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Post by barbarian on Jul 15, 2011 15:54:53 GMT -5
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Post by daveh on Jul 16, 2011 2:23:23 GMT -5
From the viewpoint the photo was taken from it looks as though the builders didn't get their verticals right (I know that is the design). The eye draws to that and without it it would be a "nothing building", from that viewpoint anyway. In the photo you eye is drawn to it. By the way where did all the people go?
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 16, 2011 2:42:37 GMT -5
"There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse.
And they all lived together in a little crooked house"
Mickey
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Post by PeterW on Jul 16, 2011 10:18:17 GMT -5
Hi,
The picture reminds me vaguely of some of the scenes in the classic German film of 1920 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, said to be the first true horror film.
A few of you may have heard of it, or even seen it.
PeterW
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Post by daveh on Jul 16, 2011 11:51:07 GMT -5
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Post by barbarian on Jul 16, 2011 21:42:42 GMT -5
In this case, it's Sunday afternoon. Can you imagine anything more dead than a convention center on the weekend?
BTW, I know a fellow who does great HDRs of building interiors in New York with no people in sight. He uses slow shutter speeds, neutral density filters, and very long exposure times to "remove" the people moving through the scene.
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Post by Michael Fraley on Jul 16, 2011 22:24:39 GMT -5
Great panoramic view, "barbarian"! When I went to a convention last year, taking pictures of the elaborate meeting halls was definitely one of the highlights for me. PeterW, my daughter is a college student and they recently watched The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in a European culture class...
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Post by barbarian on Jul 17, 2011 16:25:10 GMT -5
This is the main concourse inside the convention center which is a bit more then two city blocks long:  This is a stitch, taken from several shots with my Samsung Focus. |
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Post by daveh on Jul 17, 2011 22:44:53 GMT -5
Barbarian, the stitch command is a neat piece of digital trickery. The only trouble is that the results are so good you can't tell that it's 'fake'.
I've seen an article sometime on someone doing the likes of Central Station using the method you say - long exposures and ND filters. Is your acquaintance this 'famous' person?
In a similar way to your empty convention center, the city area of Liverpool used to be empty on Saturdays and Sundays. I presume it still is. The town would be similarly empty on Sundays. Not any more - shopping has become a seven day thing. (City = financial/office quarter, and town = the shopping quarter.)
Michael, I have this picture of the lecturer telling the students that European culture is like that even now.
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Post by daveh on Jul 17, 2011 22:51:05 GMT -5
I've just tried to return to the above post to edit it. For some reason that function seems to be temporarily out of order. What I wanted to add in is that for good results you do need a good starting point: decent photos.
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Post by barbarian on Jul 17, 2011 23:25:35 GMT -5
The fellow I meant did this: i51.tinypic.com/33bcn5s.jpgPretty much exclusively New York . If it's permissible to mention another photo message board, I can leave you a link. |
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Post by daveh on Jul 18, 2011 2:54:15 GMT -5
Thanks. The trouble with this sort of photo is that you assume it was taken when the place was shut (to people), rather than being a skilful manipulation of what presented itself. I've just been looking for the photo of Grand Central Station with no people. The closest I can find is one in which all but the most inactive people are blurred out.
I don't think there is any problem linking to another forum on here.
Dave.
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Post by Rachel on Jul 18, 2011 3:37:47 GMT -5
In a similar way to your empty convention center, the city area of Liverpool used to be empty on Saturdays and Sundays. I presume it still is. The town would be similarly empty on Sundays. Not any more - shopping has become a seven day thing. (City = financial/office quarter, and town = the shopping quarter.) The only day of the year when the city is deserted is Christmas Day. Last Christmas Day when I went to a morning service in the city it was eerily so. I should have taken some photos. On reflection I wonder about Easter Sunday as that is another non-trading day but I haven't any personal experience of that. |
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Post by nikonbob on Jul 18, 2011 6:39:22 GMT -5
Makes you wonder how people ever got along without 7 day shopping. There are even a few retail outlets/stores open 24 hours here.
Bob
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Post by daveh on Jul 18, 2011 8:42:58 GMT -5
Bob, we have some of those 24 hour shops, except they tend to have reduced hours on Sundays. It's probably the case that you didn't know you needed them till you had them.
Rachel, I have a couple of times travelled a distance on Christmas day. Once from Cardiff to Holyhead, and the other time between Cardiff and Birkenhead. Other than a bit of local traffic the roads were quite deserted. Not a bad time to travel at all.
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