Images of Canberra - The view from Mt Painter

You shouldn’t be. Your photo’s are crap.

Thanks must go to Dexi for his/her promotion of my images here, and thanks also to all who have risen in defence of my photo.

I never expected such an abundance of interest, I’m very flattered.

I hope the view wasn’t skewed, blurred or poorly composed. Although I fear it was all of these things. Guess I’m just human. I have no pride in my posts. Abuse is abuse, and has no place in my life. I apologise for my self indulgence.

No. They certainly gave me an impression of you. One which will last forever. 🙂

Though I don’t know it is the sort of view that you might like a stranger to have of you. But it was all yours to give.

I will now place you in the box with the others that I also think similarly about.

You should be proud.

Sadly they have. Cloth ears. Blurred photo.

So you had a big wank dexi. Good for you.

Hope you came like a train. All those words shouldn’t go to waste.

Just pausing in the after glow that comes with the satisfaction of self indulgence.

crabb said :

Gonna do a midnight runner, Dexi?

OFFAL THREAD! NOW!

Gonna do a midnight runner, Dexi?

dexi said :

I’m just being a wanker. There I said it. I’ll wipe the mess away and zip up now.

That suppository riposte was pretty funny though!

Or their own very special site. Possibly devoted to photography nerds and pedants, not a diverse swathe of the populace such as gather here and don’t want to be abused for some sins (imperceptible to most eyes) committed at the holy altar of the f-stop.

I’m just being a wanker. There I said it. I’ll wipe the mess away and zip up now.

You mean ‘Master debater’?

I meant nothing of the sort! I’m a dexi fan. Anyone who can hurl such heartfelt, well-researched abuse is worthy of their own special tag.

Need a new riotact status tag: Master Abuser.

dexi said :

I’m just paying homage to the master abusers and old farts of RA.

Oh. Very subtle homage, in that case.

“Artful”?! Dexi’s abuse? Now there’s an application of that word I was previously unaware of.

Still, as PB says, it’s all just bumping his pics back up the food chain, so meh.

I’m just paying homage to the master abusers and old farts of RA.

There’s something artful in Dexi’s abuse, he does it really well (and it’s funny). I do enjoy a good rant (it has to be literary, heartfelt, and meaningful).

come on dexi, post us up a piccy.

I will leave the suppositories to our European friends. In Australia when you have a shit stuck you tell everyone and fart a lot. Spread the stench I say.

I posted one (count them, one) here before too, coincidentally from Mt Painter, it was an out and out point and shoot attempt with absolutely nil touching up afterwards. (These are mad skillz I possess not.)

You can bet I won’t be repeating the dose if it’s to risk getting flamed by some uber visual arts critic. My mistake, I thought this was the RiotACT.

To add to the scatological references, dexi, I’d suggest a lot of fruit or a heavy dose of Metamucil might improve your world view and general feelings of happiness towards your fellow burghers. Failing that, a quack can perscribe a very large suppository and I would recommend following the instructions if you’re unclear on where to shove it.

The way I see it, even if PB’s photos aren’t perfect in every way it is still nice of him to take the time to post them here. To me they show off what is so nice about living in the ACT – the fact that we have some lovely spots away from the city centre and suburbia.

This isn’t a professional photgraphy website (in case you haven’t noticed) but if people are burnt everytime they try and post an image we’ll end up with a completely photo free site!

Danman used to post images here too, but I notice he’s disappeared too, so I wonder if his photos weren’t good enough either for the photography purity squad? 🙂

How does the world appear through your eyes Dexi? Purveyor of fine arts are we?

dexi was in the photo outside Shooters and took offence at being referred to as “dressing like”.

I was just was labeling crap photos as crap. I’m sorry you find it abusive. It’s just my opinion. PB should use his superpowers for good rather than continually seeking to degrade and distort our landscape.

Jeez, dexi, what’s up your arse?

No need John.

Dexi seems to forget that each time s/he comments on the photos it brings them back to the top of the “recent comments list”, hence drawing attention to them again.

mutley said :

Great shot, but if you do a larger versio can you straighten the horizon? My OCD has made me tilt my screen.

I’ll try, but shifting the Brindabellas may be a bit much even for my superpowers.

Dexi if you can’t lay off the needless abuse I’ll have to moderate you.

Where you on drugs when you took this photo? Was your eye sight blurred when you set your fancy tripod? So what, its some clouds and a view that most of us see out the window. Another bastardised view of a landscape that makes my eyes bleed.

Great shot, but if you do a larger versio can you straighten the horizon? My OCD has made me tilt my screen.

Fantastic image.

My thanks to both, I’ll do a link to the full sized version sometime soon.

That’s a really lovely photo PommyBastard!

Nice shot. I’d get up there more often if I didn’t have to climb it. 🙂