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Comment on Bored with barbed wire on the bridge. Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2010 by razzbuffnik

razzbuffnik — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:41:18 +0000

Tony

You’ve been hanging out with that Planetross…. I can tell!

Comment on Baćina lakes. Croatia. 2009 by razzbuffnik

razzbuffnik — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:40:22 +0000

I does look a bit like it but Croatia is much drier and the lakes are a lot smaller. I love Dove Lake and all that area. The “Walls of Jerusalem” were also spectacular.

Comment on Bored with barbed wire on the bridge. Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2010 by Tony

Tony — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:36:14 +0000

The sign should say “Unauthorised climbing on this fence is an of-fence”

Comment on Baćina lakes. Croatia. 2009 by Tony

Tony — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:34:08 +0000

When I first saw it I thought it was Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain here in Tassie. Beautiful photo

Comment on Before and after on Gloucester Street. The Rocks, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2010 by razzbuffnik

razzbuffnik — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:24:31 +0000

Pat

It came as quite the surprise to me when I turned the corner and looked down the street. I did a double take because it was surreal. I’d say The Rocks are quite safe nowadays, and nothing like the old days. There is a lot of graffiti in Sydney, mostly stupid and artless tagging but I think that this little part of Sydney is just tucked away in an area where there are many people to see it. I certainly didn’t know about it until I came across it.

Donald

You are so right about the desirability of living in places like The Rocks. I’d love to live there. Very close to downtown, the theatres, some of the best restaurants in Australia and fabulous views over Sydney Harbour.

Comment on Bored with barbed wire on the bridge. Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2010 by razzbuffnik

razzbuffnik — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:16:06 +0000

Pat

I just read the DP reviews to confirm my suspicions. Sorry but I’m soooo not interested in Canons and I’m not sure I even know why. I’ve always been a Nikon guy up until recently and the only reason why I bought the Fuji is because of the tonal range of it’s CCD. To be honest, I’d be surprised if Nikon are still around in 10 years.

Anyhow, didn’t you just buy a camera recently? How come you’re reading camera reviews?

You little closet gadget freak!

Donald

You’re right about fear being used to control populations but it’s the brutal ugliness that scares me.

Comment on Bored with barbed wire on the bridge. Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2010 by Donald Diddams

Donald Diddams — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:49:22 +0000

We must all be afraid… very afraid. A time honored technique of social control. But isn’t it hard to be afraid on a day with such a clear blue sky?

I echo the comments about “what camera did you use”. Unless one is a real techno-geek, it can be a little irritating. Of course, it generally is encouraged because it sells cameras.

Comment on Before and after on Gloucester Street. The Rocks, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2010 by Donald Diddams

Donald Diddams — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:41:32 +0000

This is a great photo, razzbuffnik — blurry building tops notwithstanding. I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t pointed it out because my attention was focused on puzzling out the mural/cityscape division at the bottom.
The gentrification of decayinng inner city neighborhoods like this is tesimony to the desirability of urban living at a human scale — as opposed to the scale of those buildings in the background. the best result that can be hoped for is a neighborhood that accomodates a diversity of socioeconomic and cultural groups, mixed together, not separated out.

Comment on Before and after on Gloucester Street. The Rocks, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2010 by Pat Coakley

Pat Coakley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:09:30 +0000

Well, that is one of the strangest Cityscapes I’ve ever seen! Usually something with a black and white bottom third and full color top third would scream of photoshop and I don’t mean straightening out the buildings either. I didn’t get at first that the whole bottom third was the bridge mural so I had that added disorientation which goes right along with your narrative in perfect way. Can you roam around this neighborhood now without a problem? I don’t see any grafitti on this mural which in NYC would be one huge invitation to a passing street “artist”.

Comment on Bored with barbed wire on the bridge. Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2010 by Pat Coakley

Pat Coakley — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:54:22 +0000

Hey, if you stopped reading those DP reviews maybe you wouldn’t be such a technical powerhouse. Honestly, I tried to read the review of the Canon Mark 1V last night. Could you please interpet it for me? Is it worth the money or no? And, PS, you feel about “what camera are you using” the same way I do…as if folks think the camera makes the decisions.