On Friday 14 January 2005 12:43, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > This puts your first pic in an entirely different light, so to speak. It > seems that the SUV is not parked in a space reserved for compacts. The > compact only space is behind the space in which the SUV is parked. And > looking at the parking meter that's designated for the space in which the > SUV is parked, there's no sign indicating for compacts only. It doesn't > appear that the SUV is illegally parked, but it does appear that you've > manipulated the first photo to give the impression that the vehicle was > illegally parked. >
"Manipulated?" Well, if you count framing the shot the way I did as manipulation, then yeah. But other than moving myself around on the sidewalk, there isn't any manipulation in that image. The whole scene, without manipulation, is quite boring, but also quite amusing in its own right: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Brunellus/Stuff/Compact3.jpg Note the Escalade parked in the "compact" spot, followed by an Expedition, followed by the Suburban--all in quick succession. The closest thing to a compact on that block was a Ford Crown Victoria (!). That's what made me take the picture in the first place--I'd noticed this while driving by in my own largeish vehicle ('91 GMC Safari). -Luigi
