Sarah’s Story: Maiden

December 17, 2015

This is a photograph of a computer screen. Wow.

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Michael Waller

9 years ago

Or the filter make to replicate taking a photograph of your screen, but either way it is just wrong.

Karl

9 years ago

Reply to Michael Waller

I dunno; that might be Photoshop’s “shower curtain clouded by years of accumulated soap scum” filter.

Hitch

9 years ago

Reply to Karl

Ah! That makes sense. Here I was, thinking that the story was set in Foggy Bottom.

DED

9 years ago

Maybe it’s just a real foggy photo. Btw, I can’t see any maidens.

Michael Waller

9 years ago

Reply to DED

The maidens are all in a row behind that one tree. Yes, the tree is bigger on the other side.

Decca

9 years ago

Reply to Michael Waller

So the tree is like a TARDIS?

Take Cover

9 years ago

It’s the ‘analog loophole’ — if you wash the pixels through the air, then the original copyright no longer applies. Or something like that.

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