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Copyright: Thor Thor (thor68) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 412 W: 117 N: 762] (4536)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-06-16
Categories: Daily Life, Humorous
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM, Sandisk Ultra II 2GB, Hoya 77mm Skylight
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/50 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-10-18 1:29
Viewed: 670
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I admit not a very good shot, it looks tilted (which i
think is not because the statue looks straight, must be
the perspective), grainy from the ISO1600 (a little
noise reduction with NeatImage was done though), but it
makes me smile every time i see it.

This was taken inside the National Archaeological
Museum of Athens in the basement on the way to the
toilets and a very nice garden.

I guess they just have too many artifacts and needed the space for the scuplture.

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The National Archaeological Museum of Athens houses
some of the most important artifacts from a variety of
archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory
to late antiquity. It is considered one of the great
museums in the world and contains the richest
collection of artifacts from the Greek antiquity
worldwide. It is situated in the Exarhia area in
central Athens between the streets Epirus, Bouboulina
and Tositsa while its entrance is on the Patission
Avenue adjacent to the historical building of the Athens Polytechnic.

The current location was proposed and the construction
of the museum's building began in 1866 and was
completed in 1889 using funds from the Greek
Government, the Greek Archaeological Society and the society of Mycenae.

The museum has an imposing neo-classical design which
was very popular in Europe at the time and is in full
accordance with the classical style artifacts that it
houses. The initial plan was conceived by the architect
Ludwig Lange and it was later modified by Panages
Kalkos who was the main architect, Harmodios Vlachos
and Ernst Ziller. At the front of the museum there is a
large neo-classic design garden which is decorated with sculptures.

[from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens]

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Aufnahmedatum/-zeit 16.06.2007 08:56:57
Aufnahmemodus P (Programmautomatik)
Tv (Verschlusszeit) 1/50
Av (Blendenzahl) 5.0
Messmodus Mehrfeldmessung
Belichtungskorrektur 0
Filmempfindlichkeit (ISO) 1600
Objektiv EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Brennweite 17.0 mm
Bildgröße 3888x2592
Bildqualität Fein
Blitz Aus
Weißabgleich Man. Weißabgl
AF-Betriebsart One-Shot AF
Bildstil Anw. Def. 2(Standard)
Schärfe 2
Kontrast 1
Farbsättigung 1
Farbton 1
Farbraum sRGB
Rauschminderung Automatisch
Dateigröße 4828 KB
Transportart Reihenbild-Aufnahme
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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2847 W: 263 N: 5947] (23588)
  • [2007-10-18 3:45]

Okay -- it is definitely tilted and that is very easy to fix!
But it is a very funny shot!!
Priceless! -- may I suggest you correct the tilt and repost? Because this deserves :D!!
TFS
silke

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  • ose Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 508 W: 0 N: 18] (5420)
  • [2007-10-18 5:26]

Hi Thorsten
Well seen and captured. Phone man.Great shot and colors in 1600 ISO
Well done my friend

osse

Funny and interesting pic. I think Silke said it right the pic is priceless. TFs
Christan

Hallo Thor
Deine fotos sind prima .....

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2498 W: 56 N: 3862] (17484)
  • [2007-10-18 14:49]

Hallo Thorsten,
Ein wunderbares Photo mein Freund!
Sehr dynamische Komposition , gutes Licht . Herrlich gemacht.
Gruß.
Janusz

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  • sela Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 479 W: 1 N: 472] (3756)
  • [2007-10-19 9:20]

Toller Anblick. Was es so alles gibt auf dem Weg zu den Toiletten in Griechenlad. Wirklich ein Kunstwerk. Schöne Aufnahme.
LG Rose

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  • k-2 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 632 W: 13 N: 491] (3541)
  • [2007-10-19 13:33]

Humourous. TFS. K2

That is a totally cool capture! I just love it, and the title! Little trivia: there are traces of paint seen in the hair. Greek marbles were painted originally, but little of it can be seen after all this time.
For the tilt: I did a WS, check it out here, hope you like it.
Cheers
Otto

Great ! Very funny Thorsten.
Special " composition ".
Did you make other ones : different POV ?

Greetz

Jan

Thorsten, this is a funny scene indeed and you captured it well. The tilt is part tilt, part lens distortion because you shot at close range (17mm). I also see you used manual white balance here, and to me the white balance is off here. I tried to correct that in a quick ws.
A magnificent statue, isn't it? A pity they tuck it away between the phones...
TFS

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