Recently Photographed

I am once again stuck in Denver, this time due to a major snow storm. They shut the interstate down. :sad:

Anywho's, I figure that I am wasting an opertunity of a lifetime. In my travels I see some extremely interesting mapping examples. It finally dawned upon me that I should be taking pics of these things and posting them for people to draw inspiration on.

Sadly, since I am not at home yet, it will have to wait, but it is not stopping anyone else from borrowing this thread for the same purpose.

Throughout snarkpits history, people have posted some interesting things, but sadly they are all lost in the depths of the forums, prolly even lost to preceeding versions as well.

I will upload the screens as soon as I get home, but feel free to borrow this thread for the same purpose.

please try to keep it as on topic as possible.

thanx, Orph

sooo, this is a thread where i can post some pics of stuff, and other people can say "hey i like that im going to map it"?

thats pretty cool

here's some danish stuff http://www.angermann.dk/feature/panum/

http://angermann.dk/feature/herlev/ (my mom works there :/)

On my camera presently, I have an abandoned mine, or whatever the buildings are called for such.

and a demolished building.

both are most definately mapping material, sadly, i had to take the pics from the roadside. I did use telephoto, and semi-high resolution (2.3MP) so you guys will have a hefty download, but you can also zoom in once you get the images on your PC's :smile:

with 2.3mp, you should not get much blurring.

I am not real keen on this thread being placed within the "Art" forum.. I was informed last time that I am not smart enough to recognize art. If taking a picture with a camera qualifies, why was the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon not moved as well? :rolleyes:

As I stated earlier, these pictures are very large, they were made that way deliberately to attempt to retain some clarity due to the distances involved. If the download is to large, I can get you a smaller file, but cannot guarantee the image won't blur on you when you zoom in.

Photography has the potential to be art, but isn't necessarily artistic
by default (eg. just taking a picture of a building isn't "art" in most
people's eyes). I dunno who moved the thread, but in my opinion it has
the potential to turn into an artistic thread, or a general thread,
depending on the style of photographs people post. I guess the general
idea is for it to be a reference library of sorts. Either way, it is
less likely to be drowned out by other posts if its in the art forum,
so I don't think its really a negative thing for it to have been moved
here.

Since landscapes are included, I thought I'd share
this
one (87.94 KB). Taken in Cornwall the other week, it's pretty
bland but I just liked the contrast between the sky and sand. Not
exactly a useful mapping resource, but just a photo! :smile:

As I stated earlier, these pictures are very large, they were made that way deliberately to attempt to retain some clarity due to the distances involved. If the download is to large, I can get you a smaller file, but cannot guarantee the image won't blur on you when you zoom in.

wow that is a cool... thing, plus its against an amazing background!

ReNo said:
Either way, it is less likely to be drowned out by other posts if its in the art forum, so I don't think its really a negative thing for it to have been moved here.

true, and not so true.

the general forum also has the most members using it. quite honestly, i hardly ever even look in the arts forum anymore, and notice few others do either.

perhaps since its my thread, it will bring others here to reply. shrugs

I have been meaning to ask, but keep forgetting.

As most of you have seen, some of the vista's in my pictures are truly magnificent. Would anyone be interested in some pictures to be made into new sky boxes?

If so, please define the criteria in doing such IE preferred resolutions (1.2,3.2 5.0..etc..etc), types of terrain, times of day, times of year, angles of shot taken..

I have been meaning to ask, but keep forgetting.
As most of you have seen, some of the vista's in my pictures are
truly magnificent. Would anyone be interested in some pictures to be
made into new sky boxes?

If so, please define the criteria in doing such IE preferred
resolutions (1.2,3.2 5.0..etc..etc), types of terrain, times of day,
times of year, angles of shot taken..

post shots of the north, east, west, and south, line up the bottom of
the shot a few inches under the horizon line so you get alot of sky,
then take a shot looking strait up. If you can a wide angle lens
would work best for that last shot.

