Levis Posted May 1, 2009 Report Posted May 1, 2009 I noticed that these che guevara 'working class' hats are all the craze right now... omigawd Che Guevara is the craze right NOW?!
Farin Posted May 1, 2009 Report Posted May 1, 2009 I meant the hats, and those not only with che guevara motifs, but also 'plain' ("working class rules!")
The Seeker Posted May 1, 2009 Report Posted May 1, 2009 "Working class rules" has been around for decades. THAT is all the craze here, alll the time. People wanting to be working class, and thinking they're working class when they're really not- it's the same warped idea of what's cool. I'm middle class, so what?
Levis Posted May 1, 2009 Report Posted May 1, 2009 The way everyone thinks they're the ones Jarvis Cocker is singing about in 'Common People' when they're all, ALL, you, me, everyone - we're all the girl from Greece.
Farin Posted May 1, 2009 Report Posted May 1, 2009 "Working class rules" has been around for decades. THAT is all the craze here, alll the time. People wanting to be working class, and thinking they're working class when they're really not- it's the same warped idea of what's cool. I'm middle class, so what? I just made exactly that post^ in the book review thread
Levis Posted May 1, 2009 Report Posted May 1, 2009 I like these social commentary graffities spray paint financed by lemming parents.
The Seeker Posted May 1, 2009 Report Posted May 1, 2009 So do you just like the social commentary graffitis for the irony? Sorry, I;m a bit confused
Farin Posted May 1, 2009 Report Posted May 1, 2009 they're funny - they make people stop their bland daily routine for a moment and reflect on it it doesn't matter if the meaning they convey is objectively uttermost rubbish. Everything that makes people think is a good thing (dunno if that makes any sense )
The Seeker Posted May 3, 2009 Report Posted May 3, 2009 ^ and those pictures were all taken in Victoria, Australia.
The Seeker Posted May 3, 2009 Report Posted May 3, 2009 I spend so much time on google maps that I instantly recognised all the pictures No, I came across the same thing a couple of days ago, only it featured a short explanation as well.
Farin Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 a gigapixel photograph (a bit too big to post it here)
Steel2Velvet Posted June 1, 2009 Report Posted June 1, 2009 I've been working on this monster for a couple of weeks! It is a 360 degree pano of my city of 3 million people. The work involved the stitching together of 19 full-sized photos taken from 4 tripod placements atop one of highest buildings. Every replacement of the tripod meant perspective changes, so much adjustment had to be produced in digital editing. This will be the entryway piece to a photo exhibition I will have in August, at the perfect gallery for my work. I was there 3 years ago and that exhibition opened many doors for me. Hopefully, this one will continue those door openings. The title of the exhibition is "The Art Of Work" and will be comprised of a variety of photos of people performing their occupations and avocations in my city and throughout the state. Note: I am sure this puny Photobucket file will not be very impressive here, but in real size (1 meter X 8 meters) the detail is incredible. Individual homes miles away from the set up location can be seen clearly. The full-sized photo file is 1/3 Gb.
Shawna Posted June 1, 2009 Report Posted June 1, 2009 it is indeed very tiny here! Any way you could post a link to a bigger image?
Steel2Velvet Posted June 1, 2009 Report Posted June 1, 2009 Why yes Shawna, I should have used this one originally: Curitiba If you press CTRL and scroll with your mouse at the same time you can even enlarge the picture a bit more, but it does degrade resolution rapidly. Even on the above site the file size is only 1/1000th the full-sized.
Shawna Posted June 2, 2009 Report Posted June 2, 2009 wow. You never cease to amaze me. How many photos did you actually take to get the 19? And how long did it take you to take the photos? This is like "Shanghai Nights" when Owen Wilson is hanging from the big clock tower and yells, "I can see my house from here!"
Steel2Velvet Posted June 2, 2009 Report Posted June 2, 2009 Thanks, Shawna. I was on top of this building for an hour. You don't see a lot of cars on the streets because this is a secured area and I had to schedule in advance a Saturday morning shoot with the head of security. It was a one time offer. That morning broke foggy and it NEVER is foggy in Curitiba! lol But the fog lifted just enough to make it worthwhile, as I drove to the location. I shot about 70 photos total in a variety of fromats. Decided to use the up and down portrait orientation slices - which meant more photos to stitch together than the sideways landscape format, but offered much more depth and detail after put together.
Kevin Posted June 2, 2009 Report Posted June 2, 2009 (edited) Very cool ,Steel ! I love cityscapes , either in photos or sketches or paintings- so many different things to focus on each time you look at them . I'm sure the locals would love to buy one if you put them up for sale . If you did one of central Paris, London, Istanbul or one of those picturesque New England towns sometime , I'd buy . Edited June 2, 2009 by Guest
MarcM Posted June 2, 2009 Report Posted June 2, 2009 Great photo(s) Ron! Good to hear from you again, too
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