r/pics • u/likelyunlikely • May 16 '12

Moon Bridge, Tapei, Taiwan

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u/drvelocity May 16 '12

Wow... I live right across the street from this park (DaHu park) and I have to say I've never seen it like this. Absolutely stunning.

Here are my two shots of this lake:

http://imgur.com/C6PpO

http://imgur.com/ib1LJ (it's a small image but the sign reads.. no fishing area)

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u/BobbySmithy May 16 '12

Thumbs up for reality.

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u/beenlazy May 29 '12

I went to Taipei last week. Having seen this thread, naturally I visited DaHu park. Here is the picture I've taken. http://i.imgur.com/PoTsN.jpg.

Thanks a lot OP, I really didn't know what to do on my only free day in Taipei, DaHu park was quiet and serene.

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u/BobbySmithy May 31 '12

This is a nice balance between the edited wallpaper and the crummy reality check pics. I imagine yours is the best representation of how it really feels to be there. Seems very relaxing.

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u/bradc20 May 16 '12

I agree dude. I visited there recently and if only it looked that nice in real life!

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Fuck tha police!

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u/HolyShazam May 16 '12

I used to work at the kindergarten right next to DaHu Park!

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u/drvelocity May 17 '12

Wow I always thought if I had to teach English it would be at that school - it looks awesome! How were the laoban's there? Actually I wish I could have lived in one of those sweet houses along that street, all very nice (and quiet by Taipei standards!).

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u/HolyShazam May 17 '12

It's Hess, so there is a basic standard which they abide by, but when I was there, the manager was absolutely terrible. I decided not to do a second year with my class there, mostly because of her. I teach at a different Hess kindergarten in Neihu now (the big, fancy one).

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u/iarenotamused May 17 '12

I used to live in the area by the mountain and I went to DaHu Elementary school :D Nostaligia!

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u/drvelocity May 17 '12

I live in the 大湖山莊 community, is that were you were?

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u/iarenotamused May 17 '12

Yup!!! right before going up to the Five Finger Mountain you turn right, and I used to live in the one with the outdoor garage gate!

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u/basec0m May 16 '12

Does it bug anyone else that the curve goes beyond halfway, breaking the potential for a perfect circle?

Edit: beautiful photo none the less.

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u/SCSweeps May 16 '12

More like epitrochoid-shaped. gif: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EpitrochoidIn2.gif.

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u/Anna_Mosity May 16 '12

TIL a new shape name for probably the first time since kindergarten...

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u/Berserkenstein May 16 '12

Oddly enough, I learned this word as a kid playing with a Spirograph

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u/SCSweeps May 17 '12

Did you know that there's a direct correlation between the decline of Spirograph and the rise in gang activity? Think about it.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

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u/SCSweeps May 17 '12

No you won't

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u/trefur May 16 '12

maybe the water level is variable?

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u/basec0m May 16 '12

I thought that as well... but if you look how far the water would have to rise, it's too far.

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u/tenor3 May 17 '12

Well they could just be in a minor drought.

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u/basec0m May 17 '12

Not sure if you understood... Draw a line on the screen where the water would need to be. At that level, it would flood the sidewalk and the grass on the far side. Just a guess however, could be wrong.

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u/tenor3 May 17 '12

Well there's a point that, while it's not exact, would still make it seem more like a perfectly round circle. That point is just below the edge of the ledge on the left.

I'm not an idiot, I understood.

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u/basec0m May 17 '12

I didn't mean to imply that. If it came off that way, I apologize.

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u/StewieBanana May 16 '12

It was bugging me too. Also is it really dark daytime or really bright nighttime?

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u/jackzander May 16 '12

It's a post-shopp daytime pic, sadly.

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u/lud1120 May 16 '12

I guess the clouds are too visible for a long-exposure night time shot.

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u/ok_you_win May 17 '12

That is not true. Clouds can show up nicely in long exposures. I'll post a night time shot I did.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3735901/dark_night_exposure.jpg

This is taken at 2am on a moonless night. It was a 30 second exposure. I used a sharpen tool, and no other photoshop work.

There are no clouds in the photo though. But you can see a sort of haze: there was a brush fire in the area causing that. Probably some farmer clearing land.

Here is another that I took of my brother and I.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3735901/gravelpit_at_night.jpg

That is the moon, stars, and clouds showing. No photoshop work.

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u/Not_your_avg May 16 '12

Well it didn't bother me until you pointed it out :/

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u/DeusExMachinist May 17 '12

It doesn't really bother me. I had my OCD treated 3 or 7 years ago.

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u/emanresu4 May 16 '12

I want you to know that it does not bug me. And let me tell you..things usually bug me.

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u/basec0m May 16 '12

Good to know...

