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Re: [OM] more on snakes etc (minimal OM content)

Subject: Re: [OM] more on snakes etc (minimal OM content)
From: "Terry and Tracey" <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 13:26:50 +1000
>Question?  Does your Museum allow photography of exhibits?  I just received
>a notice from the Florida Museum of Natural History (University of FLorida)
>that they will not longer permit any photography!  Apparently, traveling
>exhibits have new regulations attendant to their appearance at the museum
>that forbid this.  Some say flashes cause damage to exhibits.. and I've
>heard that about flashes inside Pyramids in Egypt, but to forbid ALL
>PHOTOGRAPHY?  I'd be interested in any comments you might have.  I get the
>impression from UF that they are jumping on the bandwagon as much to
>preserve their "copyright " to images of their exhibits as much as from
>fear of damage.
>


The Art Gallery in Sydney will not allow flash (to protect the pictures,
fair
enough), or tripods (to protect the floor, but more likely their
merchandising). Handheld, indoors, with colour correction filter, stopped
down for flatness of field. Go stringpod!

Foxy



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