Day 189, Lingua Two, Sculpture Installed in Washington DC Convention

Day 189, Lingua Two, Sculpture Installed in Washington DC Convention Center, Jim Sanborn, originally uploaded by solostandfound.

Lingua One

Original

These two 16' tall cylinders, with waterjet cut text in Russian, Chinese, Ethiopian, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek, and Iroquois are installed in the Washington DC Convention Center. They were made by artist Jim Sanborn. They have lights inside of them that then cast the characters in light on the surrounding surfaces. I think that they make some great art for a big venue like the Convention Center. The artist, Jim Sanborn has a lot of cool versions of this idea, google him and check out his work, it is great.

I took the original shot and then played with it in Aperture to produce one and two. When I shot this, I thought that it would be conceptual in nature and a shot worth playing with. In Aperture I adjust the Highlights and Shadows and then fully turned up or down the High Tonal Width, Mid Contrast, and or Low Tonal Width. Note that the difference in the tow tweaked versions is simply that one has the high tonal width pushed all the way while the mid contrast is pushed all the way and two has the high tonal and low tonal width both pushed to zero.

Here are a few more shots that I took of these.

Thanks for Looking.
EXIF Data,

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