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Don Ellis

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Cities

I'm always amazed at the infrastructure required to house humans in confined spaces...
beginning with sewage systems, but moving outward to include
residences, offices, highways, electricity, telephones, and snack shops.
Even if this were a photo of a rural town of 2500 people,
I'd still be impressed.
We've come a long way since the caves.


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ctfchallenge17-Nov-2004 20:53
Wonderful image!! So much color and detail to make it great to view. Shu
ctfchallenge17-Nov-2004 01:56
What I like in this picture is that even with that complex road system, they thought about leaving some green areas. Nice view!
-Jose Pablo.
ctfchallenge14-Nov-2004 05:20
Well then Don, kudos to you on beautifully exposing this shot. Great job! ~ Lonnit
Don Ellis13-Nov-2004 08:50
Mary Anne... thank you for commenting.

Rod... I agree emotionally about being the in the caves, but we at least we've created indoor plumbing. Of course we pipe it out into our water supply, so we're still in the dark ages.

Lonnit... thank you... it's one of my old photos, taken from ToTT's restaurant in the Excelsior Hotel. I put the Lensmate adapter against the glass to avoid reflections and pressed the shutter. No tinkering with the sky -- I've never done that. A few months ago I redid my website, however, and I was in production mode, reducing everything from 1024 to 640, so the glow is likely from the hasty resizing and not paying attention. Cheers.
ctfchallenge13-Nov-2004 05:00
LOVE the shot! Was the sky edited in from a seperate exposure? It looks like quite a range for one shot and there's a slight glow where sky meets mountain, although that could just be jay-pegging. NICE job! ~ Lonnit
Rod 13-Nov-2004 04:21
Really nice shot Don, though I'm not sure if we've come that far since the caves.
ctfchallenge12-Nov-2004 18:04
Interesting shot, Don, and it certainly exemplifies complexity.

Mary Anne