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Franky2005

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Population Density
by Franky2005


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Daniel Bollag30-May-2007 16:51
I love this image, Franky! Period. (Could you, please, tell us what focal-length equivalent you used and what exactly you did with/to the picture when post-processing? Thanks!) — db.
Roy Batty 26-May-2007 20:31
I see no electronic billboards here or overabundance of hovering police aircraft.
This is a beautiful city perspective but you people need to watch Blade Runner again..
Sony Forums Challenges26-May-2007 07:07
Yeah, it reminds me of Bladerunner and cartoon cities. The city of Chongquing is growing out of control near Sichuan province. (It used to be in Sichuan, now it's a special administrative region managed directly from Beijing). It's past 20 million not counting migrant workers. Whenever I see photos of it I think it must be a cartoon. This is a link to Torsyn Rim's gallery:http://www.pbase.com/china_art/chongqing_nightview_2005 jrdu
jp 25-May-2007 10:45
Mike - That is a funny story. Probably the only thing that could have improved it from there would have been to speed it up! One of the very best versions of Hamlet I ever saw was Tom Stoppard's 15-minute Hamlet. Essence of WS.
Martin Polanic 25-May-2007 05:07
Seen this one before somwhere, Frank. I think the scrunch is effective, I get a Bladerunner vibe off it somehow, but to me it seems to suggest that the city is a place where everything you need is compressed into one relatively small turf of land. Love it, great work!
Guest 25-May-2007 03:11
Nice, imaginative treatment, Frank. You make a good point.

JP - interesting you should mention that. It had already reminded me of the first time I viewed "Romancing the Stone", a private screening (car club) on 16 mm film. The guy who organised it didn't realise it was an anamorphic print, and so neglected to hire the conversion lens. Funny thing was, the movie was such a marvelous send-up of the Adventure genre that everyone felt the squished image actually added to the fun! :-)
jp 24-May-2007 18:27
Hmmm.... someone should go tell the projectionist they forgot to turn on the anamorphic feature. ;)
Nice scrunchy panorama, Frank.