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Re:The Unexpected Elegance of Irrigation Systems from Above by gdubs on Sunday August 30, 2020 @04:25PM (#24325649)
These would make great paintings, for sure. I’d hang a big one in the house.

The original Cosmos had a great episode on life at different scales, and the magnitude you’d have to view earth at to so see evidence of life.

Before that, there were the Eames with their great “Powers of Ten” film.

Re:The Unexpected Elegance of Irrigation Systems from Above by centerpivot on Sunday August 30, 2020 @05:06PM (#24325945)
No reason to make it into a painting. Photos of this kind of thing can be art in their own right. I mean, who cares, but it's worth being aware that large photographic prints are acceptable as art, and, actually, photorealistic painting is often considered pretty cheesy.

Here's an example of a photographer whose (troubling?) work takes the form of very large aerial photos of feedlots: https://mishkahenner.com/Feedlots

Re:The Unexpected Elegance of Irrigation Systems from Above by gdubs on Sunday August 30, 2020 @06:24PM (#24326466)
Don’t have to convince me — I see photos as art too. I thought paintings with these because of the abstract shapes. So, not really photo-realism, but interesting compositions to lay down paint within.