http://abandonalia.blogspot.com 

NOTE TO PHOTOGRAPHERS: step away from the high-pass filter. Your fake HDR does not impress us. 

It depresses me, at least. 

First, a little reading - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg

and now some inspiration

http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/landscape/iceberg/iceberg_1.jpg

http://www.transport.polymtl.ca/civ1120/etud_h08/KERLAN/iceberg.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Iceberg,_Franz_Josef_Fjord_(js)5.jpg

http://www2.skolor.pedc.se/mellanheden/bild/iceberg2.jpg

http://www.mollybawn.com/iceberg17.JPG 

http://kranestyle.com/ks3seattle/ks3seattle/motion/futurism/index.htm 

http://community.livejournal.com/ru_abandoned/593832.html#cutid1 

Some cool shots of inside and out of this ruined station:

http://flickr.com/photos/cal33dyc/2916718911/sizes/l/
http://flickr.com/photos/grantz/2733939167/sizes/l/
http://flickr.com/photos/grantz/2777541738/sizes/l/
http://flickr.com/photos/grantz/2360027811/sizes/l/
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=2842826914&size=large
http://flickr.com/photos/jessespeelman/2974876067/sizes/l/ 

that already looks like CGI! 

it's shitty fake 'hdr' 

Oh, nice arches and curves everywhere inside the station... very cool place that gives me plenty of idea for my next map :D 

Somehow that was the apex of cool technology.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/PAGEOS.jpg

Inflatable space radio reflectors, Echo and Pageos. Brighter than most stars viewed from Earth's surface. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_satellite 

From Deus Ex 3

http://games.tiscali.cz/news/news.asp?id=30175

I especially like http://games.tiscali.cz/images/deusex3/img2x.jpg 

we all already know this with our own eyes. Why must somebody inevitably always, always, always make a point of mentioning in the post after that something is phoney photoshopped HDR like effects? We get it, comment on the actual pictures themselves if you're gonna.

and to contribute some pictures that are unrelated to my whining.

http://hellofrancis.blogspot.com/2008/11/astor-courts.html

a little bit bright for our FPS tastes, but the idea is there. 

How many times have we complained about bloom? :) 

My HDRs are far from fake its nice talking shit behind peoples backs if you have some constructive crit to give then give it 

your HDRs are fake behind my back i feel totally good saying this and not making a point the third one linked is particularly fugly sorry but i miss any contrast there it is still a nice picture the first has some serious glow around the building which screams i edited too much hello somebody 

http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/ 

The same link was posted a week or two ago. 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eOPuEuJx1MY 

It's just a completely regular pump action shotgun. 

Very depressing. Some look like certain areas in Berlin to me.

Built on lies, delusion, and fake grandeur, and sadness after failure.

*shudder* 

http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/middel3.html

http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/Projekter/trebuchets.html

Dunno if ijed or someone else posted this already.

Notice the harbour defense one - yes, they're pulling on the trigger rope in that pic! 

warning, star trek

http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/sci-ficandy-voyager-strikes-back/

http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/sci-fyecandy-hi-tech-trek/ 

Link to 5 photo albums:

http://www.simonoc.com/pages/photo/rome_vatroman/apage_1.htm
http://www.simonoc.com/pages/photo/rome_vatchinese/apage_1.htm
http://www.simonoc.com/pages/photo/rome_doors/apage_1.htm
http://www.simonoc.com/pages/photo/rome_churches/apage_1.htm
http://www.simonoc.com/pages/photo/rome_misc/apage_1.htm

Main Index Page: http://www.simonoc.com/pages/materials.htm

Back in August I went on holiday to Rome and took a crazy amount of pictures (about 2000) which were not really organized into any special order. Over the last couple of months I have been trying to group them into relevant topics and gradually realeasing them on my website. The last set above took the most time to compile because it is a series of pictures I took for architecture reference / inspiration reasons and I wanted to explain why I liked them in the first place. Most of the pages (on the last picture set only) contain links to additional relevant images so the initial index of pictures is just a header to more.

Hope you enjoy the pictures and if anyone finds them useful I would love to see what they create from seeing them. Also if anyone finds any spelling or grammer mistakes please mail me because I would like to correct them.

Sims