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  • All Roads Really Lead to Rome: City-Centric Arterial Renderings

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    During the lead up to the invasion of Iraq, a German newspaper published step-by-step driving directions from Berlin to Baghdad, highlighting the interconnectivity of contiguous European and Middle Eastern land masses.

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    This series of maps from Moovel Lab highlights similar phenomena, starting with a map that shows the truth of an old aphorism about all roads leading to Rome. Ancient Romans created an estimated 50,000 miles of road across Europe, Asia and Africa, with their coastal Italian capital as the origin point.

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    Next, they moved on to 10 major cities in the United States, analyzing how regional traffic flowed into each, before going through a full analysis of fastest routes to state capitals. The results were surprisingly varied: “Remarkable are the different road networks throughout the States. While the east coast seems to rely on roads parallel to the coast. The rockies and appalachian mountains reveal their topography with their curvy roads containing some blank spots not reached by any road. While the mid west of the USA show long straight road networks in rectangular alignment.”

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    Their process is relatively intuitive. The mapmakers overlaid a grid on existing open-source maps, then added a query: how would one get from here to Rome (or other cities)? The results have been turned into maps that look almost like a study of the human vascular system, with small veins feeding larger arteries along the path to the hub point. “The outcome of this project is somewhere between information visualisation and data art, unveiling mobility and a very large scale. View and interactively explore all roads to rome and other cities.”

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    Wiki City Rome: Digitally Mapping Urban Space in Real Time

    An MIT SENSEable City Laboratory project, Wiki City Rome seeks to create a “Real Time Rome” from various data sources and does an amazing job of it, too.
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    Road Blocks: LEGO-Like Modular Roads & Paths Snap Into Place

    New roads could be quickly and easily slotted into place, piece by piece, with a new Lego-like modular plastic system that makes the building process feel more …
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    7 Urban World Wonders: Record-Setting Roads, Streets & More

    The latest in the ever-popular 7 Wonders Series, here are the scariest, steepest, longest, widest, narrowest, most confusing and most crooked urban streets in …
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  • Lead Finger: Incredible Miniatures Carved Out of Pencil Tips

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    Eagle feathers, the folds on Yoda’s robe and individual bricks on iconic buildings are among the impossibly tiny details captured in pencil lead by miniaturist Salivat Fidai. The Russian artist uses an X-acto knife to carefully scrape away minuscule shavings of graphite, revealing everything from realistic dinosaur heads to the Eiffel Tower.

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    Sped-up videos on Fidai’s Instagram give us a look at the process, which starts with scraping away an inch or two of wood to reveal the graphite core. The artist creates the basic shape of each sculpture and then makes the refinements. This technique requires not just an eye for detail but a very light hand as well, to avoid putting too much pressure on the lead and snapping it.

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    They’re all cool, but perhaps most impressive are the ones featuring little pieces that have been carefully separated from the main graphite core, like this lock. Many originals are up for sale at the artist’s Etsy shop.

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    Another artist creating similar works is Dalton Ghetti, a carpenter by trade who uses sewing needles and razor blades to carve entire chains of graphite as well as other sculptures, all without the benefit of a magnifying glass.

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    Zen-Like Artist Creates Intricate Pencil Tip Carvings

    Artists have been creating works of art in pencil for centuries – but in this artist’s capable hands, the pencil itself becomes the canvas.
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    Scratch Art: U.S. Dollars Sculpted Into Incredible Works

    One artist uses incredibly unconventional material to create some fantastically beautiful one-of-a-kind sculptures.
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    Past Preserved in Paper: Miniatures Document Gentrification

    Today, that charming old brick building on the corner might be a market where you can still grab a six-pack at a decent price; within mere months, it could be …
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  • How To Lead Your Viewer’s Focus to the Subject

    Take a look at this photo and remember what your initial thoughts are:

    Inlaid Marble Detail Inside Taj Mahal, Agra, India, Asia

    Inlaid marble detail inside Taj Mahal, Agra, India, Asia

    Where was the first place you looked in the photo? What about the second?

    Some of the more interesting photos (and artwork in general) moves your view around the image, and often brings you back for more.

    When you take a photo, you know what you’re looking at and what is most important, but this doesn’t always come through in your picture, unless you make a concerted effort to help the viewer see the same thing. Luckily, as a photographer you have more than a few tricks to lead your viewers in your photos.

    Leading Lines

    The first technique is to simply point the way. As humans, we like lines that go somewhere and we tend to follow them. A trail, a road, repeating patterns; they are all fodder for the technique of leading lines.

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    Crossing to the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA

    Prayer Wheel Wall, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Prayer wheel wall, Kathmandu, Nepal

     

    Leading lines, when stretched far, can also give your image greater depth by taking viewers into your scene. The lines need not be straight. They can be as meandering as a forest path.

