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Feb 13, 2009 22:40 |  #1

I had an idea yesterday to aid in creativity, my/your health, and to reduce our dependence on our motor vehicles, aircraft and trains while still enjoying photography.

Here's the plan.

1) Walk (or cycle) a mile from where you live - more if you like.
2) Take a photo (or several).
3) Post one up that shows something interesting about where you live.
4) Write a line or two to teach us all something of interest.

The aim is for everyone to see more of this beautiful planet without whizzing all over the place, in "Planes, Trains & Automobiles"....

I'll start off with the shot that got me thinking:

It's Mount Sakurajima at sunrise, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
One of the world's most active volcanoes, she typically erupts 250+ times a year!
I live 7km (as a cooked crow would fly) across the bay from the south summit, which unfortunately, is the active one!


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Feb 14, 2009 14:12 |  #2

Nice composition, colors look a little hazy.

I like the idea...one question though...would bicycling be ok?




  
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Feb 14, 2009 14:18 |  #3

I would do it but im afraid of getting rob... :(


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Feb 14, 2009 14:42 |  #4

Good idea. I took this while bicycling down to one of the harbors near me. It's an anchor after hurricane Ophelia went thru here in 2005. The shank is pretty twisted up. Someone displayed it to act as a reminder of the power of wind and water. Not sure what thier boat looked like after the storm :(

Used a point and shoot but it tells the story ok.


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Feb 14, 2009 17:52 |  #5

WkDave wrote in post #7324904 (external link)
Nice composition, colors look a little hazy.

I like the idea...one question though...would bicycling be ok?

Thanks for the comment...the colours were hazy because Sakurajima's eruption level has gone up and she'd blown her top about an hour earlier. The ash is a real problem here - my dark green car looked white later that day!
As to cycling...absolutely 100% ok.
I'm a huge cycling fan, so I'll add it to the first post!
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Feb 14, 2009 17:54 |  #6

seaside wrote in post #7325022 (external link)
Good idea. I took this while bicycling down to one of the harbors near me. It's an anchor after hurricane Ophelia went thru here in 2005. The shank is pretty twisted up. Someone displayed it to act as a reminder of the power of wind and water. Not sure what thier boat looked like after the storm :(

Used a point and shoot but it tells the story ok.

Wow! That's excellent. And exactly what I'm hoping to encourage. We don't need award-winning photos. The idea is for everyone to see a bit more, learn a bit more and exercise a bit more.
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Feb 14, 2009 20:45 |  #7

kinda a psychogeography idea.
http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Psychogeography (external link)

loooove it.. ill make sure to do it and ill post soon!!!


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Feb 15, 2009 03:11 |  #8

shaner123 wrote in post #7326701 (external link)
kinda a psychogeography idea.
http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Psychogeography (external link)

loooove it.. ill make sure to do it and ill post soon!!!

Hey there Shaner. Despite graduating in psychology (Child & Educational) I've not come across psychogeography before. Thanks for the link - very interesting and along the right lines. Can't wait to see your input :D

Meanwhile, I have to add, the concept is also to encourage multiple entries of new places members go to, by foot or pedal-power. The more the better...so here's another of mine to keep it rolling around the world:

This is an "aged" shot of Kamoike (鴨池) which interestingly translates as "Duck Pond" - appropriate as I've never posted a "duck" image on POTN! - and is a very old part of Kagoshima, dating back to the Edo era when Saigo Takamori the infamous samurai challenger to the Shogun lived here.

Narrow and not ultra-modern, I think you'd agree...


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Feb 15, 2009 07:08 as a reply to  @ skygod44's post |  #9

Brings to mind the movie, "The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise. But I think the Samurai portrayed in that movie was fictional. Wasn't Saigo Takamori the REAL last Samurai...

Your image is interesting and it would be neat to see an old 1800's image of the same street for comparision. No telephone wires or meters.... A lot of history here! Great picture!


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Feb 15, 2009 17:56 |  #10

seaside wrote in post #7328642 (external link)
Brings to mind the movie, "The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise. But I think the Samurai portrayed in that movie was fictional. Wasn't Saigo Takamori the REAL last Samurai...

Your image is interesting and it would be neat to see an old 1800's image of the same street for comparision. No telephone wires or meters.... A lot of history here! Great picture!

Actually, "The Last Samurai" was loosly based on Saigo Takamori, so you hit the nail on the head. As to my photo minus wires/meters etc, I did consider cloning, but that wasn't the point - and Missus Skygod wanted me to help make Miso soup for our dinner!!!!;)


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Feb 15, 2009 19:48 |  #11

Great idea and nice shots so far!

As soon as there will still be daylight when I get off work I'll join the thread with a pic! (sadly, after dark there's a good chance someone with a baseball bat and/or a butcher knife will offer to relieve me of such frivolous possessions as my wallet, cellphone and camera).


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Feb 15, 2009 23:03 |  #12

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Great idea and nice shots so far!

As soon as there will still be daylight when I get off work I'll join the thread with a pic! (sadly, after dark there's a good chance someone with a baseball bat and/or a butcher knife will offer to relieve me of such frivolous possessions as my wallet, cellphone and camera).

Really? You're serious aren't you. That's terrible.
Here in summer, people pop out to convenience stores in their cars - too hot to walk! - go into the store leaving their car outside, keys in the ignition, engine running (to keep the aircon on, and the car cool - of course!) and then, up to 45 minutes later (from my observations) they emerge and get back into their cars...which haven't moved an inch!

Coming from the UK, I don't know how these people don't think "car thief" before doing it, but I've yet to hear of ANYONE having a car stolen


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Feb 15, 2009 23:22 |  #13

Sounds wonderful ;) and sadly...I'm totally serious.

This all happened in ONE night within roughly 10 blocks of my house (and I live in a supposedly good neighbourhood)

Six men in their late teens and early 20s have been charged after a rash of robberies over the weekend.
The first incident occurred on Saturday around 10:30 p.m. when a man walking near 111 Street and 83 Avenue was approached by a man carrying a bat. The aspiring thief demanded the man's wallet.
When the victim refused, he was struck by the bat. The perp fled without the wallet.
About 20 minutes later, a man sitting in a car near 109 Street and 86 Avenue was approached by the same crook, who demanded his wallet.
A few minutes later, a man and woman walking near 110 Street and 88 Avenue were approached by a crook who demanded money and threatened them. The two men began fighting, while the woman called police.
Not long after, another man was approached near 85 Avenue and 111 Street and assaulted and had his wallet stolen. Some of the victims received minor injuries.
Christopher Thomas Vickers, 20, has been charged with several counts of robbery, two breaches and mischief in connection with the incidents.
Less than six hours later, several men approached a man walking near 109 Street and 70 Avenue, assaulted him and fled with his cellphone. He received minor injuries.
Then, around 7:30 a.m., the group allegedly used the victim's cellphone to order pizza, but the group had more than food on their minds.
When the delivery man arrived at the home in the Knottwood Road area, he was robbed of his food and his money by the group who fled in a vehicle.
The vehicle was later found parked outside a house near 61 Street and 35 Avenue.
Cops have arrested five men - including 21-year-old Jeil Simon, 19-year-old Michael Joseph Motiuk and three 17-year-old males - and laid robbery-related charges.

To add insult to injury...I had to write that one ;) hahaha


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Feb 16, 2009 00:38 |  #14

this is a great idea, im gonna go for a walk tomorrow and see what I find. thanks.


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Feb 16, 2009 01:04 |  #15

LowriderS10 wrote in post #7333793 (external link)
Sounds wonderful ;) and sadly...I'm totally serious.
This all happened in ONE night within roughly 10 blocks of my house (and I live in a supposedly good neighbourhood)
Six men in their late teens and early 20s have been charged after a rash of robberies over the weekend.

That's terrible. I'm really sorry for you guys if that's the kind of people in your area. Disgusting. Well, don't get injured....but do add a photo when you can.

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this is a great idea, im gonna go for a walk tomorrow and see what I find. thanks.

Thanks for the support....I'm waiting to see what you can show me/everyone.
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