Visit at the science museum

[Mihai Costea]

Last weekend my daughter told us she wants to see the “Human body …” exhibition at the Ontario Science Museum. Disturbing stuff. Well she took her anatomy book and looked at this from the medical student perspective. No doubt she will learn a thing or two. As for my wife, and me we could not find the fun or the art message in the skinned posing bodies so I took one of my old cameras out for a ride. We went in to see the other section the actual “science museum”. Old stuff but good for educational purposes. I took couple of shots inside with the “yellow” cured Super Takumar 1:1.4/ F50mm. Good and reliable performers, both the camera and the lens. Film APX100 souped in Rodinal 1:50.
Cheers

[Mihai Costea]

Forgot to mention. First shot is called "Precision" and the second "The beginning".

[Jim Evans]

Wow, these are really amazing.  I really like the first one.  Very mechanical.   Very Cool!  


Jim

[connealy]

Nice stuff; great combination of film, camera and developer.  For some reason I have almost exclusively shot color in my old Pentax; I guess I will have to feed it some fine-grained b&w.

[sandeha]

First class.  Tripod allowed in the museum, or exceptionally steady hand?

[Major Black]

Great images! Bravo!

Better than dead naked people even!
 

[Mike Kovacs]

Mihai, these are both first-rate shots!  I'd like to go see that exhibit too, as I'm also not the squeamish type.  I hear the pregnant woman is a little unsettling though.

I'm going to guess handheld, unless Mihai found a replacement for his lost tripod.

[nelsonfoto]

I, too, would love to see that exhibit... would love to spend a year working with Joel Peter Witkin too, so... maybe Im just sick.

[NancyB]

Mihai, those are amazing.  I've been going to the Science Centre since I was a kid, but I never thought to bring a camera.  Well, next time I will!  As for the Human Body exhibit, I'm not squeamish, but something about it is, as Mike K. said, unsettling.

Mihai, what is that in The Beginning photo?

Nancy

[Major Black]

I, too, would love to see that exhibit... would love to spend a year working with Joel Peter Witkin too, so... maybe Im just sick.

Maybe?

 :wink:

I admire JPW's work. He is heavily imitated but never duplicated.

[connealy]

I shot this very large sculpture in mid-town Manhattan with my little Vito II last May.  Sounds a bit like the exhibit in question, though I suppose the statue was done in the name of Art rather than Science.  I thought it fit right in among the the surrounding skyscrapers, but I suppose that even in NYC it was somewhat controversial.

[Mihai Costea]

Thank you all. You’re very kind.
Mike, you are correct, both shots are hand-held but for the second I leaned the camera against the doorframe. Yes, I managed to buy myself a brand new tripod but never considered taking it in the museum (In Dec 2005 I had my 10th year anniversary with the company where I work so they showed some gratitude in the form of a bonus. Same day at lunchtime I went to the photo store looking for my tripod. Good things still happen…).
Stupid me, I also forgot to mention the camera used; well since my Spotmatic got ill (mirror not returning for the long exposure time) I took my Fujica ST605. Here is a picture of the camera with her original lens.






Nancy, this was my first time at the Science Center and I was not sure what to expect. This is when I always carry a camera with me. “The beginning” is a shot of the electrostatic sphere, where you put your hand on the glass and the sphere extends miniature lightning connecting the center with various random points on the glass.
Fascinating toy to look at. I spent some time there bracketing from 1/15 up to 1 sec.
Best shot was at 1 sec/ F1.4 holding my breath. I’m glad you liked it.

[Jordan]

The Ontario Science Centre is a great place. But I haven't been there in years. Mihai, I'm really impressed that you were able to pull those shots off, handheld, with ISO 100 film. Very nice!