pics you took that you're pleased with

 

 

natural glitch & some fluffy clouds all dramatic in exaggerated b&ws 

 

 

some old photos from the depths of my harddrive

 

 

some of them have too much hdr? I don't know I'm just picky with hdr, some pics look too bright/shinny? everything is illuminated... I guess I like shorter dynamic ranges... I'm old...

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^ LSD tag is dope

  On 11/9/2023 at 3:13 AM, cruising for burgers said:

some of them have too much hdr? I don't know I'm just picky with hdr, some pics look too bright/shinny? everything is illuminated... I guess I like shorter dynamic ranges... I'm old...

I agree and appreciate the feedback. I realized this week I had night mode (dims brightness and increases reds to adjust for sleep) automatically turning on on my computer for the past few weeks anytime after 10pm, which is the majority of the time I was editing a ton of pics I took recently. It definitely made me overcompensate a lot of parameters and now I'm too lazy to go back and reedit all of them. 

  On 11/10/2023 at 2:42 AM, prdctvsm said:

^ LSD tag is dope

LSD has my favorite style in the city. Great Tall Hand, where the tag extends length-wise as high as the writer's body will allow:

Also really nice hollow fill here

 

 

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Haarlem last year

  On 11/15/2023 at 6:55 PM, DavieAddison said:

Haarlem last year

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cool window

wtf?

  On 11/16/2023 at 1:04 AM, auxien said:

cool window

wtf?

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right next to the church, quite progressive!

 

  On 11/10/2023 at 2:10 AM, decibal cooper said:

 

 

 

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piece by Navel - North Philadelphia

 

 

 

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tag by LSD - North Philadelphia

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i feel like i've seen this character before, in the book 'subway art' some 40 years ago. he was a little different though, white addidas clothes, but the face shape and moustache, the pose were all the same. even the moustache, i think.

  On 11/16/2023 at 8:33 AM, logboy said:

i feel like i've seen this character before, in the book 'subway art' some 40 years ago. he was a little different though, white addidas clothes, but the face shape and moustache, the pose were all the same. even the moustache, i think.

That's cool, I did not know that. I like how at the top of his hat there is a little spray paint nozzle. The pic was taken at a site where a bunch of graff writers associated with the Philadelphia writer Busta do pieces on a wall that encloses a small city block, and every few months they buff everything and put up new work. From what I can tell they are steeped in old school Hip Hop culture, so what you say rings true. Here is another one from that same batch:

  On 11/16/2023 at 1:29 PM, decibal cooper said:

Here is another one from that same batch:

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the sneaker style looks right. it's that exaggerated shape and size. the hands and legs too, kind of old fashioned and naive. 

i think it all got away from those 70s roots pretty quickly. by the mid 80's i can remember the extremely angular and busy, unreadable stuff to be quite commonplace.

the book is probably a good representation of the earlier, more sincere, less likely to have any opportunity for money-making kind of stuff.

  On 11/16/2023 at 3:08 PM, logboy said:

the sneaker style looks right. it's that exaggerated shape and size. the hands and legs too, kind of old fashioned and naive. 

i think it all got away from those 70s roots pretty quickly. by the mid 80's i can remember the extremely angular and busy, unreadable stuff to be quite commonplace.

the book is probably a good representation of the earlier, more sincere, less likely to have any opportunity for money-making kind of stuff.

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I like the angular, unreadable, alien-looking tags a lot as well, but the old school stuff is very appealing to me. Just bought a reissue of Subway Art online, am looking forward to checking it out, so thanks!

  On 11/16/2023 at 1:04 AM, auxien said:

wtf?

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Haha it was a sex toy shop

  On 11/16/2023 at 3:44 PM, decibal cooper said:

I like the angular, unreadable, alien-looking tags a lot as well, but the old school stuff is very appealing to me. Just bought a reissue of Subway Art online, am looking forward to checking it out, so thanks!

in all the years since, i've always liked the idea of the stuff, but i could never see how it could be followed properly and engaged with. i used to always be tempted by graphostism magazine, but never bought it.

  On 11/16/2023 at 1:29 PM, decibal cooper said:

That's cool, I did not know that. I like how at the top of his hat there is a little spray paint nozzle. The pic was taken at a site where a bunch of graff writers associated with the Philadelphia writer Busta do pieces on a wall that encloses a small city block, and every few months they buff everything and put up new work. From what I can tell they are steeped in old school Hip Hop culture, so what you say rings true. Here is another one from that same batch:

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Is this in Olde Kensington?