Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Carolus Linnaeus

SCULPTURE OF CAROLUS LINNAEUS, CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 25, 2010

Pentax K10D
Tamron SP AF 90mm DI Macro
1/750 sec. f8
ISO 400

Robert Berks's huge bronze sculpture of the Swedish botanist Linnaeus (1707-1778), done in 1982, famously anchors the northeast corner of the Heritage Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden. It's always photographable, and in early afternoon a high sun vividly set off the rough planes of the bronze against the sky.

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