On every walk I take there must be something to study of nature…I think a man can never finish these studies and is never too old to learn from nature. *
Off I went to Cambridge (MA) yesterday. The major motivator (answering the question, “why yesterday?”) was this book-signing event, but it seemed like a perfect opportunity for a two-fer – and so it was. I spent the morning at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Peabody Museum before braving the crowds of Harvard Square and meeting Chris Onstad.
I took so many pictures that I’m going to post them in batches, First batch – glass sea creatures created by the father and son team of Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka. The Blaschkas are probably best known for their glass flowers, but I thought I’d start with anemones of the oceanic persuasion. Modeling transparent/translucent bodies of marine inverts in glass is a perfect match of material and subject.
A blanket mea culpa for all the HMNH photos – I think the museum uses extra-reflective glass for the front of their cases. You’ll see a lot of odd angles – that’s me trying to minimize reflection – and a lot of reflection that I couldn’t avoid.
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For the whole set (not a slideshow) click here.
These are wonderful images. Thanks for posting. The exhibition of Sea Creatures in Glass will be up through March 1, 2009, at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, just a six/seven minute walk from the Harvard Square Red Line T stop.. 26 Oxford Street.
New England folks – GET DOWN THERE!
JP Been to HMNH allot and have taken many pic’s I found if you use a red eye flash setting (the one where it fire’s it a split second before it takes the photo) and you hold the camera a little above where you want your shot and point the camera down you don’t tend to get so much reflection.. With the sad Seeing your pics really makes me want to get back down thier..How was their color’s of life exhibit???
Brian