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[Spunky Monkey]

I've been going through some old photos i took and it reminded me how the actual reality of the place is slightly different to what we get presented with in films and photos.
Guess the most obvious example is the pyramids.

But i'd like to post my own place that i've been to and seen first hand.

The Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. We've seen it hundreds of times im sure. Looks beautiful and that look out spot is great. Except this tourist spot doesn't look like that. Step back a couple of feet and this is what you actually see.

The top and bottom pics are from google, middle is my own. So the top pic shows you looking to the right of the bridge, theres a tiny fence, falling over and then the sheer drop. The middle pic is the rest of the fence with caution tape on it. Thats basically where you'd stand to take the very top pic in this post. To the left is even even more chain link fencing, all with holes in it and falling down. You never see this in the beautiful pictures but its right there just outside of camera shot. Behind the camera is the bottom picture with a concrete building covered in graffiti and railings.

Its a shame, it could have a nice little cafe there, theres certainly enough tourists going up there to take pictures for a while and could be a beautiful look out. As it is, it shatters the beauty a bit by not being looked after.

Hopefully people here will post there own examples, theres some beautiful places out there, which when you visit them are not as beautiful as they looked in films and photos.

 

[apocalidiot]

So you want pictures of famous landmarks/etc from shitty perspectives?

 

[blame space]

I'm pretty sure the bridge still looks like that.

 

[outunderthestars]

Here ya go

http://imgur.com/gallery/dgNmq

 

[inner-G]

I'm pretty sure the bridge still looks like that.

#TeamCG

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

You think the White House looks like this:

When actually it looks like this:

 

[blame space]

That's just the front yard in front of the white house.

 

[loaf of bread]

I don't understand, you say the most obvious is the pyramids, then you post a pic of the pyramids looking normal. What am I supposed to see?

 

[valkillmore]

 

[backflip10019]

Here ya go

http://imgur.com/gallery/dgNmq

I'd wager that Central Park is actually a better experience than that photo shows.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

That's just the front yard in front of the white house.

thatsthejoke.jpg

 

[Alebrije]

Cancun

 

[Spunky Monkey]

I don't understand, you say the most obvious is the pyramids, then you post a pic of the pyramids looking normal. What am I supposed to see?

You think of this right? Surrounded by desert, exotic, far away from anything. It's not about it being a 'shitty perspective' as another poster said. But the reality of what these places look like isn't the same as what the photos portray..

Here ya go

http://imgur.com/gallery/dgNmq

Exactly that basically. I didn't even realise that niagra falls had a casino overlooking it, from everything i've ever seen of it, it looks like its far away from any sort of civilisation.

 

[teruterubozu]

Hollywood Boulevard in pictures:

Reality:

 

[ClayKavalier]

Here ya go

http://imgur.com/gallery/dgNmq

Wow, the Taj Mahal one is pretty incredible. I'm surprised they don't do anything about it.

The Brandenburg Gate is great too.

 

[SwiftDeath]

nevermind

 

[God Dayumm]

That's just the front yard in front of the white house.

Fun story. I walked to the White House from Washington's monument and got lost and ended up at Lincoln's memorial. Never seen the white house.

Ok, that was not fun nor interesting

 

[Walpurgis]

wtf

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Hollywood Boulevard in pictures:

Also, Reality:

 

[Pedrito]

Agra is quite filthy, but that Taj Mahal picture was obviously taken at the peak of dry season, when the Yamana river was all but gone. It doesn't usually look like that.

 

[cluxdeluxe]

[Q

 

[blame space]

Fun story. I walked to the White House from Washington's monument and got lost and ended up at Lincoln's memorial. Never seen the white house.

Ok, that was not fun nor interesting

Yeah I did this too. I think the closest I made it was a couple blocks from the white house. The Lincoln Memorial was beautiful at night.

 

[Seductivpancakes]

Times square.

But when you zoom out.

 

[Fury451]

I dated a girl from Egypt for awhile who basically said everything around the pyramids is touristy city crap, and it's not very serene at all. No personal pics though, but that zoomed out one looks right in the OP.

 

[teruterubozu]

Times square.



But when you zoom out.

Times Square is in South Africa?

 

[Tigel]

Also, Reality:

That picture was most likely shot with a wide angle lens, that's why her face looks so weird.

