{"id":12247,"date":"2007-02-25T11:50:26","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T11:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/02\/urban-grit-bright-buildings-and-more.html"},"modified":"2007-02-25T11:50:26","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T11:50:26","slug":"urban_grit_bright_buildings_and_more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/25\/urban_grit_bright_buildings_and_more\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban grit, bright buildings, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BYOTR (Bring Your Own Thematic Relationship) to these photos; I can&#8217;t offer one this time. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I love the punchy palettes &amp; urban grit Keith Kin Yan captures on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overshadowed.com\/mt\/archives\/2006_05.html\">Overshadowed<\/a>.&#160; Dig <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overshadowed.com\/mt\/archives\/000096.html\">this composition<\/a> in particular.&#160; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandspankingnew.net\/\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>Mixing bright colors and brutalism, check out these <a href=\"http:\/\/sturman.livejournal.com\/271320.html\">beautifully painted Russian tower blocks.<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2007\/02\/19\/colorful_murals_on_b.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Offering their own mix of bright &amp; muted, see Evern Sahlin&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbase.com\/esahin\/india&amp;page=all\">India photos<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbase.com\/esahin\/image\/63095312\"><\/a> (Namaste, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbase.com\/esahin\/image\/63095313\">Kilroy.<\/a>)   [<a href=\"http:\/\/theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/random-excellence_14.html\">Via<\/a>] \n<\/li>\n<li>National Geographic&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www7.nationalgeographic.com\/ngm\/yourshot\/\">Your Shot<\/a> gives readers a chance to submit photography for inclusion in the magazine.&#160; I enjoy <a href=\"http:\/\/www7.nationalgeographic.com\/ngm\/yourshot\/selects\/0701\/select3.html\">this perspective<\/a> on bicycles in the snow. On a vaguely related note, <a href=\"http:\/\/welcometothestory.chez-alice.fr\/\">Welcome to the Story<\/a> invites readers to submit pictures of themselves to be incorporated into the narrative (not that I have any idea what&#8217;s supposed to be going on). [<a href=\"http:\/\/drawn.ca\/2007\/02\/21\/welcome-to-the-story\/\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li><em>Careful with that cam, Eugene<\/em>: Hasselblad has a proud tradition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hasselblad.com\/about-hasselblad\/hasselblad-in-space\/space-cameras.aspx\">putting cameras in space<\/a>; unfortunately one of them is part of a growing halo of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/technology\/space_debris_and_another_realm_weve_thoroughly_polluted_5485.asp\">space junk<\/a> circling the earth.&#160; On another Hasselblad note, they feature some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hasselblad.com\/promotions\/newsletterpages\/an-exhilarating-ride.aspx\">beautiful photos of a Bugatti<\/a> from Peter Dudek. [Via Bryan O&#8217;Neil Hughes]<\/li>\n<li>Google turned up this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineering.sdsu.edu\/PLTW\/Millau%20viaduct%20bridge.jpg\">panorama of the Millau viaduct bridge<\/a> (which, at 984ft, is the world&#8217;s tallest).&#160; More cool photos of its  construction are <a href=\"http:\/\/thrillingwonder.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/construction-of-worlds-highest-bridge.html\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2007\/01\/burning_bulbs.html\">Burning bulbs<\/a> redux: Rich Legg has captured a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leggnet.com\/2007\/02\/spontaneous-combustion.html\">nice image of burnout<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/captured_image_of_bulb_burnout_5550.asp\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=393827548&amp;size=o\">This wee thing<\/a> is creepy &amp; fantastic, all at once. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BYOTR (Bring Your Own Thematic Relationship) to these photos; I can&#8217;t offer one this time. \ud83d\ude42 I love the punchy palettes &amp; urban grit Keith Kin Yan captures on Overshadowed.&#160; Dig this composition in particular.&#160; [Via] Mixing bright colors and brutalism, check out these beautifully painted Russian tower blocks. 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