We had a fine meet-up with the ever-quotable Bob W. and Chris & Karin
Mitchell last night. Started with some nice Belgian ale at a pub noted
for its, well, nice Belgian ale, then went to dinner at a sort of hip,
fusion restaurant.
Earlier in the day, Lisa and I took in the Wildlife Photographer of the
Year exhibit at the Natural History Museum. Some amazing photography on
display there, as usual. One of the shots in the "Urban" category was
of... cormorants! Shockingly, it wasn't taken with a Pentax. How
inappropriate. In terms of equipment, I noted that two of the 100 photos
in the exhibit were taken on medium format digital, one with a GoPro (in
the "Time Lapse" category), one with a Panasonic compact (it was
inserted into a carcass to take shots of vultures by remote control!)
and all the rest were Canikon variations (about half a dozen APS-C and
the rest - the vast majority of the exhibit - full-frame; interestingly,
there didn't seem to be any mirrorless cameras represented). I was very
curious about how the judging was done, how many judges there were and
what criteria they used. With over 42,000 entries this year I expect
there must have been some kind of initial filtering before the four main
judges chose the 100 winners but no one could tell me the specifics. It
also seemed to me that the scientific significance of the images
captured must have counted in the judges' ranking as some category
winners were clearly not the best from an artistic standpoint, but again
no one could clarify that for me. Still a great exhibit.
We also visited the Hunterian Museum of fascinating/gruesome medical
specimens where Lisa found several misdiagnosed bone tumors (and is
setting about getting them corrected, of course). They don't allow
photography in there which is a pity because I think it would be
fascinating to get pictures of people observing the specimens on display.
Today we'll be hitting some more book shops and perhaps another medical
museum, followed by a classical concert at St. Martin in the Fields
tonight. Then on Sunday we're off to Oxford for the day to meet up with
Cotty the soon-to-be hat eater.
More later.
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