Caricature of Sealife

6 responses to “Caricature of Sealife”

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   jitze

   Apr 19, 2010 at 7:05 am

   I had a "Religious Knowledge" teacher in high school who looked just like this. He must have passed on a long time ago, but maybe he got re-incarnated – this is truly a remarkable likeness.

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   jurvetson

   Apr 19, 2010 at 3:42 pm

   Yes, he has a sly smile.

   

   And yes, our brain is hardwired to see these patterns. The work of Oliver Sacks on lucid hallucinations comes to mind (flickr blog):

   "There is another part of the brain which is especially activated when one sees cartoons. It’s activated when one recognizes cartoons, when one draws cartoons, and when one hallucinates them."

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   complexify.

   Apr 19, 2010 at 9:22 pm

   Great capture and I like the Doonesbury reference.

   Incidentally, do you have an underwater housing for the 5D or are you shooting through the water with a polarizer? (or I suppose you could be inside a Deepflight-type vehicle!)

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   jurvetson

   Apr 21, 2010 at 4:25 am

   The 5D II shots are above water with polarizer. The underwater shots are the Canon D10

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   complexify.

   Apr 21, 2010 at 2:23 pm

   Thanks. I’m trying to decide on an approach for some upcoming watery travels (new camera or housing). Your D10 photo of the turtle is great.

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   jurvetson

   Apr 21, 2010 at 3:44 pm

   While I have not tried a housing, the D10 is not much more expensive than a good housing, and you get the benefits of compactness, ruggedness (for the beach), and a good macro zoom too. It even took good shots at full telephoto.

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