> > > > they remind me quite a lot of a certain type of poster I've > often seen > > on the walls of African cafes and bars. I don't know where these > > posters come from, or how to describe them in such a way that I can > > google some examples. But they are composites of somebody's > fantasy of > > an ideal landscape. Typically they have some fresh Alpine > mountains in > > the background, with snow against a blue sky. This becomes a spring > > wildflower meadow containing apple & pear trees in fruit (autumn!) > > leading down to a tropical beach with palms, coconuts, > pineapples etc. > > Somewhere in the middle distance is an ultramodern city of > tall glass > > and steel buildings but no roads leading in or out. Everything looks > > almost plausible taken in isolation, but the landscape must be on a > > planet with several suns, to judge by the shadows and > light. They are > > horrifically fascinating. The surfaces, just like the > surfaces in the > > landscapes I linked to, look untouchable in the way that > CGI surfaces > > (used to?) look, and the colours are bright and oversaturated in the > > most unnatural way, as if they're straight out of a chemical plant. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Bob > > You can sometimes see similar things in restaurants of > allegedly far eastern countries. With the added bonus of > animated waterfalls.......... >
Yes, I've seen a few of those. Delightful. Just the thing while I'm waiting for them to nuke my noodles. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
