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The Bean


The Bean
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Copyright: Carl Morrison (moknowsphotos) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 10] (118)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-09-16
Categories: Artwork
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-02-10 20:47
Viewed: 164
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Cloud Gate -- referred to by locals as "The Bean", for obvious reasons -- is a public sculpture by talented British artist Anish Kapoor. Cloud Gate weighs in at over 110-tons, and is 66 feet long and 33 feet high. "The Bean" was created using a huge number of individual stainless steel plates -- Cloud Gate's seamless surface is the result of thousands of hours of polishing.

The sculpture has the appearance of a giant drop of liquid mercury, and the mirrored surface offers an amazing reflection of the city skyline, even more breathtaking on a bright, clear day. Visitors can walk underneath the Cloud Gate, which is surprisingly concave. Kids especially enjoy the fun house mirror effect that this creates.

Cloud Gate is quickly becoming one of the more popular photo opportunities in the city. In 2005, the City of Chicago tried an ill-fated attempt at requiring permits to photograph the sculpture -- a move that was soon rescinded to the delight of shutterbugs everywhere
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Wonderfull Presentation..
the contrast in colors of sky reflected in the bean and that of original is really looking great..
nicely composed picture..
take care regards
nipun

Hi Carl
How are you?
The whole city in a little capsule, amazing shot carl, Beautiful composition..
Well done and Keep it up n up My Best wishes, are always with you.
Regards,
M. Latif

Carl, a good capture of the oft-photographed bean! Good reflection of the cityscape, and nice to have a cloudless day. I wonder whose job it is to clean this thing - and how they do it!! Obviously it wouldn't be very attractive if it wasn't kept clean.
Trudy

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