A macro of a graph in Edward Tufte's "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information", a classic on graphic design of data displays. This particular graph shows the weather of NYC over a year, and this particular data is the actual and average amount of precipitation in a month (not sure which one).
One of Tufte's principles is to maximize the information to ink ratio--only use ink to portray what the data needs. In this case, a two-category bar graph alone has rather poor information to ink ratio--all that ink to portray two numbers! However, this image is only about 1/50th or less of the total image, so its tininess makes it tolerable.
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Sir Cam 67 months ago | reply
excellently captured, and thanks for the background info. lovely dof!
LukeOlsen 67 months ago | reply
Cool DOF. Edward Tufte's stuff is awesome!
Jon Block 67 months ago | reply
This is very different but really catches my eye. Thanks for the info... very interesting!
A+++ Grade Photo
kitty * 67 months ago | reply
Kelvin Wong (aka PiscesRomance) 67 months ago | reply
this is sooo creative and great contrast work!
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SJKen 67 months ago | reply
Very unique tribute . Great shot.
crowt59 67 months ago | reply
Cool!
prdsra 67 months ago | reply
Compliments, I like it;
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iamnotanumber8885 67 months ago | reply
So kool.
giovdim 67 months ago | reply
great idea, inspired capture and "story" with many readings.
Black & White Art Award
Andrea Marchitelli 54 months ago | reply
Hi,
I used your work as a banner (and tagline) for my blog: blog.andreamarchitelli.it/info.htm
I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you for very nice idea!
Wellington Grey [deleted] 52 months ago | reply
Thank you for making your photograph available under a creative commons attribution license for others to use. I have adapted your photo for use on my money blog, Coin by Coin in this article.
Shazz Mack 51 months ago | reply
I saw Tufte about 9 years ago in L.A. for one of his day-long lectures - very entertaining and informative - a man with a mission for good info design.
anikarenina 49 months ago | reply
Thanks for the great CC-licensed image! I've used it in a presentation on open source software development.
Robin Ashton 40 months ago | reply
Don't know if you're interested but your cc-image is being used by The Guardian newspaper here (usually between GMT 00:00-05:00: www.guardian.co.uk/zeitgeist
stevemachine01 31 months ago | reply
nice shot, I usede it in my Blogpost
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Tank you!
BundleHQ 30 months ago | reply
This is a great photo! Thanks for making this creative commons. We used it to illustrate this article:
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kinnear.julie 27 months ago | reply
Great shot! I used it on my Toronto real estate blog. Thanks!
CanadianAEh 22 months ago | reply
Used here to add to a quote about data-based decisions: www.flickr.com/photos/canadianaeh/6048759356/in/photostream
The Harken 4 months ago | reply
Awesome photo, we featured it on a post at The Harken. Thanks!