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07-MAR-2005 dominic

07-03-05 urban canvas

Had to nip out this afternoon, to deposit the proceeds from the lovely Catherine's birthday into
our bank account.

Our bank is at Queens Cross, one of the most affluent areas of Aberdeen. It's where the merchant
houses of old are to be found. And of course, is where anyone who's no-one in Aberdeen, wants to
move to - making the journey in a white convertable BMW. I shouldn't sneer though, as there really
are some beautiful houses there, and in some ways I can understand the reasons for living there.
It's very similar to Edinburgh's new town.

There is currently an old television studio being demolished to make way for some affordable
housing for the upper classes. So I thought I'd take a wander along and see how they're getting
on. The only reason I was interested is that the finish, both materials, and design is incredible.
But the prices are phenomenal, a two bedroomed flat in the development would cost more than the
house we're having built. I think you can see the root of my contempt!

And look what I found on the boardings outside the building site! It had PAD written all over it
the minute I saw it. This is actually only a quarter of the full stencil, the whole thing ran over
a couple of meters. I'll have to go back with my tripod, and merge them all once I get some more time.

Anyway, here are a couple of other views of the same hoarding.

Olympus C-50Z
1/320s f/4.0 at 15.1mm iso80 full exif

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virginiacoastline11-Mar-2005 23:36
what a FUN capture!
Guest 09-Mar-2005 12:38
Very cool! Creativity everywhere you look, eh? And if you have time, feel free to deposit some of those funds into my account.
Guest 08-Mar-2005 21:27
Great! And i'd rather live in QX than Ed's New Town!
Gail Davison08-Mar-2005 17:46
Wow. I love this shot. excellent find.
Guest 08-Mar-2005 14:12
Looks like someone has put a bit of time and effort into doing this, well worthy of a PAD entry!!
John Finlayson08-Mar-2005 13:18
Are they expecting a lot of flies ?
Stu08-Mar-2005 13:12
You certainly have an eye for the unusual, Dominic!
Zak08-Mar-2005 10:36
Spiderman was here!
laine8208-Mar-2005 10:36
The pink must be the girl.. LOL!
northstar3708-Mar-2005 10:11
the pink one is the radioactive one...
Karen Leaf08-Mar-2005 04:24
I want the pink one. LOl at affordable housing for the UC!
joshishots08-Mar-2005 02:55
That's great - I love the one coloured spider, nice find.
Chris08-Mar-2005 02:09
Sweet. Love the one pink one. Very pop art.
jude07-Mar-2005 20:25
I can't wait to see a merged version.. how unusual and creative that is..
Antonis Sarantos07-Mar-2005 18:50
Very cool Dominic!!!
Gayle P. Clement07-Mar-2005 17:58
Fascinating pattern.