At the corner of Davie and Denman Street in downtown Vancouver sits another set of statues that are part of the Vancouver Biennale and this one is entitled "A-MAZE-ING LAUGHTER" by artist Yue Minjun from China. It is comprised of 14 very large bronze statues each of which is over ten feet tall and bares the very recognizable face of the artist in various states of laughter. This art exhibits attracts tons of visitors, each trying to mimic the poses and gestures of Yue's creation while their friends take pictures of them. The first time I saw this exhibit was a few months ago on a dark rainy night and without any lights to illuminate the statues it actually looked pretty scary. Now there is a big spotlight that shines on it during the evening.
To capture the texture and colour of the statues I tried using HDR processing but actually I prefer using a combination of Photoshop and Lightroom to get a similar look. Only the first picture in this series below was actually made using Photomatix. The rest were done through a combination of filters and adjustments and the last two were converted to black and white in Lightroom.
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