Monday, January 25, 2010

Avoid the 6-bull pileup on the inbound I-90

Over the weekend, our town hosted its 24th annual snow-sculpting competition. Contestants finished just in time to have their work judged before the spitting rain began pitting their work.

Is there anything more masculine than a bull? How about a buffalo bull? How about a whole pile of buffalo bulls?? Come to think of it, I'll bet Buffalo Bill was considered pretty manly in his day, as well.

Shutter: 1/250, f/5.6, ISO 200, 39mm RAW, handheld. Tweaked the exposure in PS RAW editor, desaturated to convert to B&W (which it mostly was, anyway, due to gray-white sky and snow). Bumped the clarity slider to bring out the grain from the carving tools.


7 comments:

  1. Now this is pure talent..isn't it sad when these melt after the artists take so much time to construct them?? I have never seen snow sculptures like this, so this is a real treat!

    Hope you had a wonderful birthday yesterday! :)

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  2. What an interesting event you have snapped. Never seen such a pile of bull! Good job on the photo.
    A day late Happy Birthday to you.
    John

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  3. I have been accused of speaking a load of that on occasions but, never seen it depicted in Snow before, great take.

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  4. They must have sculpted that one just for your theme!! Great capture!!

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  5. Very cool! I love your title too. LOL on John's comment too. Good choice on the processing!

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  6. A great photo. I love all of the detail that you included in the sculpture, and that had to be difficult. It's a shame that it's all going to melt.

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  7. What a cool thing! Nicely done and a fine title once again.

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