Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Adam: I visited that aquarium in the summer of 1968... was very impressed with it even then before it grew. - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Adam Bridge wrote: > > On 3/29/03 Jim Hemenway wrote: > > >Adam: > > > >So much more compelling if you had shot them in color. > > I have images taken with the D30 that are in color. But because there isn't a > whole heck of a lot of light (I was shooting wide-open and pretty slow as I > recall) the images aren't as crisp as these. The jellys are moving and shooting > at less than 1/60th would be blurry I think. > > For me the shading of values is what works for me. > > For those who haven't been there - the Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the great > American treasures. The original part of the aquarium has the kelp forest > exhibit which is two stories high with wave motion. And then there is the > Monterey Bay tank that is even bigger. > > A few years ago they opened a new annex called the Outer Bay that allows the > display of pelagic fishes like albecore and ocean sunfish. The room with the > jellys is located off this exhibit. It's all quite dark with this wonderful > illumination that flows through the tanks from above. > > David Packard of HP put in about 30 million or so of his own bucks to help > finance it to support the work of his daughter, as I recall. It's money well > spent. It's an enviornment for learning that just WORKS. Lots of hands on for > the kids. > > But there are serious studies going on. In one of the surf-fishing photos I > posted you can see a long building in the distance. That's MBARI - the Monterey > Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Google 'em. > > So take your cameras, fast film, wide lenses and spend a few days at Monterey > Bay Aquarium. If you time your visit for a big "minus-tide" you can go out to > the tidal pools at Asilomar Beach and see in their native habitat what the > aquarium collects. We did that for 10 years on New Years Day and it was one of > the highlight memories for my kids. > > Thanks, everyone, for your comments and explorations with the images I posted. > > Adam Bridge > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html