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Re: Gardens, a few that I have noticed.
G. Donald Bain 2006-Jul-10 05:15:00
Nice commentary, Bob!
Usually i try to do this sort of wrap up and appreciation after each
event, but, as most of you know, I have been somewhat distracted this
time. :-(
Please contribute your comments on the event to the list! Keep it
positive, remembering that we have a lot of first timers.
I have still not looked at "Gardens" carefully, nor have I prepared
my own entry, so I still look forward to to enjoying it. Currently we
have somewhere between 310 and 317 entries (some are incomplete,
including mine), which comes very close to a new record - we had 325
participants in Best of 2005.
Landis will soon be announcing the next two quarterly events, so be
ready to start shooting again. Also, I hope for resolution of some
local bandwidth issues (the success of WWP makes printing and e-mail
in my department impossible at times of peak demand) by the end of
the summer.
Did I ever mention that The Geo-Images Project (host to WWP) is the
tenth busiest server on the UC Berkeley site? That is pretty
incredible, considering that berkeley.edu is larger than most top-
level domains (i.e. countries). Once the bandwidth issues are dealt
with and we can start seriously publicizing the site I am confident
that we will climb even higher.
I see the end of 2006 as perhaps a decisive moment in popular
perception of VR - the moment when we FINALLY get a lot of people to
wake up and recognize how amazing this technology is - truly a new
view of worldwide reality. As participants in the WWP - YOU WILL BE
THERE!
Okay, time to calm down and take my medication...
Don
On Jul 9, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Robert Bilsland wrote:
> Well after a few nights of going thought the entries, looking at
> everyone's panoramas and reading their descriptions, I've finished. A
> task that I want to do because as everyone has gone to the effort to
> create them its the least I can do.
>
> The first thing that strikes me about the entries is two sub themes
> that have appeared Japanese and Community gardens. For example I like
> Ken Stuart's Hannah Carter Japanese Garden, all beautifully built into
> the landscape (as well as the Koi carp below you) and Sam Hatch's
> Children's Community Gardens, after all it's something that children
> can easily do and enjoy the results. Of course these aren't the only
> two, there are plenty more examples of these themes.
>
> Other gardens that have caught my eye are Luis Benitez's Cosmovitral
> Jard?n Bot?nico / Botanical Garden. The colours and amount of stained
> glass windows in this garden is overwhelming. I am high lighting Larry
> Cassis's In Memory of David (Doc) Littlefield 1942-2006 because of the
> reasons for using this location, it seems a fitting way to remember
> someone. Uri Cogan's Butchart Gardens just looks like a wonderfully
> kept place that would be nice to go for a walk and Martin
> Hrdlička's
> Rose Garden - KONOPI?TĚ castle looks very well kept with a
> very formal
> layout.
>
> I like Jook Leung's Longwood Gardens because of it's content, orchids.
> This is a flower that I love and the variety that is on display here
> is wonderful. I love the topiary in Kerry Rudy's Cypress Gardens, so
> many different animals it must have taken so much time to create. Erik
> Van den Broeck's Wimereux, OpaalKust, Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk shows a
> wonderful sunset, I could imagine sitting there feeling a warm summer
> breeze myself and finally Masao Yamamichi's Magic Mirror, beautiful
> but which way is up again?
>
> These of course are just a selection that I made, and there are plenty
> of others. If you have not seen all the entries then I hope this might
> get you to look at some that you have not seen before. Also if you
> have found an entry that you like, then why not share it with the rest
> of us letting us know why.
>
> Hope you enjoy my selection,
>
> Bob Bilsland.
> http://www.panoramasunlimited.com
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