Much nicer than the projects in Chicago, where I worked as a teacher some thirty years ago. Not seedy enough to communicate a social message. Paul On Aug 25, 2006, at 4:42 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> 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