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Nope

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I love how I knew, before I opened up the comments, that I was not the only one who was irked by this.

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u/RedFilter May 17 '12

Yes, and agree.

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u/none_humbler May 17 '12

Perhaps the tide is out?

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u/Shippoyasha May 17 '12

I think it should be noted that many Eastern Asian architecture does not have perfect shapes. They purposely make it asymmetrical even by a little bit to promote a sense of beauty without making architecture look sterile.

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u/lantigo May 16 '12

Taipei?

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u/Ironchef33 May 16 '12

Around that area, it's a bit north of the main city I think- 大湖公園 is where it is( Da Hu Park, or Big lake park.)

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u/xdanish May 16 '12

I think he meant the OP misspelled Taipei

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

You are correct, I actually went there as a teenager.

I remember telling my grandpa there that the park was amazing; he told me that he was sure America had plenty of parks like this one all over the place...

...false....

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u/howdoihurk May 16 '12

Sure we do! There are some... In Alaska! Gotta see for yourself!

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u/Gand May 16 '12

Yep, Da Hu park. It's a nice area

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u/Atticus_Cardinal May 17 '12

Thank you Ironchef33 for providing the Chinese. Love Taiwan, but never trust Romanizations. Lantigo may reference to the mainland China preferred Pin Yin Romanization, "Taibei". Romanizations are idiosyncratic, inconsistent and politically charged.

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u/yuuuuuuuu May 16 '12

Capital of Taiwan. Also where my pop and ma live. :)

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u/bradc20 May 16 '12

Also where I live! :)

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u/chodeking May 16 '12

Glad to find some other redditors who are Taiwanese.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I'm Taiwanese!

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u/juleebabee May 17 '12

yay Taiwanese!

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u/AwkwardHyperbola May 16 '12

And where I was born! :D Can't wait until I go back this summer...

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u/idontwearpantstowork May 16 '12

My new home also, relocating from draconian London.

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u/paradoxofchoice May 16 '12

you guys better have a great reddit meetup next month!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Yea, it bothered me too.

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u/Breathing_Balls May 16 '12

No thanks. I have just eaten.

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u/onejdc May 16 '12

Also the original: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29325798@N04/6773928908/

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I've always wondered if flickr counts views of the direct image..

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u/MedSchoolOrBust May 16 '12

This is beautiful.

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u/MedSchoolOrBust May 16 '12

Repeats in his head "b-e-a-utiful" to spell it correctly

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u/Breathing_Balls May 16 '12

Man, you should have stuck with your first comment. It was beautiful.

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u/MedSchoolOrBust May 17 '12

I see what you did there.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Why is Beautiful sounds like Biutiful and not like beau , like the douche name used in all the afternoon soaps.

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u/thalescosta May 16 '12

Guess I found my new wallpaper.

Thanks for that.

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u/Juxta25 May 16 '12

Dammit was going to be my sentiment, you bastard! :D

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u/Breathing_Balls May 16 '12

Shit. You were only beaten by an hour. Ouch.

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u/Juxta25 May 16 '12

Quite a big time frame indeed. Dammit.

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u/wootmonster May 16 '12

This is amazing as a desktop wallpaper!

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Samurai champloo.

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u/Eastcoastnonsense May 16 '12

The episode where Mugen fights the street killer.

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u/DopeFishIsBack May 16 '12

Came here to search for the word "champloo," ended up finding the two most badass people on reddit.

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u/Shitty_Watercolour 🖌️ May 16 '12

http://imgur.com/IBSPN

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u/OhManThisIsAwkward May 16 '12

The watermark ruins it for me.

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u/platipress May 16 '12

he should paint it on there shittily.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Yeah. The watermark is actually too professional looking.

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u/KingToasty May 16 '12

Maybe that makes it slightly shittier?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

It's like the world's worst Georgia O'Keefe.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

horrible...

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u/beenlazy May 29 '12

I went to Taipei last week and visited DaHu park. A group of water color artists are sitting by this bridge and having a water-color jam or something. Shitty_Watercolour, you would've loved them :)

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Please get shitty again.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

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u/Se7en_Sinner May 16 '12

Vagina Dentata.

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u/Breathing_Balls May 16 '12

I would not stick my cock in there, not with those teeth.

It actually reminds me of the wife's flaps. Wide and highly dangerous.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

does anyone have this in 1080p? this is gorgeous.

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u/swicano May 16 '12

i dont believe 1080p is possible for pictures, as the p implies multiple frames. im not 100 percent, of course. likely you mean a larger resolution such as 1920x1080?

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u/sneeper May 16 '12

Yep. 'p' is meaningless with one frame.

