This is a detail of the Sarcophagus of Harkhebi from about 600 BC. It is carved out of basalt. When it was found it was inside a limestone box at the bottom of a 50 foot pit, which was filled with sand. One gets the idea that it wasn't meant to be found, but it is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
This image pretty much requires a calibrated monitor to be fully visible. At home (calibrated) I can see the band of hieroglyphs all the way to the bottom edge of the shot, but at work (uncalibrated) most of the shot is too dark to be visible.
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This is a detail of the Sarcophagus of Harkhebi from about 600 BC. It is carved out of basalt. When it was found it was inside a limestone box at the bottom of a 50 foot pit, which was filled with sand. One gets the idea that it wasn't meant to be found, but it is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
This image pretty much requires a calibrated monitor to be fully visible. At home (calibrated) I can see the band of hieroglyphs all the way to the bottom edge of the shot, but at work (uncalibrated) most of the shot is too dark to be visible.
I can see it...all the way to the bottom...guess some nice person crept into the aprtment one night and calibrated my monitor for me!
Lovely image, Martin, and makes me want to see the coffin.
Very nice. I like how most of it is so dark toned. Lends it an air of mystery. And I like that it's vertical rather than horizontal like so much photography out there.
Ah well at least I know this monitor is properly calibrated ;o) Do you have a small turquoise artefact as well?
Hand held? Great shot in low light especially with the high ISO. I think Nikon has done a good job with their more recent cameras.
Martin: I did shoot this without a tripod. It is the least blurry of about a dozen similar shots. The lack of noise is mostly due to www.neatimage.com banishing it. The original does not look pretty.
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Lovely image, Martin, and makes me want to see the coffin.