This thing is enormous. In grinds and churns as it follows the sun. The metallic petals flex and bend with the light as the sun sweeps across the sky. I had never seen anything like it in my life.
It sits in a park and public walking area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. I walked around it for a while to get a good angle of the monster. My tripod was stuck in customs, so I had to do this one handheld… and do my best to keep the camera as stead as a T-1000.
In less than 24 hours, I will endeavor to introduce a new type of photography to you guys. I don’t have a name for it. It’s experimental. You’ll have to help me come up with a good name for the technique. People that get the Newsletter (it’s free!) will get a sneak peak tomorrow a little early.
October 13th, 2009 00:41 | Facebook User
Makes me want to jump on a plane and visit the location ASAP
Breathtaking and fantastic
Maurice
October 13th, 2009 00:43 | Scott
Wow! Love those colors and beautiful processing. Got the hands of a trained marksman
October 13th, 2009 00:57 | Stuck In Customs
Hehe thanks yes… sniper-hands!
October 13th, 2009 01:26 | Eric W
Whoah, that’s incredibly cool! The sharpness there is just fantastic!
October 13th, 2009 03:27 | Trevor Driscoll
I very excited to hear about your new type of photography. You photos continue to blow me away everyday!
October 13th, 2009 03:41 | Mark Daams
Awesome picture. I don’t know why but it really stand out. Great subject. One of your best photos I think.
October 13th, 2009 03:57 | Mike Diblicek
Hi Trey,
FANSASTIC great photo, anda s Eric D says super sharp image.
Looking forward to the newsletter tommorow.
All the best
Mike
October 13th, 2009 04:24 | momoc blog
I thought this kind of things we can see it Japan…but argentina also have this kind robo thing. I remind me of transformer. The photo, ss usual very clean and quality HDR.
October 13th, 2009 04:39 | Timo
Incredible!
This is one of your best. Almost like in a science-fiction movie.
I am expecting a spacecraft to appear in the sky any minute.
A new type of photography? You know how to build up some tension! Can’t wait.
October 13th, 2009 05:42 | Alan Kesselhaut
Great shot. Looking forward to the new intro.
October 13th, 2009 06:57 | Dale Martin
Nice photo!!! I signed up for the newsletter, but never get it.
October 13th, 2009 07:01 | Michael S. / MDSimages
Very very cool! I dont remember all the trees and shrubs around there. That blows my shots of that thing away! Love the PS lighting treatment on the foreground greenery too
October 13th, 2009 07:29 | Scotty Graham
That thing is unreal…what a sight! Very cool, Trey!
October 13th, 2009 07:59 | Brad Truxell
Very nice shot. Super sharp for doing it handheld. Nice job
October 13th, 2009 10:10 | Sathya Sayee
Trey, After a long time I am posting a comment and felt the perfect need to do so. This picture is one of its kind to say so.
I am reminded of your old processing of the times square when I see this picture. Stunning Image.
October 13th, 2009 10:24 | Stuck In Customs
Thanks all!
Michael – yes – there is a lot of greenery there but I had to get low to get it all.
Sathya – thanks mate!
October 13th, 2009 10:33 | casusan
Oh wowee! Super fantastic shot – I’ve never seen anything like this either!
October 13th, 2009 13:16 | The Giant Robot of Buenos Aires « Gonna Be a Bright, Bright Cloudy Day
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October 13th, 2009 14:48 | Facebook User
Hi Trey,
This is truly a brilliant capture!!! Your photography never ceases to amaze me.
Can you share more about this solar flower? Is it simply art?
Thanks for bring the far reaches of the world onto my computer screen.
“Sunshine”
October 13th, 2009 15:02 | Jill Baxter
Fantastic! Does it have a purpose?. . . other than art? I would love to be there in person, but your photos are certainly the next best thing to actually being in the moment.
October 13th, 2009 15:46 | Stuck In Customs
Thanks!
Yes – it is a real solar power collector. I don’t think it’s all that efficient.. ! hehe… mostly art
October 13th, 2009 16:09 | Tuomas Leppänen
Stunning, like from scifi series of some sort.
Btw Trey, I added link to my site to your HDR tutorial, hope you dont mind. (It wont generate much traffic as it just went live but maybe sometime)
Btw your categories have number of posts related to them, which wp plugin (Im assuming that you use plugin) enables that?
October 13th, 2009 16:46 | Richard Uchytil
This is really beautiful! I searched the web and found a “normal” photo of it. That photo makes it look boring, blah, whatever. Yours makes it jump out and smack me in the face saying, “Look at how awesome I am!” Fantastic job!!!!!!
October 13th, 2009 17:23 | Kiran
Simply breath-taking! I want to go to Argentina! Now!
October 14th, 2009 10:50 | Argos
Excellent shot of an amazing subject! OK, now Buenos Aires is on my “bucket list”…
October 14th, 2009 17:18 | Jacques G (aka fotofreq)
Wow! What a fantastic image. Very nice capture and superbly processed! Instant fav.
October 17th, 2009 23:25 | Bry Shane
Totally cool!
October 20th, 2009 17:42 | Facebook User
I love this sculpture and your treatment of it. Well done. If you ever come back to Buenos Aires – look me up! Cheers from a recent follower (thanks to Creative Commons on FB linking your blog).