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Paul Revere: I'm sure you can never receive enough accolades for your photography. Great work. Personally, I've roamed those tunnels repeatedly for the past year. As someone remarked you can't hear the train untill it's prcaticly upon......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

jack: great shot joey, it could be anytown usa, beautiful, i always said you had an eye for photography....

in response to: Cat\'s Feet June Night by joey

joey: a church is right. but i think it's a more of a cross between an oil storage tank and a church. driver side photography....

in response to: There\'s a New Building in Town by joey

The Hapless Hobo: That is absolutely gorgeous! How could they have possibly had the heart to whitewash such a wonderful piece of artwork? Thank you for preserving it in photography for us!...

in response to: 911 Mural, Now Whitewashed, Was on Cooper Square. by Mike L.

REVO69ERSKi: YO, SICK FLIX, I'M A FAN OF PHOTOGRAPHY, I LOVE LOS ANGELES ESPECIALLY THE GRAFF SCENE THERE SICK....

in response to: Night in L.A. by Vivarin

chiamattt: Nah, I hear what you are saying. I won't lie. I like the uniforms. But I am also sane and don't look to take upskirts or other compromising shots. The low angle is due to......

in response to: Oot\'n Aboot (2) by Chiamattt

eyeofodin: to put it nicely Guy, you should keep photography as a hobby, since it seems to be a huge passion of yours. But from what I have seen so far, I do not find......

in response to: Its Been Almost Two Years Since I Posted by Guy McLaren

germz: 26 (?) pics: 16 contain large (25% or more of total) areas of underexposure; 15 contain garbage or spills; in almost every case something is tightly packed -- people, magazines, autos, bikes, etc. it does "feel"......

in response to: 08-05-07 by chiamattt

BelRoC: Anyone into black & white photography? [[img:22409]] [[img:22410]] ...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

jeeff: thanks. you can see my camera [[4846:here]]. it's a sony DSC-P100 -- nothing special. patience is the key for night photography. i use my bike or another stationary object as a "tripod"......

in response to: Eastern Ave at Night by jeeff

EvilGentleman: Welcome back, groovehouse! Been a while. Still have the night photography bug, I see....

in response to: Riders on Elgin At Crawford by groovehouse

dannigirl: woah! the photography is everlasting isnt it just? creating such an empty effect- which is exactly what you feel on the cold harsh streets of tokyo at night.. great work soldier! Xx...

in response to: tokyo by night by jeeff

EvilGentleman: Nah, I'm just a guy who likes to take lots of pictures and post them on the internet, sharing the world I see with others, using my preference for a comprehensive photojournalistic presentation style. I......

in response to: Sexe Cite by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: But it's just a standard warning that you are under photosurveillance. It says nothing about photography being forbidden....

in response to: Warning by joey

EvilGentleman: Just a little curious about your "guerrilla photography" style, I have a few questions. I notice your most common perspective is from thigh level, and usually canted about 30° to the left. Are most of your......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

CE: Thanks! The tripod makes such a huge difference with night photography. These pictures came out much better than in [[6457:this post]] when I didn't have a tripod (and was using a shitty camera......

in response to: Griffintown Revisited by CE

Jamie: There's no substitute for a good {tripod} when it comes to {night} photography. Except for a good wall maybe. Nice shots C-man. I think my favourite is the {pink house}....

in response to: Griffintown Revisited by CE

Tyfoid Kid: Is all the "No photography" because of the NYC elevated Terror Threat Level BS?? Cartlegger - I was trying to get a look at stuff on Randell Island using Google Earth and MS virtual earth but......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Brad: [[img:19366]] Took this picture on the forbidden Triborough Bridge last month on vacation. The white signs on the right are "No Photography" signs. I didn't realize what they said until we rode past them, we also......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

EvilGentleman: I just noticed something rather interesting we have in common. Artistically, it seems as though our first posts are the best. I suppose that is because in the beginning, we are posting photos that we......

in response to: Saturday Walk by chiamattt

joey: i find in my approach to photography i look for a contrast of the urban and natural worlds. in this photo for example, i see the natural distortion of the tree branch in contrast to......

in response to: Golden Temple by joey

zagg: I have been in winter hibernation mode. My photography has been soley inside instead of outside until my winter jacket can get lost - doesn't make for much citynoise content....

in response to: This Ride Is Pimped, Yo! by zagg

CE: Anyone who knows a lot about photography, can you tell me why the black forground arrow sign turned transparent? I still ahve no idea how I did that....

