Sigh … I was prepared to like it, and to say kind words about the artist’s masterful use the palette knife to capture such a realistic, almost photographic, depiction of transparency, reflection, and shine. Hard to do with such a broad tool.
But I searched for a name, a date, anything to identify it, and only found, as usual, prints for sale…
Until I discovered one person explaining…
It’s a computer conversion of the photo below, into a digital emulation of a palette knife painting.
I couldn’t find an exact description for this photo, except that my search seemed to link to being an image from a book called Wild Africa.
And comparisons to other, similar, and mostly less fuzzy photos makes me think it shows the migration of a large herd of wildebeests, also called gnus.
These are mostly pretty common words or phrases… I can’t imagine anyone questioning the reality of “cat nap”, “eavesdrop”, cuckoo” or “smidgen”… or most of the others.
Boondoggle, fob, hootenanny… don’t have time to examine them all, but those are incorrectly defined.
Boulevard du Temple is a Parisian streetscape taken in 1838, or possibly 1837, and is widely believed to be the first photograph to show a human being.
There were thought to be a few other people, and horses, maybe a wagon, in the scene, but as the exposure took ten minutes, they would have disappeared without their images being caught by the emulsion.
The man getting his shoes shined was the only person holding still long enough to register. Nonetheless, some historians or archivists have said they see traces of a horse and of a child in a window
The scene is flipped, as cameras did not yet reverse the mirror image produced by direct exposure to the plate.
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I’ll bet that his name is Tripod.
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While it does look better cropped, to my eye… It seems to be the illustration from this 1960 Classics Illustrated comic….
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“Alleyway in Venice”
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A tub of android heads? Cabbages?
Cabbageheads?
Sigh … I was prepared to like it, and to say kind words about the artist’s masterful use the palette knife to capture such a realistic, almost photographic, depiction of transparency, reflection, and shine. Hard to do with such a broad tool.
But I searched for a name, a date, anything to identify it, and only found, as usual, prints for sale…
Until I discovered one person explaining…
It’s a computer conversion of the photo below, into a digital emulation of a palette knife painting.
May I say… damn!
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Focused!
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Wow.
Nowhere I shop has half this display.
It’s gorgeous, and makes me want to go there…
Well, except the excellence of it makes me think it must be expensive… And the amazing abundance makes me hope it doesn’t lead to food waste.
How do they keep all the vegetables from falling on the floor!
Crazy Glue.
A.I. or employees on the spectrum?
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I couldn’t find an exact description for this photo, except that my search seemed to link to being an image from a book called Wild Africa.
And comparisons to other, similar, and mostly less fuzzy photos makes me think it shows the migration of a large herd of wildebeests, also called gnus.
That’s how bone beds are made in paleontology.
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The famous Atlantic City NJ boardwalk, on a 1912 postcard …(colorized by the original printers).
I’m surprised so may of the women are in late Victorian clothing… makes me wonder whether the photo was actually taken earlier.
Oh! Wait! The caption online said 1912… But it says “Copyright 1905” on the left-hand edge. Mystery solved.
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when I was growing up, that wasn’t our definition of a dingleberry
Think about it …
I know two meanings… one vulgar, and the one we used, which was a goofy or foolish person, not as insulting as “idiot”.
These are mostly pretty common words or phrases… I can’t imagine anyone questioning the reality of “cat nap”, “eavesdrop”, cuckoo” or “smidgen”… or most of the others.
Boondoggle, fob, hootenanny… don’t have time to examine them all, but those are incorrectly defined.
From Wiki:
“A hootenanny is a freewheeling, improvisatory musical event in the United States, often incorporating audience members in performances.”
Dictionary Meaning:
“A fun gathering.”
Although Merriam-Webster also gives it a meaning as:
“Gadget.”
5 and 86 were the only two I didn’t know.
And clod hoppers were steel toed work boots, leather, high tops.
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With Winnie-the-pooh.
Or at least, elsewhere.
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Boulevard du Temple is a Parisian streetscape taken in 1838, or possibly 1837, and is widely believed to be the first photograph to show a human being.
There were thought to be a few other people, and horses, maybe a wagon, in the scene, but as the exposure took ten minutes, they would have disappeared without their images being caught by the emulsion.
The man getting his shoes shined was the only person holding still long enough to register. Nonetheless, some historians or archivists have said they see traces of a horse and of a child in a window
The scene is flipped, as cameras did not yet reverse the mirror image produced by direct exposure to the plate.
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Tree Swallow.