#48 inside a giant 'camera'

CaiusMartiusCaiusMartius Registered Users Posts: 136 Major grins
edited April 16, 2010 in The Dgrin Challenges
This is a shot taken of the concrete floor in the Cloud Room near the NC Museum of Art. There is a quarter sized hole cut in the ceiling that focuses a crude image on the floor and walls. (The entire structure works like a pinhole camera.) I took a 30 sec exposure and was amazed at how much color information came out.

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  • CaiusMartiusCaiusMartius Registered Users Posts: 136 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2010
    Here is a shot of the cloud room.

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  • Wil DavisWil Davis Registered Users Posts: 1,692 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2010
    Very neat!

    A real Camera Obscura…

    Thanks for sharing!

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  • alexfalexf Registered Users Posts: 436 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2010
    Interesting concept. Nice too!
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  • dave6253dave6253 Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2010
    That's a creative idea. Nice shot.
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  • DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2010
    I wonder if the wife would mind me making a hole in our roof. hmmmmm
    We have a huge oak over our house.
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  • silversx80silversx80 Registered Users Posts: 604 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2010
    Interesting in how many times I've been to the NC museums and have not seen this little gem. Awesome idea, by the way, and the angle of the camera to the floor adds an extra something to the shot.
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  • CaiusMartiusCaiusMartius Registered Users Posts: 136 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2010
    silversx80 wrote:
    Interesting in how many times I've been to the NC museums and have not seen this little gem. Awesome idea, by the way, and the angle of the camera to the floor adds an extra something to the shot.

    I live 25 minutes from there and never knew about it either. There is a trail off to the side of the museum. Part of it is paved and another part is not. The part that is not goes off into the worlds will lead you to the Cloud Room.
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  • karlabbottkarlabbott Registered Users Posts: 401 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2010
    CaiusMartius wrote:
    I live 25 minutes from there and never knew about it either. There is a trail off to the side of the museum. Part of it is paved and another part is not. The part that is not goes off into the worlds will lead you to the Cloud Room.

    The door to this chamber was used as an entry in a recent challenge too. I've only been once, but it is a very neat and slightly out of the way art installment to get to.

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  • tinamarie52tinamarie52 Registered Users Posts: 954 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2010
    WOW! so many of you are in my backyard! let's have a shoot someday!

    I, too, am a stranger to the cloud room. I'll have to check it out this weekend. Nice find!

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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2010
    Great idea. Neat shot.

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  • PupWebPupWeb Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2010
    Never knew this was there
    I have lived in Wake County all my life and never new this was at there. Guess where I'll be going in a few weeks?
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  • travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2010
    Very nice and clever idea! :D
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