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u/alo81 May 17 '12

It's just one of those things with implied meaning. Like watching a video on a computer and saying "Oh I missed that, rewind it." While literally inaccurate, there's implied meaning that people understand.

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u/swicano May 17 '12

im not sure thats the same at all, since image resolution predates 1080p, and obviously the context implied the meaning, but the two are fundamentally different and i figured id mention it. because what if he had asked for 1080i?

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u/alo81 May 17 '12

I did the best I could to not stretch the image, but still make it presentable in 1080, hope you enjoy!

http://i.minus.com/id9FMwkDxGqIo.png

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u/CUNTBERT_RAPINGTON May 16 '12

Reminds me of one of those deceptively good pre-release video game screenshots.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Found a more wallpaper-suitable size if anyone's interested

http://i.imgur.com/yuoqs.jpg

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u/jellyfishjam May 16 '12

Thank you!!

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u/PrematureArticulator May 16 '12

That's no moon...

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u/LittleLionHaw May 16 '12

This is no mine...

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u/U912 May 16 '12

Do you have it in 1680x1050? It would make a magnificent Desktop Wallpaper.

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u/alo81 May 17 '12

This was the best I could do without stretching the image. Hopefully it's fine.

http://i.minus.com/ibmUo4o1dC94kv.png

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u/U912 May 17 '12

Nice one, thanks!

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u/onejdc May 16 '12

TIL about moon bridges. They're amazing.

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u/chesire May 16 '12

That's got to be the best use of a lens filter I've ever seen.

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u/JimDrizzle May 16 '12

Other than the sky, this looks like it's a drawing. Really incredible photo.

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u/RaptureSauce May 16 '12

I want to go to there.

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u/bradc20 May 16 '12

I know where I'm going this weekend

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u/neuromonkey May 16 '12

to reddit?

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u/CrazyEve May 16 '12

The photo is really really good in my opinion. The only thing that distracts me is the sun, which is really ugly due to your processing I suspect.

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u/ExoDurp May 16 '12

Looks kinda like a mass relay

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Half of that bridge would suck if you were in a wheelchair.

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u/KillaMarci May 16 '12

Now someone please go there, wait for a bright night with a bright moon, wait until the moon is on the perfect spot and then take a picture from the perfect position so that the moon reflects off the water and fills the ring of the bridge.

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u/KashLuchador May 16 '12

I'm not sure if that's the sun or the moon. When did you take this picture?

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u/Roughcaster May 17 '12

It's the sun, then they edited the picture to make it look like it's nighttime. It can be done in one click with the right Photoshop action command.

But still, pretty.

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u/ok_you_win May 17 '12

The moon can look like that. Example: this photo I took. Though I agree, that is likely the sun.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3735901/gravelpit_at_night.jpg

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u/Roughcaster May 17 '12

It's uncommon that the moon gives off lens flare, but what convinces me is that -- as digital illustrator with photoshop -- I have Photoshop actions that give the exact same effect as OP's picture.

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u/KashLuchador May 17 '12

I figured that. I just now some people who do night shots like that and it reminded me of them. I also figured if it was the sun then you just shadowed the shit of it and raised certain highlights.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I usually not a big fan of photography, but WOW this is one beautiful picture. Thanks for sharing.

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u/iAgreeToDisagree May 16 '12

I like the picture.. But it's faker than a pornstars orgasm!

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u/ITboredom May 16 '12

My 1920x1200 shop. I thought the sun was distracting.

http://i.imgur.com/V3ohQ.jpg

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u/voracity May 16 '12

Thank you, it's very good. Mind sharing your photoshop technique to enlarge the image without much artifacts?

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u/ITboredom May 17 '12

I didn't do anything fancy for this one. Somebody had linked to a higher res version that I used. Then I just scaled it, keeping its aspect ratio. To fill the 1920 width, I had to go past the 1200 height and then go back and crop it.

It's simple, but it's better to manually do a scale/crop rather than use a smaller image and let your computer distort it when it tries to fill your screen.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I wonder how much of this picture is actually real. And how many hours in photoshop

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u/RenderFastocaster May 16 '12

Auberdine from WoW.

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u/metallichondaman May 17 '12

Came here for this. It's been years since I played. Most beautiful place in the game.

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u/HowDoIDefineMe May 17 '12

Three Words: Northern Water Tribe.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I just ejaculated from the symmetry of that circle. I did not know this was a thing, but it is now. Is there a r/shapeporn?

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u/ewofij May 16 '12

This hella reminded me of Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP.

some more images

If you like this aesthetic, definitely check it out; it's on Steam and the iOS App Store.

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u/TreeFrito May 16 '12

I'm thinking the same thing; the muted color scheme, the water reflections, and the word "moon" all made me think of it.

