Digital Changeling

June 24, 2007

Stuff, also... Tired

I took over 400 pictures at the Shedd Aquarium. It's the first time I've ever filled my memory stick (and I wanted to take even more). I could have spent several hours in front of just their tetra tank. In related news, we're home now.

Also, very tired.

I will try to get the photos up some time this month. this will depend on my level of busyness and how bad the photos look once I get them on to on my computer.

posted by Eva @ 1:29 AM

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I can't wait to hear all about the aquarium!! How does it compare to Baltimore's??

:) Linda

posted by  Anonymous : 6/24/2007 10:09 PM

 

Was it also filled with shrieking children? I got the most incredible headache the last time I was there...

posted by  Vashti : 6/25/2007 11:09 AM

 

It wasn't full of so many loud children, just a heck of a lot of people. It's funny, because other than the odd head sticking in front of a tank and a few reflections, you can't see the crowds at all in my photos. (I took one picture of the upstairs reef exhibit surrounded by people.)

We had to fight to get near the displays every time and we only barely got seats at the dolphin show (by showing up 1/2 hour early). In the future I am definitely not going there on a weekend in the summer.

I would say that the Shedd was a little smaller than the National Aquarium in Baltimore. The main building of the Shedd opened around 1929 (Wikipedia claims 1930, but I think the book on the history of the aquarium that I bought in their gift shop said 1929), so the floor plan is a bit sub-optimal. The art deco decor of the old parts of the building is stunning though. I didn't take nearly enough pictures of it (I missed an awesome octopus lamp, *sigh*).

They have a much nicer marine mammal area though. I don't know when they build that part of the aquarium, but it's much newer. They have a handful of pacific white sided dolphins and several beluga whales. It was neat to see belugas again. (The national aquarium had some for a short period when I was a kid.)

I spent some time yesterday doing an initial pass on editing my photos. I think I started out with about 440 photos and cut it down to 280 by just deleting the most egregiously blurry/ugly ones. Unfortunately more editing will probably follow. I may have to give up and use Gallery or Flicker in the end, because some of the photos need multiple sizes (for the details) and I don't have a good way to do that yet.

posted by  Eva : 6/25/2007 11:22 AM

 

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