Monday, March 26, 2007
I'm a gamer, Jim. Not a photographer.
As promised here are a few more photos from the World Ice Art Championship.
Such as they are.
A few of them turned out. Most turned out more blurry than this:
You can at least tell this is a shark.
I shall relegate myself to daytime photography in the future.
Here are the ones that turned out.
This one had a snake rising from a basket on the rear hump. Saw a picture with the snake on a blog, or in the newspaper earlier in the month. It had shattered before I got there.
This Rushmore imitation depicts some Alaskans of note. None of whom would be familiar to most of my readers.
I should note that these photos are just a few of the pieces of art on display. I only took a picture of every 3rd or 4th sculpture, and only posted a few of those. Many of the sculptures are rather abstract. Good, but abstract. Those don't really interest me.
Others are so big and involved that it is hard to take a picture of more than a corner of the piece and still retain high enough resolution, such as this:
Such as they are.
A few of them turned out. Most turned out more blurry than this:
You can at least tell this is a shark.
I shall relegate myself to daytime photography in the future.
Here are the ones that turned out.
This one had a snake rising from a basket on the rear hump. Saw a picture with the snake on a blog, or in the newspaper earlier in the month. It had shattered before I got there.
This Rushmore imitation depicts some Alaskans of note. None of whom would be familiar to most of my readers.
I should note that these photos are just a few of the pieces of art on display. I only took a picture of every 3rd or 4th sculpture, and only posted a few of those. Many of the sculptures are rather abstract. Good, but abstract. Those don't really interest me.
Others are so big and involved that it is hard to take a picture of more than a corner of the piece and still retain high enough resolution, such as this: