WTF Stories of the Week - Page 339

3894 · 11-01-2011, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

Amish on Amish violence: when will it end?!

Ishkabibble. Don't let those straw hats bamboozle you. They're a wily people.

CoasterMatt · 11-11-2011, 03:27 PM

THIS picture sold for $4.3 million! It looks like the kind of crap I'd delete before even importing to Lightroom...

Alex · 11-11-2011, 03:40 PM

Well, if it helps he has sold three prints of this for more than $7 million total:

It's hard for me to say what I think of a 12 foot by 7 foot photograph from looking at it on a computer screen and a few inches big.

Not Afraid · 11-11-2011, 04:32 PM

I think it is pretty impressive that photography is now selling for a LOT more money that it has ever sold for. The marginalization of photography is perhaps coming to a close. I think all fine art photographers should be extremely happy!

Cadaverous Pallor · 11-13-2011, 11:28 PM

A quick image search later and I love Andreas Gursky! Spoilered for big pics.

Spoiler:

I can't say I like the super expensive one the best but I can say I'm really impressed with composition that ends up looking like it can't possibly be a slice of three dimensional reality.

Ghoulish Delight · 11-22-2011, 10:45 AM

Well this was informative

alphabassettgrrl · 11-22-2011, 02:52 PM

Wow.

RStar · 11-22-2011, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Well this was informative

TMI dude, TMI.

But funny & informitive TMI.

Moonliner · 11-23-2011, 11:54 AM

There exists such as thing as a killer under water ice tornados.

They are called Brinicles.

Ghoulish Delight · 11-23-2011, 12:01 PM

Dang, from your description I was hoping for a moving tornado of ice shards, tearing fish to shreds in its path.

But that was still damn cool. I swear, I can't get enough of echinoderm time lapse recordings.

11-11-2011, 03:27 PM	#3382
CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	THIS picture sold for $4.3 million! It looks like the kind of crap I'd delete before even importing to Lightroom... __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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11-11-2011, 03:40 PM	#3383
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, if it helps he has sold three prints of this for more than $7 million total: It's hard for me to say what I think of a 12 foot by 7 foot photograph from looking at it on a computer screen and a few inches big.
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11-11-2011, 04:32 PM	#3384
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I think it is pretty impressive that photography is now selling for a LOT more money that it has ever sold for. The marginalization of photography is perhaps coming to a close. I think all fine art photographers should be extremely happy!
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11-13-2011, 11:28 PM	#3385
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	A quick image search later and I love Andreas Gursky! Spoilered for big pics. Spoiler: I can't say I like the super expensive one the best but I can say I'm really impressed with composition that ends up looking like it can't possibly be a slice of three dimensional reality. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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11-22-2011, 10:45 AM	#3386
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Well this was informative __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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11-22-2011, 02:52 PM	#3387
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Wow. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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11-23-2011, 11:54 AM	#3389
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	There exists such as thing as a killer under water ice tornados. They are called Brinicles. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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11-23-2011, 12:01 PM	#3390
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Dang, from your description I was hoping for a moving tornado of ice shards, tearing fish to shreds in its path. But that was still damn cool. I swear, I can't get enough of echinoderm time lapse recordings. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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