Spoiler

NoFunAllowed.jpg

 

[Yaponchik]

Been to Dubrovnik recently and found exactly the opposite, way better looking in reality than in photos.

 

[Seductivpancakes]

Times Square is in South Africa?

Yes

Spoiler

I grabbed the first Earth pic i saw

 

[Forkball]

Any picture you see with the Forbidden City and a blue sky is a lie.

Also it must be pretty surreal to live so close to the pyramids. I bet some people think, "God, if I have to see that fucking thing one more time..."

 

[Eckbert]

Here ya go

http://imgur.com/gallery/dgNmq

The Brandenburg Gate one is a bit unfair. I mean it's pretty much in the middle of the city so it's hardly surprising there are lots of other buildings, construction works etc.

And it doesn't even look like that now since all of the work (on the American embassy funnily enough) in that photo is finished. That area is pretty nice really considering how it looked 25 years ago.

Unter den Linden is a bit of a shithole at the moment though due to yet more construction/renovation.

 

[Stinkles]

So you want pictures of famous landmarks/etc from shitty perspectives?

.

The pyramids shot shows an interesting contrast, but the Golden gate bridge comparison is straight garbage. It totally looks like that, unless you are shit at photography.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Is this a joke thread?

 

[bonesmccoy]

Rushmore is a lot smaller than what North by Northwest had me believe.

You need to take the Maid o' the Mist to really appreciate the size of Niagara Falls.

 

[BigDes]

I'm pretty sure the bridge still looks like that.

It's actually blue

 

[SJRB]

Hollywood Boulevard in pictures:

So you're saying Scarlett Johansson ISN'T sitting next to her Hollywood star 24/7?


Vacation canceled.

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

That picture was most likely shot with a wide angle lens, that's why her face looks so weird.

Spoiler

NoFunAllowed.jpg

That's just her face sans makeup and hair-doing, makes an enormous difference.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

I thought most people knew the pyramids were right next to Cairo? All the best shots I've seen have the city incorporated into it.

 

[Alx]

Expectation :


Reality :

 

[Lumpy Onion]

There's so many nice spots to see the bridge from and you choose those ones?! SMH

 

[soundahfekz]

There's so many nice spots to see the bridge from and you choose those ones?! SMH

all these flavors

Spoiler

had to

 

[Verano]

There's so many nice spots to see the bridge from and you choose those ones?! SMH

OP sucks at vantage points of landmark touristy places confirmed.

 

[Earendil]

Rushmore is a lot smaller than what North by Northwest had me believe.

You need to take the Maid o' the Mist to really appreciate the size of Niagara Falls.

Came in to post this. Mt Rushmore looks waaay better in pics than it does in real life. It's very underwhelming to actually see.

 

[j_k_redtail]

The Alamo. You'd think it was a freestanding mounument in the middle of a consecrated battlefield, and if you go to Google Images you'd still think that. It actually sits in the middle of an urban square in San Antonio.

 

[Messofanego]

Ugh I wish I took pictures of Prague to show that every sidewalk has dog poo on it because they don't take picking up after yourself seriously. It was like 1 in 5 who had a dog, too. Lived there for three years.

 

[gutter_trash]

Cancun

oh yeah the algae invasion. Ruined the Cancun and Riviera Maya. This is recent.

Used to be lovely. Now barf

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

The Alamo.

No basement?

 

[breakfuss]

Am I missing something? What is the meaning of this thread?

 

[PillarEN]

Ugh I wish I took pictures of Prague to show that every sidewalk has dog poo on it because they don't take picking up after yourself seriously. It was like 1 in 5 who had a dog, too. Lived there for three years.

We love dogs, we hate picking up their shit. It's still the same. Dog shit smeared on my way to the grocery store which is but a few minutes away. Like a bunch of mines. But hey in the center I rarely see dog shit unless it's from the dogs owned by the crust punks.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Hollywood Boulevard in pictures:

Reality:

Yeah that place is a dump but tourists still love to go.

I'd put the Santa Monica pier and Venice beach in the same boat. BOth of them are dumpy, trashy tourist traps.

 

[……forgetit]

Also, Reality:

She's still gorgeous. I see nothing lost here.