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Foucault Pendulum
Foucault Pendulum
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA
Date: Jun 10, 2010
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 50
Shutter: 6 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Blur
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2010

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Comments: 5
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Griffith Observatory



The blur is the pendulum. The exposure captured one swind. I started the exposure when it was at the far right.

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06/13/2010 02:57:49 PM
For any other challenge, I'd say sure, go for it. But since it's for the playoffs, I'd have to nix it. Even with your description, I'm hard pressed to see the LE and I'm sure the voters would be happy to score it low since it's not readily apparent.
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06/11/2010 11:24:29 AM
Love it (really), but it's hard to identify the motion capture... if it is the pendulum, maybe it would be more evident by rotating the photo to portrait view? Just a thought.
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06/11/2010 11:21:03 AM
haha - gonna show my geeky side - we actually discussed this in physics class. I'm still trying to find a good way to explain the logic behind this. I should ask Lev... :D

I love it but most people are not gonna get it :(
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06/11/2010 10:01:24 AM
LevT is right -- I think I get what's going on in the shot, but I'm not sure (I was a history major). Is that ghostly "tube" the pendulum?

Awesome b&w. Elegant composition.
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06/11/2010 01:31:22 AM
very interesting geometry. but very few will realize the long exposure aspect
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