Tom McGrath

@tcmcg.photo

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Just another dipshit from Chicago. Bits and jokes and jokes and bits. Photos, sometimes acting, mostly nonsense. Banner image thanks to @chgohoods.bsky.social

Weird purple and silver uniforms
The red section in the highlights is clipping beyond all reason, and the rest of the graph is... well, blue and green data seems fine, but as far as whites/general brightness goes? Woof.
Color photo histogram - almost all the data is clipping in the red highlights range, with a big ol' asymptote where the highlights end and the whites begin. (The white graph stops before the midtones end, which, yikes.)
another fresnel
LIGHTHOUSE LENS. FRESNEL 1
TIm Burton Sleepy Hollow poster. It is as SPOOKY JOHNNY DEPP and ETHEREAL CHRISTINA RICCI as the technology of 1999 would allow
A used GraLab Darkroom timer, with a deeply annoying buzz. It’s a black clock with sweep hands you set.
Miscues as Arby’s
Air now dial pegged to the right.
Here you can see the trenches, kind of.
Parkway, formerly dug up all to hell, now with dirt and grass seed
Daniel Plainview
Pantone Birth Chart
Bon voyage, asshole
Display of U of I hats at Costco labeled “fan favorite”
“Deadman Island” on a CarPlay GPS Map
Picard (with things exploding) “fuck this”
Ronald Reagan on horseback. He’s unnecessarily rippling in the muscles department.
Ronald Reagan’s Boyhood Home, a white foursquare deal. It’s fine. It smells only slightly of sulphur.
Elmo vs Rocco
Grassy Landing on the Mississippi River, there’s a bridge and Missouri in the background.
Bridge closed with bridge behind it.
Camera on tripod on hard case on trampled vegetation on ground. It’s probably fine. There’s a road closed sign in front of (trust me) a bridge that’s totally inaccessible.
Gandalf at first light
Mostly Bree’s “I do not endorse any pope, I just endorse consequences and would like the democrats to be to the left of the fuckin pope”
Point-of view of someone in a hammock with trees in the background. An iPad playing the World Cup Morocco/Canada match is resting on his legs.
An off-white book with stylized film on the cover. The title is “THE FILM DEVELOPING COOKBOOK by BILL TROOP WITH STEVE ANCHELL”
Canadian flag flying in front of a house
The meme from tumblr(?) that goes, “classically-lit-memes4u RIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but im different. and better. maybe even better than the gods”
And I went with marching Willie on my hard hat
Delta kid wings on a yellow backpack.
Lobster faced man with hair going in many directions
Chicago’s 78 degrees at 7:30 AM
One edge of a black/purple dark canvas cloth. The stitching at the hem is drunk.
Leon, The Professional, Gary Oldman screaming “EVERYONE”
Picard, swear trek, I’m so fucked
A box containing a child in a messy living room
Everybody makin’ Scotland jokes
POPE BOB AND ME TOGETHER
Same Touch Not This Cat, but with a white background
A clan badge that has a cranky kitty centered, with a garter surrounding it, on which is the motto "Touch Not This Cat."
Cambo 4x6 monorail camera
Lovie Smith Laser Eyes
1920 Sanborn Map of Central Street, Evanston
(As-yet-unnamed) Dyche Stadium sketch by James Gamble Rogers (c. 1925), with the ends of the bowl enclosed, but the train station's still there. The towers that'd be built are enormous arches in this version, and this thing seats 100,000 people easy.
Dyche Stadium initial sketch by James Gamble Rogers (c. 1925) on vellum, iirc; a pen-and-ink drawing of two semi-circular stadium sections with a fucking train station behind it.
“Felch St”
Bad Guy from the Sabotage video
Job listing: “University of Illinois 4.4* Planner Campus Historic Preservation Officer Urbana, IL $80K - $100K (Employer est.)”
Rocks at Lake Superior
“The American outboard motor” display
SAVING ARCADIA A STORY OF CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY IN THE GREAT LAKES
A somewhat elaborate front wall of a sandcastle
Vulture or something?
Danger: “Down is optional. Emergencies and serious injuries happen here each year. Climbing down puts potential rescue teams at risk and could cost a fee. If you must go down, take water, sun protection, and shoes.”
Relief!
Thatch house