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    Meandering path, Cascade Mountains, USA

    Non-traditionally, I consider a repeating pattern, moving in a particular direction, to be a form of leading line. Such as with this line of bridge braces.

    Across The Bridge

    Wooden bridge in Olympic National Park, Washington, USA

    Selective Focus

    Selective focus seems so simple, but can be tricky if you haven’t mastered the use of aperture in your photography. Selective focus is also useful when you have a subject far on the edge of your photo. By habit we tend to look at the middle of a scene first and it’s quite easy to use selective focus to move your viewers to the edge, and the main subject.

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    Sunrise on South Sister Mountain, Oregon, USA

    It’s also another way to help your viewers ignore the distractions in the scene and find the main subject.

    Alaska Rainforest Floor, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA

    Alaska Rainforest Floor, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA

    There is a great article here: How to Use Leading Lines for Better Compositions by Anne McKinnell, that expands on this topic.

    Colors

    We’ve all seen this technique that became quite popular many years ago.

    Chocloate Chip Mint Icre Cream Cone, Balboa Island, California, USA, North America

    Chocolate chip mint ice cream cone, Balboa Island, California, USA, North America

    You might have just cringed or you might have liked the technique, but there is no doubting where you looked in the photo.

    But color need not be a single instance amongst black and white. Simply having a splash of color in a fairly monotone scene helps move the viewer to your main subject.

    Prayer Flags And Cho Oyu, Gokyo, Nepal, Asia

    Prayer flags and Cho Oyu, Gokyo, Nepal, Asia

    Plumeria flowers, outdoors

    Plumeria flowers, outdoors

    Coffee Cherries Sit Ripe For Picking In Hawaii, USA

    Coffee cherries sit ripe for picking In Hawaii, USA

    Contrast

    Something or someone going against the grain also brings focus and attention to that point.

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    Buddhist monks, Jakar, Bhutan

    It can also be a contrast in colors or patterns.

    High above California's Central Valley, USA

    High above California’s Central Valley, USA

    The wide open spaces of Serengeti National Park beckon, Tanzania, Africa

    The wide open spaces of Serengeti National Park beckon, Tanzania, Africa

    Or it can be a juxtaposition that is the contrast; old and new, youth and elders, fast and slow, etc…

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    Old:New; Slow:Fast, Natural:Man-made – Dublin, Ireland

    Eyes

    Eyes are an easy way to draw focus. So easy, it almost seems like cheating. We naturally connect with eyes, be they human or animal. We can look around a scene and find eyes faster than most objects.

    Use that to your advantage!

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    A baboon in the thicket, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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    Pygmy owl, Ranthambhore National Park, India

    Eyes can also be used to point a way. I have often stated that we don’t like eyes looking off the edge of the photo because we want to know what the person is looking at. But eyes looking toward the middle of an image invite exploration.

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    Child watching Ganga Arti Celebration, Varanasi, India

    Frozen Action

    Panning blur is a simple technique to freeze action on your subject, while letting the rest of the image blur. This is a type of selective focus, when we get right down to it, but used in a unique way.

    Hippos are amazingly fast animals, deceptively so. I had heard about this before heading to Africa in 2010, but once I witnessed just how fast they can run, and how mean they can be, I made sure my daughter and I were always close to, or in, a vehicle larger than a hippo when they were around. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.

    Hippos are amazingly fast animals, deceptively so. I had heard about this before heading to Africa in 2010, but once I witnessed just how fast they can run, and how mean they can be, I made sure my daughter and I were always close to, or in, a vehicle larger than a hippo when they were around. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.

    The technique not only leads viewers directly to the main subject as it is the only thing in focus, but also has them looking back where the subject came from, and asking why is there movement.

    For more on this technique, check out: Mastering Panning – Photographing Moving Subjects.

    It can also be used when inside a moving object to emphasize speed, while also giving focus to the stationary objects of interest.

    Speeding through the night streets of Varanasi, India

    Speeding through the night streets of Varanasi, India

    Going Into Your Photo

    Arches, doorways, tunnels…these are all things that naturally make us want to go “into” a photo. We want to progress from the outside in. Craft your images by having more than one layer, in a three dimensional sense.

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    Taking photos at Masjid-i Jah?n-Num?, Delhi, India

    Through The Arch

    Arches National Park, Utah, USA

    Conclusion

    Postcard shots are certainly a fine use of a digital camera. They capture a whole scene and make things static. But if you want to move your viewers around your images and have them coming back for more, think about how you are composing your photos.

