December 17 2004: Martian by Night by Ray :)


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I love our town’s piece of urban art, and I’ve been longing to publish a night shot of it, having tried a rough in my point and shoot in my pre Rebel days. Here, the glow of the street lamps make it this haunting golden hue, as in real life it is polished metal.

You can see my other shots of this sculpture
http://www.pbase.com/clickaway/image/23798387

http://www.pbase.com/clickaway/image/23455963

http://www.pbase.com/clickaway/image/29155246

Photoshop:
Cropped and Resized
Framed using # 000000

On December 17 last year; ‘100 Years’

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
2s f/4.0 at 20.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

photo and copyright: Ray Pettit

Ric Yates		07-Mar-2005 19:23
Great shot Ray, thanks for sending me the link!

Robin Reid		18-Dec-2004 23:52
I like the sharpness and color and clean background. Fascianting sculpture.

Dane		18-Dec-2004 06:08
Great shot of a strange looking sculpture.

Adalberto Tiburzi		18-Dec-2004 05:57
Never seen a so beautiful Martian!

Gayle P. Clement		18-Dec-2004 03:30
It does look like something from another planet. I love that rich golden glow.

Jude Marion		18-Dec-2004 02:23
What a funky sculpture ... I really like the gorgeous golden light it assumes at night! Great catch!

snootydog		18-Dec-2004 01:40
Of course, you wouldn't exactly know whether he's been on american talk shows I suppose.

snootydog		18-Dec-2004 01:40
Its funny you should mention this Ray... I saw your pad earlier and started to write a comment on it but got distracted somehow. I thought it had a very "war of the worlds" feel about it and now that I have looked through all your versions of it I see that you did indeed mention it. Thanks for dropping by my pad to tell me about it. What an interesting sculpture and I like your night treatment of it. Its amazing to have that thing lording over your town! You mentioned in one of your other posts of this creature that the movie was slated for release later this year. That's exactly what I thought too. I was so surprised to see them still filming it. Seems to me that I have seen Tom Cruise on talk shows plugging it, no?

jude		18-Dec-2004 00:51
Wow... very unusual piece of sculpture.. I thought it was a macro of an icky bug..LOL. i love all the shots though.. Very well done