Plate Number 758. Cockatoo flying

Eadweard Muybridge, 1887

This is a photograph of a bird in flight captured in multiple stages. The image is divided into a grid of 24 smaller frames, each showing a consecutive moment from the sequence of a bird flapping its wings as it… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Eadweard Muybridge ¹
Date: 1887 ¹
Medium: collotype ¹
Original: 5,296 × 2,960 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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neutral temperaturelow contrastmid toneslandscape

Measured from pixels, not historical readings.

Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

This is a photograph featuring multiple frames arranged in a grid-like pattern. Each frame shows a different phase of motion, creating a sequence. The background has vertical lines adding to the visual effect.

This is a photograph of a series of motion studies. This series consists of sixteen small black and white frames arranged in two rows, capturing the sequential motion of a figure descending a staircase.

This is a photograph of a sequence showing movement across a chair. The image consists of multiple frames arranged in a grid-like format, each capturing a progressive movement over a chair.

In contrast

Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

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