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  • A Collection of Pathway and Roadway Photos to Lead You

    As I’ve been on the road for a couple weeks now I’ve seen more than a share of roads recently. So I thought I’d find some pathway and roadway photos to lead you on – hopefully to get out and do some of your own photography.

    Enjoy the journey down these highways and byways!

    Photograph The Pathway by Ian David Soar on 500px

    The Pathway by Ian David Soar on 500px

    Photograph bench in foggy autumn park by Sergiy Trofimov on 500px

    bench in foggy autumn park by Sergiy Trofimov on 500px

    Photograph Foggy Road by Casey McCallister on 500px

    Foggy Road by Casey McCallister on 500px

    Photograph The pathway by Jorge Maia on 500px

    The pathway by Jorge Maia on 500px

    Photograph Tuscan Farmhouses by Alberto Di Donato on 500px

    Tuscan Farmhouses by Alberto Di Donato on 500px

    Photograph Pathway by Derek Toye on 500px

    Pathway by Derek Toye on 500px

    Photograph foggy mountain forest and man by Sergiy Trofimov on 500px

    foggy mountain forest and man by Sergiy Trofimov on 500px

    Photograph Along the Way by Carlos Gotay on 500px

    Along the Way by Carlos Gotay on 500px

    Photograph Untitled by Ursula Rodgers on 500px

    Untitled by Ursula Rodgers on 500px

    Photograph Margam Abbey Ruins by Linda Bullock on 500px

    Margam Abbey Ruins by Linda Bullock on 500px

    Photograph Pathway to the light I by David Brand on 500px

    Pathway to the light I by David Brand on 500px

    Photograph Spring Awakening by Bernard Chen on 500px

    Spring Awakening by Bernard Chen on 500px

    Photograph Smoky BB by Kalevi Tamm on 500px

    Smoky BB by Kalevi Tamm on 500px

    Photograph Morning Glory by Stephen Emerson on 500px

    Morning Glory by Stephen Emerson on 500px

    Photograph In Motion by Bee Eye on 500px

    In Motion by Bee Eye on 500px

    Photograph Fortress of Solitude by LEE INHWAN on 500px

    Fortress of Solitude by LEE INHWAN on 500px

    Photograph Coliseum, past and future ! by Beboy Photographies on 500px

    Coliseum, past and future ! by Beboy Photographies on 500px

    Photograph The road by Vendenis . on 500px

    The road by Vendenis . on 500px

    Photograph The Cistern by Pawe? Uchorczak on 500px

    The Cistern by Pawe? Uchorczak on 500px

    Photograph Road to Home by Ethan Shox on 500px

    Road to Home by Ethan Shox on 500px

    Photograph Phare du Petit Minou by Stefan Cruysberghs on 500px

    Phare du Petit Minou by Stefan Cruysberghs on 500px

    Photograph Autumn Melancholy by Andreas Steegmann on 500px

    Autumn Melancholy by Andreas Steegmann on 500px

    Photograph One always wonders about roads not taken... by Sandeep Thomas on 500px

    One always wonders about roads not taken… by Sandeep Thomas on 500px

    Photograph Trollstigen by Jiri Paur on 500px

    Trollstigen by Jiri Paur on 500px

    Photograph Road Trip by Jake Olson Studios on 500px

    Road Trip by Jake Olson Studios on 500px

    Photograph Rainbow Bridge Experience by Loïc Lagarde on 500px

    Rainbow Bridge Experience by Loïc Lagarde on 500px

    Photograph roadway by Alexa Capricious on 500px

    roadway by Alexa Capricious on 500px

    Photograph Street Scene Stone Town - Zanzibar Africa by Gerry Legere on 500px

    Street Scene Stone Town – Zanzibar Africa by Gerry Legere on 500px

    Photograph La Ferrería by Ariasgonzalo . on 500px

    La Ferrería by Ariasgonzalo . on 500px

    Photograph Street Noir by András Sümegi on 500px

    Street Noir by András Sümegi on 500px

    Photograph Winding Road by Danny Seidman on 500px

    Winding Road by Danny Seidman on 500px

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  • All Time Low – Time Bomb Guitar Cover (Lead & Rhythm)

    Twitter: twitter.com f4f? Facebook: www.facebook.com Tumblr: outpokingpuppieswithsporks.tumblr.com f4f? Dailybooth: dailybooth.com f4f? Tabs: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com Sorry for the minor mistakes. I had to hurry it up cause the camera was low battery. The synchronization might be off in this video but I don’t think you would notice much of it. Well hope you enjoy 😀 I do not own this music it is the property of DGC Records, All Time Low and all the rightful owners. Camera: Nikon D90 Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 Camtasia Studio Guitar: Epiphone Standard Les Paul Royale Amp: G-DEC Junior Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
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