Carbon Copies
by jeger

Comment:
In an interesting coincidence, I got this joke in my email the same day your picture hit the front page. It made me think that pretty soom, your title metaphor will be one of those where the original, literal meaning has been lost ...

Congratulations on the ribbon!
================== Here's the Joke ===============

As an assistant high-school track coach, I recorded the results of each home meet and made copies for all the coaches. But because our track shed did not have electricity, I had to use carbon paper. A freshman team member offered to help, and I showed her how to place the carbon paper shiny side down so that the image would transfer to the sheet beneath it.

"What will they think of next?" she said in astonishment. "Pretty soon we won't need copy machines anymore."

Message edited by author 2008-10-21 12:30:41.

Bixby Creek bridge, Big Sur coast
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Well, this is better than any of the shots I got, but I bet there was a lot more selective processing than I did, too -- I think I've "gotten back to basics" a little too much.

Condor, Big Sur Coast
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Looks like he's taking a backwards pratfall -- great capture!

Aerial Burbs
by Tammer

Comment:
If I ever get to design a suburb, the temptation to lay out the streets to spell out "something" visible from the air would be hard to resist ... :-)

Nice contrast of finished and prospective developments.

Dawn in Suburbia (Singapore)
by andrewt

Comment:
That cloud on the horizon looks like a mouse eating a piece of cheese :-)

I like the soft coloration.

(Darn typos!)

Message edited by author 2008-10-21 12:33:14.

Where the heart is...
by Prash

Comment:
I really like the effect the oddly-trimmed and tilted tree gives to the perspective.

obama5.jpg
by alanfreed

Comment:
Mmmmmmmmm ... Cherry Garcia ahhh ... :-)

bush.jpg
by alanfreed

Comment:

Originally posted by vxpra: "Ahhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh.....chooooooo."

Almost precisely how I was going to spell it -- Gesundheit!

The spirit in the bottle
by MilesW

Comment:
Excellent "special effects" image -- though I suspect some literalist will note that the spirit is (at least partially) OUT of the bottle ... ;-)

Snow White's Fall
by Shaka

Comment:
The composition reminds me of a detail from the Sistine Chapel; an interesting juxtaposition of Biblical symbols ... there's more to most of these stories, which has been lost in the pervasive "Disneyfied" versions.