Strange Worlds Collide: Cosplayers at the Aquarium
You may have already seen this photo at BoingBoing or elswhere, but it’s too charming not to include here. Strange creatures from a strange world gazing at other strange creatures from another strange world. This photo was taken with a point-and-shoot camera by a hobbyist photographer, who was attending the aquarium with her friends during Dragon*Con. The photographer, positivespace on Flickr, had this to say about the photo in the BB comment thread:
For what it’s worth, the only editing I did in Photoshop was a small amount of cropping (apparently trying to center an image crouching while dressed as the third Good Fairy in a hoop skirt and a giant stuffed bra was difficult… who knew?!).
I was very lucky with this photo. Awesome environment, awesome models (my lovely friends) and, IMO, an awesome point-and-shoot camera. I basically wandered by this window, saw a great opportunity, directed my friends to stand under it, stuck the camera on Auto and fired away.
There’s another shot from this series that I also quite like, but this one’s the winner.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I’ve seen a few variations of this pop up in my LJ. Seems it was a popular spot to take pics. Easy to see why and while it works great as a photograph I gotta say I’d love to see a painter or illustrator take this to a different level since it is such a great idea to work from.
Would have been near perfect if there was more going on with the aquatic part. Still…quite magical indeed.
October 16th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Ooohhh, “Princess Aurora” is a friend of mine — *glee!*
I adore this photo ^__^
October 18th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
So eerie and charming!
October 18th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Missed going to the aquarium, but I saw the Big Daddy from Bioshock in person — that was fucking freaky.
October 21st, 2009 at 5:15 am
Oh my goodness, I JUST had the chance to look at the high res version you linked to and gasped! I love how the shark is just starting to peek into the frame, and the almost ying-yang quality of the circular portal… and the lighting…and the levitating cosplayers, and, and…. oh, this is just perfection! Thank you, Nadya. This made my day.