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The Art of Photography => Street Showcase => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on April 17, 2019, 10:45:42 am

Title: Gone with the Wind
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on April 17, 2019, 10:45:42 am: Gone With The Wind (https://blog.parrikar.com/2019/04/17/gone-with-the-wind/). This street sculpture in Reykjavík was blown away yesterday in a severe windstorm.
Title: Re: Gone with the Wind
Post by: RSL on April 17, 2019, 11:13:18 am: Bye bye street sculpture.
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 17, 2019, 11:32:45 am: Is this before or after? Or in-between?
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Post by: francois on April 17, 2019, 11:41:48 am: The sculpture looks like it's very light and floating in the air… So, no wonder that it was blown away.
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Post by: RSL on April 17, 2019, 12:02:22 pm: Actually, it looks as if the sculptor was lighter than air. Maybe somebody decided it'd be better if the thing blew away and detached it.
Title: Re: Gone with the Wind
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on April 17, 2019, 01:56:54 pm: Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 17, 2019, 11:32:45 am
Is this before or after? Or in-between?

That was from earlier in January.

This is what's left now -
Title: Re: Gone with the Wind
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on April 17, 2019, 01:57:27 pm: This used to be the side-view -
Title: Re: Gone with the Wind
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 17, 2019, 02:58:28 pm: Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on April 17, 2019, 01:57:27 pm
This used to be the side-view -

Quite cool.
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Post by: rabanito on April 17, 2019, 05:39:01 pm: Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 17, 2019, 02:58:28 pm
Quite cool.
I guess everything in Reykjavík is cool 8)
Title: Re: Gone with the Wind
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 17, 2019, 05:41:13 pm: Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on April 17, 2019, 01:57:27 pm
This used to be the side-view -
It looks to me as if it is just asking to be blown away in a strong wind.
And while Iceland may not have tornadoes, it certainly has stiff breezes most of the time.
Title: Re: Gone with the Wind
Post by: Chris Kern on April 17, 2019, 06:00:41 pm: Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on April 17, 2019, 01:57:27 pm
This used to be the side-view -

Maybe it should have had a base to permit it to pivot in the wind, like a weathervane.