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Viewed from the Ouseburn, fifty or more metres below, especially through a wide-angle lens, the Newcastle Metro bridge over the said Ouseburn presents an airy spectacle against a December sky even if it is only industrial concrete, unlike Byker Bridge beneath whose towering brick arches I stood to take this shot. The audacity of the local graffitist in tagging the bridge is astonishing, compensating with his daring for what he lacks in artistic originality. V2 with the Lumix with added contrast for Mrswoolybill whose monitor would not reveal the joke in V1 blatantly enough.
I have no idea what Team Potato is - a clique of lads who race sofas, perhaps? - but at least the perpetrator can spell better than a recent Vice-President of the USA.
Version 1: D70s + 20mm, 1/400th sec. @ f11, ISO 400;
Version 2: Lumix, did its own thing with 1/125th sec. @ f5.6, ISO 80.
| Camera: | Nikon D70S  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | Nikon 20mm f2.8 D AF |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Title: | Team x Potato! |
| Username: | 
woolybill1 |
| Uploaded: | 5 Jan 2009 - 8:45 AM |
| Tags: | Architecture, December 2008, Graffiti, Humour / fun, Newcastle upon tyne, Ouseburn, Viaduct |
| Votes: | 50 |
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A wonderful angle Bill.
I like the formation of the trees in the background of V1, as if they are on guard duty.
I also like the close crop of V2 showing us that graffitti.
You have some lovely warm colours to that version.
Hilary
The light was changing very rapidly - a few minutes before and afterwards it was almost totally grey!
Elegant composition with that lamppost helping to prop up the bridge, and a wonderfully strange title that only made sense after seeing V2. And don't come down too hard on the vice president; at least he can write, however badly, which can't be said about his employer 
Regards,
Rende
Walking with head in the clouds will enable one to spot such things 
Great fun, and the thought of the tagger painting this is almost mind-boggling for someone who gets dizzy on the roof of her own 1-story house!
Anne
Have to hand it to them artists, some are really professional, well spotted
Somebody did tell me, but I've forgotten and it's not been there that long. Two great shots. Its a difficult area.
Nice to see things are looking up for the New Year Bill.
John
Ahh this takes me back to my own Team X Potato days - they were excellent fun if not a little dangerous - but I am afraid I can say no more, I am sworn to secrecy.
Fun couple of images certainly ask more questions than perhaps can be answered.
Best wishes
Robert
Glad Moira couldn't see it as I would have been left out in the cold too. [quote]Ahh this takes me back to my own Team X Potato days - they were excellent fun if not a little dangerous - Do you think Robert is telling porkies?
Obviously before my time!!
Helen
Quote: This reminds me a series of shots I recently saw at the Guggenheim Museum in NY by Catherine Opie that took up a good part of a gallery there. One entire wall was a series of freeway ramps taken from different angles. Well seen and captured.
Ty
Ahhhhhhhh well, there you go, Bill!
Johanna
I remember doing art with a potato as a kid, but it was nothing like this! Admiration sans approval - have you spotted any other examples of their handywork?
I'm almost feeling dizzy looking at this Bill; I love the perspective and the wide angle you've captured; it makes the bridge feel immense and adds drama
Tim
Excellent stuff Bill, I reckon i know who the culprit was who put the graffiti on that bridge, it's that Maurice Piper fellow!
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