you very much

Susan Hasbrouck said...

It's all great... window shadows, column shadows, people shadows. You got dem shadow shots down! I'd say you ended the positive on a high.

Mike Bailey said...

JC: I got dem shadows down? Really? Really really??

Awwww...you know I'm a sucker for such flattery. Thanks, you. And thank, yo.

Technoprairie said...

Wow! I really like the windows reflected in the columns. I never would have thought to shoot it like that. You just have a great way of looking at regular things and seeing something amazing in them.

Mike Bailey said...

Technoprairie: "You just have a great way of looking at regular things and seeing something amazing in them." That's about as nice a compliment as I could get.

Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Those are fantastic. Great job!

Mike Bailey said...

Thanks, anonymous!