I'd like to see a clear sunny day and a bright over cast. Also a
clear night with a full moon would be cool. I'll try and
photoshop those all together and make them into a sky box if you post
them.

what resolution? i can go up to 5.0mp.

ummm.... 3 should be more than enough, I think the sky box pics are
only 1024x1024. So I would need a source image around 2000x2000
pixles (so I can shrink it down and cover up any mistakes)

Moved from the other post topic:



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Is that what you martians...ahem :razz: , americans call "Hoover
Dam"? Quick imagination test: what does that dam remind you of?



(Downtown Bucharest)

WARNING: LARGE FILES...

I took these pictures just a moment ago. I was thinking that any wouldbe modeler may find them worth looking at.

enjoy.

WARNING: MORE LARGE FILES.

I took these on my last run.. they are of a place called "Mammoth Springs" in north central Arkansas.

Nice pics: some can be handy to make maps of :biggrin:

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Thx in advantage

Warning Large File Size:

Eons ago I told members here that I had a sea shell with a religious image on it. I personally see it, in spite of my non-religious background. I see the image others claim to be of religious importance anyways. Some want to see it with religious importance so much that they have offered to buy it.

you decide what you wanna see.

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I say sell it to the suckers, even though it bears vague resemblance to medieval white-man's portrayal of Jesus :razz:

I agree. If people think a grease stain on a cheese sandwich can look
like the Virgin Mary, then your shell is probably a freakin'
masterpiece. :smile:

Orph... ebay!

I dindt see the hooverdam pictures earlier, but it took me back to one
of my hundred of flights in flightsimulator, i was checking out the
hoover dam, and wow. Did they made it good. Wonderfull pictures, there
all very inspiring to create something!

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pepper design

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Leperous said:
I say sell it to the suckers, even though it bears vague resemblance to medieval white-man's portrayal of Jesus :razz:

Campaignjunkie said:
I agree. If people think a grease stain on a cheese sandwich can look like the Virgin Mary, then your shell is probably a freakin' masterpiece. :smile:

It holds not significance to me other than my wife likes it. She is agnostic too so its not that but her grandmother gave it to her as a child. Her grandmother was religious. note the chain attachment at the top. it was worn as a necklace long ago.

She keeps it as a memento.. I only posted it to show others I had the shell I claimed to have is all. :smile:

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Landmark Moments:

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Somewhere in Bosnia that I'd like to get more photos of:

Didn't that place get blown to smithereens in one of the recent civil wars?

I thought it did, although I have a suspicion it was rebuilt too...

This should be in the General Banter forum, not art, soz Orph :razz:

Non of the pictures here are artistic- they are merely photos to show the place rather than to represent in some way some art form.

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Orpheus said:
Landmark Moments:

Taking pictures of your dashboard while well over the speed limit again, Orph? :razz:

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Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it

Orpheus said:
I am not real keen on this
thread being placed within the "Art" forum.. I was informed last time
that I am not smart enough to recognize art. If taking a picture with a
camera qualifies, why was the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon not moved as
well? :rolleyes:

It wasn't Orph's choice, it got moved here soon after it was posted.

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ReNo said:
It wasn't Orph's choice, it got moved here soon after it was posted.

Thanx Duncan.

I do however like that last shot Lep posted.. I think it would make a great "No Mans Land" map for HL2. Wouldn't you agree?

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Orpheus said:
Landmark Moments:

Taking pictures of your dashboard while well over the speed limit again, Orph? :razz:

Since when is 65 MPH well over the speed limit? :smile:

Addicted to Morphine said:
Since when is 65 MPH well over the speed limit? :smile:

In a school zone perhaps. :heee:

This shot was taken 1/2 way across New Mexico.. The speed limit is 75 MPH..

I was not driving at the time I took this shot. You can see the slight angle as I was in the passenger seat with the camera.

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/Me just noticed.. Image Shack seems to be losing many of my pictures.. Anyone know why, or if there is a time limit or some such?

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I still have 16 pages of images going back to last December. I'm
not sure if there is a time limit. What's your oldest picture
hosted?

Addicted to Morphine said:
What's your oldest picture hosted?

This thread.

