Artsy Fartsy Time

[Bricktop]

Would you ask Da Vinci for his pencil sketches of Mona Lisa?

[RW]

If I saw the pic before he photoshopped the shit out of it, yeah.



I just looked at the original.  It was better IMHO.

[Bricktop]

Eye of the beholder...

[RW]

Post the original and let the people vote.

[Bricktop]

NO.

[RW]

Because you know I'm right :P

[Bricktop]

UN-RETOUCHED flower, then.



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You do know that every picture you see in ANY media is heavily edited, don't you. Cameras are frequently inaccurate recorders.

[RW]

Of course I do.  I just happened to not like the retouching you did on the train.  All you see is the glaring reflection from the light above.

[Bricktop]

Now, the image above is a yellow flower, with the hint of raindrops. Not what we wanted to show, so we edit post production.



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Now the drops are clearer. That is the image that I wanted, but the camera has trouble seeing without help.

[Anonymous]

Moving away from critters...



Port Vila, Vanuatu.



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Paradise.

[Bricktop]

It certainly is.

[Anonymous]

It certainly is.

A lot of those small South Pacific islands are near perfection. I've never been to any of them, but I know people that have.

[Bricktop]

The lifestyle is amazing. We spoke to this fellow as he rowed past us, and he told us he was going out to catch his families meal for the evening.



How would you like a food shop like this;



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[Bricktop]

You visit a bar, and next thing a band starts up!!



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[Bricktop]

This is the country's main market;



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