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The Laocoon Kiss

NIKON D700

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 200 Shutter 1/100

upload_date

Jul, 2014

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142

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Awards

Outstanding Creativity

I was trying to get a good full size shot of the Laocoon group but a couple stood right in front of it and wouldn't move. I only had a 50mm lens on, so it was out of the question that I'd be able to get a good photo of this ancient masterpiece from up close. I waited and waited, and the gap in the crowds opened and closed, but the couple wouldn't move. In fact, lady kissed the man a couple of times and when she was getting ready for the next kiss I got ready and when she fired, so did I. That's all I could get from Laocoon - a kiss. The statues were truly amazing up close, and was worth the shuffle and bustle to see it.