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Friday, August 11, 2006
t a s t e . o f . e r i s
shutter speed: 1/60 secs, aperture: f/5, iso: 200, focal length: 70mm, wb: auto, af-s nikkor 18-70mm dx, kaiser 67mm uv filter, kenko extension tube, manual focus, flash fired (wireless mode) using nikon sb-800
it is recounted that zeus held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of peleus and thetis. however, eris, goddess of discord, was uninvited. angered by this snub, eris arrived at the celebration, where she threw a golden apple (the apple of discord) into the proceedings, upon which was the inscription "for the fairest one".
three goddesses claimed the apple: hera, athena and aphrodite. they asked zeus to judge which of them was fairest, and eventually zeus, reluctant to favor any claim himself, declared that paris, a phrygian mortal, would judge their cases, for he had recently shown his exemplary fairness in a contest in which ares in bull form had bested paris's own prize bull and the shepherd-prince had unhesitatingly awarded the prize to the god.
thus it happened that with hermes as their guide all three of the candidates appeared to paris on mount ida, in the climactic moment that is the crux of the tale. after bathing in the spring of ida, each attempted with her powers to bribe paris; hera offered to make him king of europe and asia, athena offered wisdom and skill in war, and aphrodite, offered the love of the world's most beautiful woman, helen of sparta, wife of the greek king menelaus. paris accepted Aphrodite's gift and awarded the apple to her, receiving helen as well as the enmity of the greeks and especially of hera. the greeks' expedition to retrieve helen from paris in troy is the mythological basis of the trojan war.
eris had her revenge on not being invited.
source: wikipedia
a buddy of mine handed me a new tool, an extension tube (see this link for more info) which helps magnify subjects. experimenting with it, while having a snack, i put the apple on my table using my yellow shirt as backdrop, tripod mounted and used wireless flash firing upwards to avoid glare on the shiny texture of the apple.
no pp work done except resizing it to the usual frame.
discoursed by jeff @ 1:20 PM |
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