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

EvilGentleman: I don't know why, but I have this instinctive urge to step back about two feet, and make this awesome picture even better. (Although that would not actually happen, since I am nowhere near as......

in response to: Church Gates by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: That is insane. Can you imagine tourists getting arrested for taking pictures of Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, or the London Eye? Bad enough the cops in Connecticut will confiscate pictures taken of them while on......

in response to: Police State Coming to a Country Near You Soon by elaine

Jason Laderoute: Ther are so many simple Photo opportunities out there which makes Photography so Infinite. I like this shot because it really commands attention, all the shadows really send the mind to work over-time...

in response to: Shadowbox by sine

Robin R.: Great effort! I haven't been back to St. Laurent for ages, but this article and excellent photography are like an instant time machine. Please continue to add more photographs and articles. The Decarie......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

Bob Hughes: In depth photography, very well done too. I sympathise with your fears walking over the broken ties with a long drop to the icy river below. Thanks for sharing the articles....

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge IV: The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By) by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Ok, it looks like someone is making false posts with my name now. I do not appreciate this one bit. Whoever is impersonating me, nice try. I know Sirhcbre IRL, so it will be hard......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

Jamie: i cant quite put a finger on what it is i love quite so much about these photos. and your photography in general. in many ways they seem to anthropomorphise their inanimate subjects....

in response to: The Wind That Stole Dorothy by benji

EvilGentleman: Thank you very much. I must admit, I always liked the way this one came out, especially the way the light shining through the ice changes the colours. I had a lot of time on......

in response to: Ice Cubes and Seaweed by EvilGentleman

Jamie: totally. the overall quality of a photo lies more in the person pressing the shutter release than it does in the quality of the equipment used. certainly a nice shiny lens helps a lot but......

in response to: Heidelberg Doll House by Cosmo

EvilGentleman: Thanks, Barry. But don't judge me by how many posts I have produced, some of them were not the greatest. I am now in the process of slowly refining my posts so that I can......

in response to: The Answer. by barry

aer suzuki: nice shots, you seem to have an ability to pare things down to the simplest elements, and that's the kind of photography i'm really digging right now. i love the tones in the first one......

in response to: Point Richmond Sightseeing by joey

zagg: Oh no, I wasn't the "artist" --- I stick to photography and the only paint I touch is watercolour....

in response to: Love Bomb by zagg

Shbi: Amazing photographs...i live in Bickley not too far from the old Aquila site and i still remember cycling down to the gate sometimes when i was younger, curious as to what it all was..i never......

in response to: MoD Aquila (Part Two) by Simon Cornwell

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Your photography is amazing...................sure beats mine. Ive been to so many countries around the world and seen so many beautiful things, and who would believe that Irlam could be so pictureque. Do you still live there? Just......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: But one way or another, you are naturally suited to "Erban photography"...

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Jamie: I'm certainly no lawyer, but as i understand it, there is no law in the uk about taking photos of peoples houses. Aerial photography companies for examples endlessly fly over our homes taking photos in......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Elicar: No Drea. My job involves nowhere near any creative expression, unless of course you consider the art of negotiation and dealing with people as such. But thank you, I consider that a big compliment. I have......

in response to: Of Park Benches and Picnic Tables by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Editor, me? Not even close. Three months ago, I did not know Citynoise existed. Thanks for the compliment, but I do not have the experience, nor have I put in the hard work and dedication......

in response to: Secret Gazebo or Cabbagetown Love Nest by Biff

anon (p5084FC75.dip.t-dialin.net): hey where can i find these spots..I'm really interested in photography and graffiti is one of my favorite types of art..please let me know where this is at in jersey! nwhystatamind@gmail.com...

in response to: METRO GRAFFITI ART SINCE 1988. by Metro 1

Chris Erb: Political science to photography is quite a jump! I'm going to be doing a double major in Sociology and urban studies then hopefully to to grad school to do city planning. One of......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

EvilGentleman: elaine, the pink Scotiabank building is not home to Barbie, but I think that Squirrel that hangs out with Spongebob Squarepants might frequent the place fairly often. Chris, I am a political science major who is......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

EvilGentleman: Actually, you **did** get the new fine arts, or EVA (I have no idea what the acronym stands for) building. It is the one with the "hat" and the obtuse-angled facade on it's upper stories,......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

EvilGentleman: Oh, and elicar, awesome pics! I agree, it definitely hool-influenced, but yet I see something a little different, and not in a bad way. I see elicar edges on hool themes, and I like what......

in response to: Lost in Thought by Elicar

EvilGentleman: elaine, I love the way you phrased that, how it is natural to experiment using the style of others as a point of departure towards finding your own style. I know my style for shooting......

