Liverpool & Edinburgh, city skylines, silhouettes, but LARGE!

LeperousDust · 10-12-2007, 21:54

I'm looking for a nice silhouette skyline of Edinburgh and Liverpool for something i'm working on but i'm not doing so well so far...

I've only tried google images because i can't think of anywhere else reliable to search images since i don't normally do this.
Best i can find is this and this which look perfect but are piddly small.
I was thinking i may just get a skyline picture and try and silhouette it myself with PSP but that could be tricky and have dubious results...
Any help muchly appricited!

petemc · 10-12-2007, 22:19

What do you need them for?

Darrin · 10-12-2007, 23:00

You tried altavista image search? They allow you to select only wallpaper size images or even certain resolutions.

http://www.altavista.com/image/resul...iwxh=wallpaper
http://www.altavista.com/image/resul...iwxh=wallpaper

petemc · 10-12-2007, 23:05

Don't forget the copyright issues

LeperousDust · 11-12-2007, 01:22

I'm thinking about some kind of rasterbation to put on my wall, to remind me of my two loves (and homes) Edinburgh & Liverpool

But so far the images i've got aren't really doing the stereotypical landscapes/skylines any justice

petemc · 11-12-2007, 01:26

Ah right. Well you'd need to get permission from the original author to do a print from your wall. I do happen to know someone who takes stunning photos of Liverpool, and has just taken some great ones of Edinburgh too

LeperousDust · 11-12-2007, 01:36

Haha, does he live in Liverpool

And can i have permission if he has any decent shots i'm after

? I'm willing to pay possibly too, although originally my relatives agve me blumin HMV vouchers for wall stuff (WTF am i meant to do with those

). I'd rather have something more personal...

LeperousDust · 11-12-2007, 02:18

Right after a lot of searching, i think i know what i'm after that sums it up for me. Liverpool is either the cathedrals, or the Liver Buildings & St Johns tower (Radio city tower) i think... Probably rather the Liver Buildings.
Edinburgh is definitely the castle and maybe scotts monument or the castle and something else noteworthy? They have to be pretty easy to make out as a silhouette. I assume i'm going to be blacking this out myself now because i really can't find anything decent i like as a silhouette...

petemc · 11-12-2007, 02:25

Liverpool is easy. Edinburgh, well I just didn't really want to take the standard images while I was here so I don't actually have any with the castle. I do have some nice shots though.

LeperousDust · 11-12-2007, 02:42

Pete those seem great (and if i'm honest i've already persued your site as i do know youre the guy to talk to

, but i'm not really after details cause i'll never be able to print them out well, i'm after block skyline i can rasterbate really and afford to lose all quality (sorry

)...

10-12-2007, 21:54	#1
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Liverpool & Edinburgh, city skylines, silhouettes, but LARGE! I'm looking for a nice silhouette skyline of Edinburgh and Liverpool for something i'm working on but i'm not doing so well so far... I've only tried google images because i can't think of anywhere else reliable to search images since i don't normally do this. Best i can find is this and this which look perfect but are piddly small. I was thinking i may just get a skyline picture and try and silhouette it myself with PSP but that could be tricky and have dubious results... Any help muchly appricited! __________________

10-12-2007, 22:19	#2
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	What do you need them for? __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!

10-12-2007, 23:00	#3
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	You tried altavista image search? They allow you to select only wallpaper size images or even certain resolutions. http://www.altavista.com/image/resul...iwxh=wallpaper http://www.altavista.com/image/resul...iwxh=wallpaper __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

10-12-2007, 23:05	#4
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	Don't forget the copyright issues __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!

11-12-2007, 01:22	#5
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I'm thinking about some kind of rasterbation to put on my wall, to remind me of my two loves (and homes) Edinburgh & Liverpool But so far the images i've got aren't really doing the stereotypical landscapes/skylines any justice __________________

11-12-2007, 01:26	#6
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	Ah right. Well you'd need to get permission from the original author to do a print from your wall. I do happen to know someone who takes stunning photos of Liverpool, and has just taken some great ones of Edinburgh too __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!

11-12-2007, 01:36	#7
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Haha, does he live in Liverpool And can i have permission if he has any decent shots i'm after ? I'm willing to pay possibly too, although originally my relatives agve me blumin HMV vouchers for wall stuff (WTF am i meant to do with those ). I'd rather have something more personal... __________________

11-12-2007, 02:18	#8
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Right after a lot of searching, i think i know what i'm after that sums it up for me. Liverpool is either the cathedrals, or the Liver Buildings & St Johns tower (Radio city tower) i think... Probably rather the Liver Buildings. Edinburgh is definitely the castle and maybe scotts monument or the castle and something else noteworthy? They have to be pretty easy to make out as a silhouette. I assume i'm going to be blacking this out myself now because i really can't find anything decent i like as a silhouette... __________________

11-12-2007, 02:25	#9
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	Liverpool is easy. Edinburgh, well I just didn't really want to take the standard images while I was here so I don't actually have any with the castle. I do have some nice shots though. __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!

11-12-2007, 02:42	#10
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Pete those seem great (and if i'm honest i've already persued your site as i do know youre the guy to talk to , but i'm not really after details cause i'll never be able to print them out well, i'm after block skyline i can rasterbate really and afford to lose all quality (sorry )... __________________

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