Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

He really is that stupid.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Innocent people do not delay justice.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

How stupid are these people?

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

Second rate reporter says what?

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

The willow is too close to the house.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

Text STOP to opt out of updates on war plans.

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

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Today, pictures from valued commenter ?BillinGlendaleCA.

Gyeongbokgung was the first palace built and was in later years used more for cerimonial purposes as opposed to a living quarters.
Changgyeonggung is a smaller palace just to the east of Changdokgung, which is several blocks east of Gyeongbokgung.

During the Japanese occupation of Korea(1910-1945), some changes were made: Gwanghwamun was moved from the south entrance of Gyeongbokgung and moved to the east wall and just behind where it stood was built the colonial administration building(later the first ROK National Assembly building). Changdongung was turned into the city zoo.

Processing Note: These pictures were processed from scanned 35mm negatives shot with a Canon SureShot Ace so they’re not quite as good as pure digital photograph shot with a high end camera. The sky has been darkened in all photos(those with sky present, of course) and in some cases I’ve added a blue filter since the air quality in Seoul at the time made LA look good. Also, these pictures were processed in Korea and they didn’t do a very good job, so I’ve had to so some restorative work. In some cases, I’ve also removed people from the photos.

All photos were originally taken in May of 1989.

Gwanghwamun

Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea.

This is Gwanghwamun(mun is gate in Korean), the main gate to Gyeongbokgung. The street leading up to the gate has ROK government offices and the US Embassy.

National Museum of Korea

Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea.

When we visited in 1989, this was the National Museum of Korea; it was previously the National Assembly building(sort of like their capitol building). It was removed in the mid 90’s; the top of the dome was kept and put in the new National Museum of Korea on the north bank of the Han river.

Processing Note: In addition to fixing the sky, the original shot only had the left and center portion of the building, the right portion was copied from the left portion.

Gyeonghoeru Pavilion with lake.

Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea.

This is a pavilion in the middle of a lake where the king could entertain.

Hyangwonji Pond and Hyangwonjeong Pavilion

Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea.

Hyangwonji Pond and Hyangwonjeong Pavilion was also used for entertaining guest to the palace. Here the bridge is on the south side of the island, but it was originally on the north side being moved in 1953.

Myongjeonjeon

Changgyeonggung, Seoul, Korea.

Myongjeonjeon was the throne room for Changgyeonggung.

Binyangmun

Changgyeonggung, Seoul, Korea.

Binyangmun is a gate behind Myongjeonjeon.

Royal archives.

Changgyeonggung, Seoul, Korea.

The royal archives building was built by the Japanese to house the Korean royal archives. This building was demolished in the mid-90’s.

 

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31Comments

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @JPL: Thanks, another case where I’d wish I’d taken a better camera. I had my old Olympus OM-1, but I really never used it after 1982, sad. Madame and the kid are planning on visiting Korea next year, they should get some better shots(the kid has a DLSR).

    @eclare: Thanks, I do tend to bump up the saturation a tad.

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @debbie: I’m still learning how to take pictures of the Milky Way, we can’t see it here since there’s much too much light. Now that I’ve found a location that offers pretty good darkness about a hour away, I might be better able to get some proficiency. I did shoot a picture similar(though earlier the same night) as their ‘pic of the day'(Milky Way with a meteor). In my picture the meteor is streaking across the Milky Way, so it’s much less distinct and even I didn’t notice it at first(it’s slightly up and left of center).

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @debbie: I’ve still got mine as well, but it got wet so it sits as a relic.

    ETA: If got a collection of many of my old cameras on a shelf in the bedroom, including my very first camera(Kodak Instamatic X-15).

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    Debbie(aussie)

    Beautiful! Thanks Bill and everyone else for these photo threads (Alain & Majorx4).

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    OzarkHillbilly

    @debbie: It was a great camera. I had 2 bodies and I forget how many lenses. Took the little f’rs everywhere. They disappeared during divorce, and all the pics I took too.

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    MomSense

    Beautiful photos, Bill. I especially like the way you framed Gyeonghoeru Pavilion with branches and the way you captured how Hyangwonjeong Pavilion is situated so harmoniously with the landscape. How cool is Binyangmun!

    Thank you.

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    Elizabelle

    Great photos. I don’t know enough about Korean history — did they tear the archives building down because it had been built by the Japanese?

    And they seem to be good with improving sites; relocating features, etc.

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    frosty

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Funny, i’ve got an OM-1 (and a Mamiya-Secor 500TL) sitting in a box. They’re worth nothing but I just can’t toss them in the trash. A camera store suggested I donate them to the local college since students need manual cameras to learn f-stops and exposures.

    Great pix. I enjoyed the processing explanation as much (or more) than the travelogue.

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    Spanky

    I have an old Spotmatic from the late ’70s that I’m considering donating to the local high school photo club, as I hear the teacher uses the old ones to teach the basics.

    (ETA – subject change as I dropped the original content on the wrong thread.)

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @Elizabelle:

    did they tear the archives building down because it had been built by the Japanese?

    @satby:

    I was wondering why they tore down the archives building too?

    Yup, they tore it down because it was built by the Japanese. The saying goes the only thing that North and South Korea agree on is their hate for the Japanese Government.

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