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could be that your running out of space and its deleting the oldest pics to make room for the new ones.

DrGlass said:
could be that your running out of space and its deleting the oldest pics to make room for the new ones.

Can it? dammit, I didn't know there was a file limit..

/me goes and checks. I don't wanna lose more. but wait.. how would it know? I do not log in..

/me is confuzzled.

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oo, cool.. nice pics.. now i got something to waste my time on..

o yeah.. if u want..
[url]http://cryo-laboratory.com/upload/ [/url] upload till you cant click
anymore.. if u need more space just ask..
am admin of the uploader. (15mb limit to start..i think.. i can
give you as much as u need tho)

if someone can find out about that pic of that bridge in Bosnia ..that would be cool.. looks like a nice place.....

Apparently if you are the author of a thread, you may open it beyond the 4 month limitations imposed on self locking feature of Snarkpit.

Which is good for me since I have some new pictures to post. These images, although large are optimized as well as possible but retain their original dimensions taken from the camera.

If you like them I can grant you the originals, which are twice as large a files but I would consider it given that this is a photography thread.

If you want the originals, send me a PM.

Consider this when you look, 56k took me ages. I still thought them worth it.

The images are just before daybreak. Although it looks like the sun has risen actual daybreak is still some 10 minutes off yet. It is also 5* above zero outside and this is a shot taken from Fargo,North Dakota.

BTW for those keeping track, I retired my Saturn recently. The odometer is 378,000+ now and still running fine.

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Thats very cool.. reminds me of a sunrise I once saw on a beach, coming up over the water.

glad you ressurected this one orph....and that sir, is a beautiful sunrise... welcome to my world. :wink: i think this visual needs to be at the end of a perspective shot, valley hils on both sides, and planted firmly in my skybox.. :heee: it just so happens my current project (which i have sworn to finish and release if it kills me...or someone) is a pre-dawn raid setting in dod:s... (what a coinky-dink) :heee:

did i mention .... :heee:

Doc B... :dodgy:

You're obviously a keen snapper Orph, following our talk about cameras
the other day and this thread popping back up. I love the colour of
that sunset too, looks a lot like aurora borealis style effects.

One thing I would say for your photos is to work on composition - I
myself have been venturing to follow the "rule of thirds", and my
photos seem a lot more impressive as a result.

http://www.kiwi.vg/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8063

Here's one I took with the rule in mind:

http://www.deviantart.com/view/27287158/

All this talk of photos and I might have to take the Kodak out into the
garden and fields around here more often. I think we have the same
model, too.

Those photo's Master Gwil turned out drastically different than they looked to the naked eye. For starters, they are a bit blurry. I feel that this was due to the fact that it was MUCH darker than the images imply. Secondly, the effect looked surprisingly similar to a searchlight or light saber when I viewed it before clicking. Thirdly, the shot looks centered but I extended the image upward past the top of the light beacon effect I saw with my eyes. It came out centered but I couldn't tell that until I arrived home and looked at them in full scale on my PC. Sadly, my only complaint is the blurry. At low light level my camera balks a bit. Its more than likely my inexperience at taking lower lightlevel shots. The camera has a few more settings than I know how to employ.

I wish I could have previewed the shots. I might have tried alternate settings in the hopes of a perfectly clear shot.

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Like I said on DA, gwil that is a great shot. Its not always
about thirds, sometimes its about where the lines lead your eyes around
the picture.

the picture can be broken down into just a few lines that draw your eye
around the picture. I can never really understand how much is
luck, skill, or natural talent...

maybe i could actually look at this "religious" image if it weren't 13000 megapixels.

Biological Component said:
maybe i could actually look at this "religious" image if it weren't 13000 megapixels.

Since I was the ass, and its unfair to ask someone to do what another is unwilling I redownloaded it and cropped it for you.

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Ahh...

I see the light

eBAY!

Wife took this picture for me on my last run to Florida.

The shot is of a bridge near Mobile Bay. Specifically the one leading to the Battleship Museum.

The hurricanes musta put a major hurt on this one. Notice the distinct side shift of the bridge segment.

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