sibelius monument II

Posted by
Darkelf Photography (Perth, Australia) on 1 September 2011 in Art & Design.

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this is the second part of the Sibelius Monument in Helsinki... this sculpture consists of series of more than 600 hollow steel pipes welded together in a wave-like pattern... the purpose of the artist was to capture the essence of the music of Sibelius... it is certainly something very different and creative...

Canon EOS 400D 1/400 second F/8.0 ISO 200 28 mm

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Comments (21)

Heinz from Hamm, Germany

sehr feines SW.

1 Sep 2011 11:51am

SILV3R WOLF from Iran

realy nice...
well done!

1 Sep 2011 1:52pm

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Marvelous b&w tones - a most beautiful monument.

1 Sep 2011 1:53pm

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Quel monument et compo superbe quel rendu et image, très bien vu

1 Sep 2011 2:44pm

Visualaccent from somewhere in the, United States

Very nice object and well captured. A lot of details on the front and great "cut of" against the sky. Did you take this picture as a B&W or as a color and than converted to B&W?

1 Sep 2011 4:38pm

@Visualaccent: hello! when i took this shot it was almost b&w as it was a gloomy day and the colours were very muted, however, i did indeed convert it to full b&w in post processing where i also increased the contrast to get as much definition to the fine details as possible...

Tomek from Poznań, Poland

Fantastic B&W. Excellent contrast and tones of gray.

1 Sep 2011 6:53pm

Twojays from South Central Montana, United States

Amazing feat of balance. To me, it does look like a musical cord or a stanza of melody, of flutes, and horns or organ of course, put to physical interpretation. Great Sculpture, and appropriate choice for B&W I think. the dark & light are well balanced. Neat frame.

1 Sep 2011 9:48pm

Gary from Cochise County, United States

Wow, that's pretty impressive. The tones are gorgeous. Well done.

1 Sep 2011 11:25pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

very nice

2 Sep 2011 1:21am

Jules from Drayton, United Kingdom

a superb b&w image with superb detail and tones - curious to know whether any notes/sounds are created when wind blows across it

2 Sep 2011 2:40am

@Jules: hello Jules! no, at least when i was there i did not detect any sounds coming from the sculpture...

THeoF from Emden, Germany

interesting work of art - great b&w image, well done

2 Sep 2011 3:09am

Bill Brown from California, United States

A very interesting piece of work well captured in b&w!

2 Sep 2011 4:53am

Didier DE ZAN from somewhere, France

Very nice BW

2 Sep 2011 5:29am

maximage from Mase, Switzerland

An interesting place with a wonderful sculpture. Good and interesting document.

2 Sep 2011 9:24am

janina from Melbourne, Australia

Yes, I like it too...great as a b+w. Good one! ^)^

2 Sep 2011 10:17am

mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland

An Interesting sculpture! Superb detail and tones!

2 Sep 2011 10:58am

alireza from andishe, Iran

Poetic and visionary space

3 Sep 2011 4:05am

dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States

super trippy sculpture! good to see you processing in black and white!!! do you have Nik Software? check it out -- a faaabulous plug in for photoshop -- but can be used alone as well!!

7 Sep 2011 12:55am