File:Double Headed Serpent Aztec BM.jpg
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Double Headed Serpent. One of the photographer's favourite objects in the British Museum which must of looked awesome when first made below is the text from the British Museum site about this wonderful artefact. The Double-headed serpent is a mosaic principally of turquoise which has been applied to a carved wooden sculpture of a two headed serpent. The sculpture is currently in Room 25 of the British Museum. This sculpture came from Aztec Mexico and could have been worn of displayed in religous ceremonies. The feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl was important to their religion. |
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Date | 15 February 2009, 16:35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Source/Photographer | Neil Henderson from Grangemouth, Scotland (Aztec double-headed serpent (detail)) |
Camera location | 51° 31′ 10.07″ N, 0° 07′ 36.96″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.519465; -0.126932 |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Neil_Henderson at https://www.flickr.com/photos/16917269@N00/3892402413. It was reviewed on 28 August 2010 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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Camera manufacturer | Canon |
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Camera model | Canon EOS 40D |
Author | Neil Henderson |
Exposure time | 1/13 sec (0.076923076923077) |
F-number | f/5 |
ISO speed rating | 3,200 |
Date and time of data generation | 16:35, 15 February 2009 |
Lens focal length | 29 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows |
File change date and time | 16:34, 6 September 2009 |
Exposure Program | Aperture priority |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 16:35, 15 February 2009 |
APEX shutter speed | 3.70044 |
APEX aperture | 4.643856 |
Maximum land aperture | 4.25 APEX (f/4.36) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
DateTime subseconds | 01 |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 01 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 01 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Focal plane X resolution | 4,438.3561643836 |
Focal plane Y resolution | 4,445.9691252144 |
Focal plane resolution unit | inches |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Scene capture type | Standard |
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