Wells Street
Converted to black and white in Photoshop
Author: swanksalot
Always good to have a second user look at things
There Ends All My Knowledge
Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: Lucifer VI
Film: Cano Cafenol
Flash: Off
6-7 mile walk yesterday as the sun set. Bliss, and blisters both
Romney Ryan Rolls Royce Hood
I didn’t come up with this idea, nor did I do a great job placing the text, but it still made me laugh.
If you know of a good online tutorial for rendering text with perspective, I’d appreciate any tips.
The Romney – Ryan ticket screams “common man”, doesn’t it?
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Loud and Clear was the Clarion Call
South Loop
from the Whole Foods South Loop parking lot a couple summers ago
Transport is Arranged
Medium format film, scanned.
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How Come I…
How Come I…, originally uploaded by swanksalot.
Google searches are an insight into the state of our collective minds…
don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this one…
One of our trucks is burned (sic)
Funny spam I received just now, which purports to be from FedEx, and reads:
We apologize, but it seem so, that we not can deliver your package. One of our trucks is burned tonight. In attachment you can find a form for insurance. Please fill it out and send it us urgent, because we must told amount of damage to the Insurance company
Ok! I’ll get right on that.
Fulton Street Nocturne
West Loop at night
Need the Time to Stay Behind
Need the Time to Stay Behind, originally uploaded by swanksalot.
Another view of the Lake Street El tracks
Currently number 393 in Flickr Explore.
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Duks Vienna Red Hots
Duks Vienna Red Hots, originally uploaded by swanksalot.
On Ashland
Inexplicably, this snapshot is #351 on Flickr Explore
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Evening Approaching
Evening Approaching, originally uploaded by swanksalot.
River North/West Loop
I posted this on Flickr a while ago, but it recently got added to Flickr Explore (top 500 photos of each day’s Flickr uploads) as number 461. Whoo hoo!
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Officially Hot
Officially Hot, originally uploaded by swanksalot.
WeatherMan Lite reports the temperature as being 100ºF, with heat index as 111.3ºF.
That is hot. Whimper.
(My desktop rotates random images that I’ve uploaded to Flickr, this just happened to be active: www.flickr.com/photos/swanksalot/6101759035/ )
I don’t like this weather much. If the temperature is below zero degrees, I’m sort of curious about going outside. Bundle up, wear extra socks, and so on. Kind of an adventure.
In contrast, this kind of heat just makes me melt. I empathize for roofers and A/C repair folks and the like on days such as this…
I used to be able to read this, mostly
Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: John S
Flash: Off
Film: Ina’s 1935
Here It Comes Again That Funny Feeling
Lake Michigan can be a lonely place
The Atlantic credits my photo to someone else
The Atlantic credits my photo to someone else, originally uploaded by swanksalot.
I have a Google alert for the Haymarket Riot, so noticed that the Atlantic blogged about it. Unfortunately, for some reason, some one else was credited for use of my photo.
www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/05/what-does…
If you look at the photo, it still has my copyright embedded in the EXIF data, and there is my signature! I wonder if this guy has used my photo elsewhere too?
I contacted both the author, Emily Badger and Yoni Goldstein. Let’s see how long it takes to correct the record.
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Here is the original photo…