in response to: Lost in Thought by Elicar

Jamie: My thoughts exactly. I ##want## a digital slr but whats stopping me apart from the funding of course is the size of the bloody thing. See i like your camera. What i need is something......

in response to: Lost in Thought by Elicar

elaine: taking photos mainly to put on screen frees up a lot of purchase anxiety about dpi. and comparing film based photography to digital, it's financially freer once you've made the original purchase, and if you......

in response to: Lost in Thought by Elicar

Jamie: spring and brightly coloured graf make for lovely photos. spring is my favoutite time of year for photography....

in response to: Alley Art Gallery by jeeff

the face: I like the graff trux idea! I want to see more! Ps. Fuzzy have you heard of the up factory in portland? You should check it out! Lots of good spots, and a great place......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

jack: this is all ridiculous! lets get back to photography....

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

SHRone aka ShoohA": Nice and interesting colour-mix on the third photography. The Regard from Russia! SHR" was here....

in response to: Phyto! by dubside

drea: Good street photography. I wonder how they're gonna make sure people pay for the ticket. It's not like car tickets cuz you can take down the license plate. Do people take your driver's license number......

in response to: Smokers BEWARE! by Elicar

Tamara: thank you, thank you, thank you... Biff ~ you are too funny! Namascar! (...Bengali) Urbanghost ~ I always shoot with film, I'm actually a tradionalist when it comes to photography (though to hardly anything else......

in response to: Sacred and Little Altars by Tamara

jack: ggp you took a great shot in that third pic. very artistic. you guys are making it a contest to see who takes the most photographic portraits of landscape. this is better......

in response to: More Astoria by GGP

urbanghost: thanks grange and thanks hool for the heads up about that intersection. You sound like you really know the city well, which i'm aware of by checking out your site and seeing how much......

in response to: Street Shots by urbanghost

joey: i've always though of my photography done in a moving car as __'drive-by shooting'__...

in response to: Drive-by Shooting by Magdelena

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Ow... I shall mourn the demise of AJ's in much the same way as I mourn the passing of the last A&W drive-in that I ever saw. (It was in Saint John, N.B. near the......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

speakeasy: wow!!! damn fine photography!! love it... ...

in response to: Alleyways and Chairs by n3onflash

an impossible child: i was playing around, experimenting, as i wanted t see what would happen when some colour was taken/burnt out of the image (i didn't have a bw film on me at the time) - for......

in response to: Thursday Night by an impossible child

elaine: may i guess? it strikes me as more of an art take on photography than a photographer's one - or maybe a photographer would disagree, especially a 'craft' photographer. any takers? peter?...

in response to: At the Bus Stop: by Peter

elaine: i'm liking that 8th dimension photography...

in response to: On the Brink by ian

EvilGentleman: Actually, EvilGentleman is my chat nick on [[http://www.alamak.com]] It refers to the duality of my nature, much the same as we all tend to have. I like oxymorons, for some reason. I can see how......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Thanks, Bigbri. The camera I used was a no-frills 3.2 megapixel Fuji Finepix A330, cuz it's all I can afford at the moment. I hope to upgrade to something better one of these days, and......

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I love the photography. Very well done. I hope I can reach that level one day. I tip my hat to you, Noah....

in response to: A Trip to NY by Noah

adam: im just glad people are finally appreciating hool's photography. now go look at all his other posts...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

B.B. Melbourne australia: Hi Peter I lived @504W 126ST. N.Y.C. for 18 months but being a British Merchant Marine I had to return to the U.K. much to my regret. I now live in OZ.but theres not a......

in response to: Westside Market: NYC by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Elaine, I can recommend Hastings. I went to college there and lived in Bohemia (an actaul section of Hastings) for two years. It has a ton of history, a bunches of art/poetry/photography/drunkards, as much candyfloss......

in response to: Railworld Redux by Jamie

jack: i love manchester in june, how about , wait a second, i cant see anything. this is photography of nothing but fog. yet it compels me to look further into the picture. ......

in response to: Morning Fog (07/12/05) by Myke

Jamie: Great, thanks for the info SporadiC. On a related slant, i'm interested in doing some pk/freerunning/urban tricking ##(call it what you will)## photography. So here's a shout out to any traceurs/freerunners in the east of......

in response to: Le Parkour: An Introduction by 3flow

Paul G: crime scene photography: all three have the feel of a little crt monitor displaying the images produced by a public security cam. it's the pregnant moment (hours) on the night shift, waiting for something......

in response to: Ghost Town by Jamie

Kato: No it's not your Mum, it's your sibling Lhasa Apso, very intelligent dog. He's just waiting until he gets a camera. He's mastered sleeping and eating so next step is photography, no probs he's Tibetan....