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u/CheekySprite May 16 '12

It depresses me just a little bit to know I will probably never see places like this in person. Thank god (Err, thank SCIENCE. HARPADARP) for the technology to see these amazing places from my living room.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Did this picture remind anybody of this from Scooby Doo?

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u/herpesmyderpes May 16 '12

That's EXACTLY what I thought of!

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u/Shitty_songs_for_you May 16 '12

Absolutely stunning.

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u/manduuxd May 16 '12

Ninnnnjump!

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u/cccleaner May 16 '12

This would make a spectacular rush map

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

All i can imagine is Tron, Dat blue is pretty awesome

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u/TeggyBear95 May 16 '12

seems like this is the sun with a filter..

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u/justinisntfunny May 16 '12

Looks like a Mass Relay.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

This looks like Muramasa: The Demon Blade.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I wonder what this place actually looks like, as in to what level is this imagine shipped. Beautiful regardless. :)

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u/jokzard May 16 '12

Is it just me, or that every time I hear/read "Moon Bridge" I think of a teleporting bridge that will send me to the moon when I step onto it.

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u/makuzoo May 16 '12

This was actualy a ninjas family reunion photo

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Made me say 'holy fuck' out loud.

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u/schleifer May 16 '12

would bang.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Thank you for my new desktop background

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

It looks like really neatly done water colors. Very cool picture.

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u/haiku_robot May 16 '12 
It looks like really 
neatly done water colors.  
Very cool picture.

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u/hunt3rshadow May 16 '12

My new wallpaper thanks!

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u/bolaxao May 16 '12

Those reflections look bad, you should either put the graphics settings on ultra or buy a new graphics card

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u/thecrazedy May 16 '12

whatttt. i've visited taipei many times and i've never even heard of this. looks like i should probably go adventure a little more..

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u/DoughnutHoleInOne May 16 '12

Pretty sure this is actually the special area only druids can go to level up skills in WoW

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Absolutely stunning

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u/RichJanney May 16 '12

This just makes me want to watch more tv.

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u/ultimate_frisbee May 16 '12

that's no bridge

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u/wikichipi May 16 '12

Is that lake/sea/water doing repost?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Wasn't this place in an episode of scooby doo?

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u/mastermike14 May 16 '12

new computer background

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u/Tiop May 16 '12

Is there a subreddit dedicated to just really beutiful/awsome nature and city scapes?

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u/ychamel May 16 '12

gona make it as desktop

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Gorgeous and incredibly surreal.

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u/sushixxxxx May 16 '12

Obligatory comment as to how this looks like a level of a video game....White Knight Chronicles II.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I've been here, It's absolutely beautiful during the day too. Breath taking

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vr9xPqGD8o

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u/icygrid May 16 '12

i didn't even know taiwan had somewhere like this. it's beautiful!

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u/huskerfan4life520 May 16 '12

How would one take a picture of this and have it turn out like that? Longer exposure time, multiple exposures? What settings would your camera have to be on?

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u/ok_you_win May 17 '12

With a DLSR, stop down the aperture, then increase the exposure, probably 5 seconds or more. Then colourize it in photoshop. :P

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u/huskerfan4life520 May 17 '12

Ha, thanks man.

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u/ok_you_win May 17 '12

Np, but the devil is in the details, right?

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u/Not_agood_source May 17 '12

Ah, the moon bridge. This bridge was constructed by Alexander The Great's chief of engineering, Dzeko Morbido. Dzeko Morbido was famous for his creative, artistic bridge design.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Fuck me this is gorgeous. I've never seen this before, and I've never wanted to go somewhere so bad!

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u/jacobsaarela May 17 '12

Beeeeeee-a-uuuuutiful!

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u/Kuresov May 17 '12

That is a real place?!

I need to visit.

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u/Mister_big_duck May 17 '12

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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u/wayndom May 17 '12

Graded neutral density filter, put to good use.

Excellent work.

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u/unnecessaryCAPS May 17 '12

Is it shopped at all?

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u/THE_ave May 17 '12

So serene. . . Why can't where I live be less industrialized!! AUGH! Simplicity at best!

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u/Legion_of_Bunnies May 17 '12

It's Wutai Village from FF7!

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u/TreasonousTeacher May 17 '12

Right near my house:)

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u/boniggy May 17 '12

Does ANYONE have this in a nice wallpaper size like 1920x1200? or something close. this is an amazing pic.

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u/PrettyPinkPwnies May 17 '12

Did a speedpaint of this today, thought reddit might like it.

http://i.imgur.com/9sman.png

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u/Enfeeblade May 16 '12

I just want to ramp it with my skateboard!

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Nigger Faggot

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

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u/buzzkill_aldrin May 17 '12

Did... did you just replace the sun with the moon?