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Camera: Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Date Uploaded: Jan 13, 2013

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 This first example of this year actually personifies the theme of Architectural Quirks and Oddities.

How could I resist this detail of one of our distinctive Victorian homes, with its lovingly carved wood, and painted just so, and then (!) embellished with every communication device known to man!

For this one, I used Topaz to help delineate the lines, selective colors & Viveza 2 to push structure and color to where it should be.

Finally most, if not all, of my images will be shot from my car (as were last year's street lights) 'cause I just don't walk that far at this point and there's rarely a place in my town to park the car anyhow! Viva the red light and long lens!

Okay, 'nuff. Here goes 2013.

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 02/24/2013 12:54:10 AM
Oh my gosh, that is just too good. I noticed the same thing about some of the old castles in Europe... ancient building with a satellite dish on top.

Have a great year with your tour - I'll follow along! I enjoyed last years tour of lights, too!
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 02/10/2013 11:06:30 PM
Love Victorian homes. The dishes do make a funny contrast of eras.
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 01/19/2013 01:07:00 PM
Cool find. I would have liked to see more of the house. I have a similar scene...the Amish farm house next to where my daughter lives has a satellite dish! Though I think it's left over from a previous owner.
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 01/19/2013 12:21:12 PM
Definitely an oddity of life these days. Good observation.
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 01/19/2013 07:39:01 AM
Lovely architectural detail - I wonder what the original architect would make of the new embellishments.
 01/15/2013 03:15:46 PM
Out of place, out of time. But well connected!
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 01/14/2013 04:57:15 PM
Yep, modern tech is a good thing, and sometimes, not such a good thing. Nice capture at the red light!
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 01/14/2013 01:26:02 PM
Very well seen - Germaine said it well - a visual oxymoron. It takes money to live in and keep up a house like this - more than it would a modern house in most cases. Not surprising that the owners would enjoy modern technology in addition to appreciating the beauty of tradition.
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 01/14/2013 12:02:46 PM
A wonderful roof line - a hideous display of technology. well chosen
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 01/14/2013 04:39:49 AM
Silly technology spoils this "little gem" in architecture that you have found in the city. I guess it's better than thousands of wires everywhere, if those are slowly disappearing and these are replacing them then that's a step in the right direction. Next, get the installers to put them less in obtrusive places.
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 01/14/2013 02:26:49 AM
This one makes me smile - maybe they are trying to contact aliens and are disguising all the communication devices? Beam me up Scottie indeed :)
On another not, great job getting this much detail taken from your car.
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 01/14/2013 12:54:45 AM
Wonderful detail! one could imagine it is one of those time machines about to take off to another dimension!
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 01/13/2013 11:03:52 PM
That is odd. Wonderful capture.
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 01/13/2013 11:01:53 PM
Germaine said it - and you captured it. Odd indeed - if increasingly common.

Message edited by author 2013-01-13 23:02:14.
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 01/13/2013 10:14:01 PM
Typical. I live in a house like that. We at least try to hide all that stuff around in the back.
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 01/13/2013 09:50:45 PM
Wonderful! I want to call this a visual oxymoron...
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 01/13/2013 09:23:12 PM
Great find! I'm sure there are many architects and designers who would cringe to see such a lovely building treated like this.
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 01/13/2013 09:02:03 PM
I like the roof lines and it makes me wonder what the rest of the house is like. Based on the other stuff on the roof I can picture the inside with all of the latest gadgets and HDTV's in almost every room! Thanks for stopping to take this one!!
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