Sorry P.J. but this doesn't do anything for me. I'm very familiar with the concept, as I use to live in an area of New Jersey where the "Projects" were common, in fact I use to work for a liquor store as a delivery guy & delivered a lot of liquor to the "Projects". The one you've chosen to depict actually looks quite well kept up & not the usual run down condition I became familiar with.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PESO -- Good Intentions + Bad Plan = > One more PESO today. This one's a B&W conversion, with a little back > story. In the 1950's and 1960's a social experiment was attempted. It > was thought that lives of the poor would be improved if they got free > government housing. So local governments got grants to build this > stuff. Under the banner of "Urban Renewal" vibrant but poor > neighborhoods were torn down and replaced with places like this. Now > they are being replaced with neighborhoods that look like the ones that > were there originally. Usually color makes a bad place look better, but > not this place, it still looks like a prison. I chose B&W because I was > attempting a gritty old time newspaper look. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_goodintentionsbadplan.html > > Technical Info.: > > Pentax *ist-Ds ISO 1600 @ 1/4000sec (Av) > smc Pentax F 35-70mm f3.5-4.5 @f8.0 (70mm) > > B&W conversion Note: > > This is a many layered conversion. It's the same one I've used before, > but I added a copy layer just above the background to emulate film > grain. I was looking for something like a fine grain 35mm film from the > 1960s or 1970s sort of like Plus-X Pan. It doesn't look like any > particular film but maybe like some film. > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > -- > > Its easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern > America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities > they do. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no authority, yet are > completely dependent on others for their material needs. Cats cannot be > made to do anything useful. Cats are mean for the fun of it > > P. J. O'Rourke > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