in response to: Condors and Canyon by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: i think its ok to have a black guy there it shows the black kids what a man looks like. black kids are taught the wrong things all the time. why do you......

in response to: Potrait of a Hero by ian

Peter: wow, the payphones look different in canada than they do here. also: in the above photo of the guy buffing the wall in prep for hool's arrival, i love how the bolts in the right side......

in response to: nov 11 2005 toronto by hool

Peter: heh. nice. im really sstarting to like your photography, ian. i mean, i did before, too, but youve started making some fascinating, worthwhile shots lately, and i really dig em....

in response to: Serious Emergencies Only by ian

joey: a few blocks up the hill from this spot is where the book cannery row played out. my daughters and i used to vacation here every sping and i would read the book each time.......

in response to: cannery walkway by steelisreal

elaine: shoulda woulda coulda... but isn't writing the new photography, jamie?...

in response to: one month to the day by Jamie

jeeff: first time you've seen my photography? huh? i've posted lots on here......

in response to: the junction in b&w by jeeff

Peter: me too. that chinese food one is cool. i think this might be the first time ive seen your photography, jeeff. cool! i hope you post more. these are really nice shots. btw... theres a similar "jesus......

in response to: the junction in b&w by jeeff

Peter: do some photography, for sure! but thank sine for the photos and inspiration... she's got a good eye for photography :)...

in response to: Rainy Day, Midtown Manhattan by sine

jack: the third picture is also great. the reflection of lights. i know peter is getting ready for autumn in new york. central park at the fountain where tyrone power kissed the beautiful......

in response to: Rainy Day, Midtown Manhattan by sine

vz: Curiously enough, nobody's mentioned that the MTA has a ban on photography on the subway....

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

jack: life is short. many, many gang people believe this is their time so let it be. they are wasting time. look at the world, look at the sky, look at the flowers.......

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

Peter: nice building... i love the {golden hour}, myself. its #1 for photography. that abandoned building looms creepily. also: the most fun part of this entry was watching the development of the montage from the original to......

in response to: secluded graf by elaine

stillseeingred: more in the frame, as in more of the foreground? background? I try not to work with a certain subject matter or try and frame shots, focusing more on segments of human vision, not traditionally......

in response to: street photographie by stillseeingred

elaine: i read about claude glasses a long time ago, and from memory thought they were attached to carriages so you could watch the world go by 'framed' but i am not so sure about that......

in response to: demolition by elaine

stillseeingred: that is a killer shot, I totally dig your night photography, keep it up....

in response to: Untitled by fuzzytank

elaine: i can't remember the name of it offhand but there was a kind of photographic techmique which was used i think in victorian times which was beautiful - blue and white. it was a kind......

in response to: San Francisco, from the Coastal Trail in the Marin Headlands by Trolleypup

BZZZP: see [[http://nyc.photobloggers.org/archives/2005/05/22/mta_abandons_plan_to_ban_subway_photography.php]] ...

in response to: Ghost Rider on the Train by GGP

stillseeingred: Thanks a ton for the comments. I was on the rocks about continuing the night photography, but thanks for the added encouragement. Cheers Justin...

in response to: Color Abberations PDX by stillseeingred

fuzzytank: the advent of digital photography has enhanced one genre of photos more than any other: the swirly night kind afore and once long ago when er'tooh reigned the 35mm the cost forbade thine swirliez its to bad i......

in response to: Color Abberations PDX by stillseeingred

elaine: yeah, i like hool's writing on photography too. i was inspired by the prospect of a book, and i also have been thinking about writing in an academic stylie again, and the old problem of......

in response to: noise in a city by elaine

elaine: i agree. i found myself latching onto it after finding transgression too violent a metaphor, on the one hand and being a bit of an anthropology bunny on the other. i havn't read widely on......

in response to: noise in a city by elaine

kobe: this is osme bloody fine photography hool....

in response to: the portable female by hool

elaine: i am fairly friendly, less to random strangers than, say, to local shopkeepers and the like, but i also don't care about chumming up to people. when i started working at the local college, being......

in response to: Lost People by Peter

Paul G: i like the abstract quality of your low-res images. all hyper-realism, all the time, can be fatiguing. smudgy, inky, rough gestures are fun in painting and photography: freeing, in a way......

in response to: Zone & Shrub by Peter

Mahir: I like the colors in the fishy picture. They are so vibrant, you must be have a very good camera equipment to take such vivid photographs. I like the feel of your photography very much......

in response to: Springfields: Mayday by Jamie

Jamie: yes, i much prefer digital now to the blind process of chemical photography. pretty picture here by the way....

in response to: reflection: canalside gasworks by elaine

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