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The post-its were to be put on the wall on five big posters of each of the rooms where the working sessions were held. Each of these posters were dedicated to one of the five themes we worked with in the Bazaar project, being: 1. Social Software, Tools and Content Creation; 2. Hey Dude, where's my data?; 3. OERs and the Culture of Sharing; 4. Interoperability and Metadata; 5. PLEs, e-Portfolio's and Informal Learning.
On the sonoran desert preserve south of Phoenix and east of Gila Bend on an old stage coach trail there is a water catch surrounded by a black iron pipe fence.
A tank stores the water and two access points where the water is drinkable by smaller animals attract these doves and lots of honey bees. Thousands of honey bees.
The doves would fly in and out to get water but it appeared they were annoyed by the presence of the bees.
The bees did not get upset at my presence so I assume that doves just dont cotton to bees.
Much like the previous image in my stream this was under exposed but not as much, auto levels and an overlay gave this a dreamy feel that the realistic approach didnt have, The light was harsh and bleaching so it seems lucky to me that these came out as well as they did.
The less I buy the more I realize how hard advertisers and retailers strive to make people respond to their "signals" like just so many of Pavlov's Dogs.
To take the "buy signal" and turn it inside out, I wanted to see what I could do to bring out details otherwise not seen and to see if I could transform the Pavlov Response into something different and unintended.
To this end, I really like the way these images transform the human form into something nearly real and breathing. The textiles take on a shape and form all their own, like just so much drapery with wrinkles.
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This image is the result of much clone tool abuse and digital fakery, much like the Iranian missle test images published by their government, this image is only about 75% real.
The original three image stitch the next image of my stream.
I chose what happened to be one of the wettest days in November to head out to a local cemetery to snag a few photos. It was so wet that I sloshed and slipped, slid and mucked throughout the graveyard.
I was hoping to continue the image theme that I started with the steamlocomotives. Alas, the graveyard images became their own theme. Dreamy. Erie. Beautifully strange.
Canon 40D, 10-22 EF-S, Gimp, Sepia, etc...
There is a tall totem pole at Oaks Park. The first couple trips down there I tried my hand at photographing it. But I wasn't thrilled with what I came away with.
On the most recent trip down to visit SP4449 I used a longer lens to pull details out of the pole. I then tone-mapped the images to begin to reveal the subtle contrasts and details in the wood. After which I continued processing using the Gimp to get the right mix of contrast, colors (I like them slightly desaturated), and sample coloring of various layers (in this case, sepia).
Now we're getting somewhere. I like these more than any of the poles I photographed up in BC, Canada. In fact, I like these so much I'm wondering if I might not need to make another trip to that beautiful country to the north of us.
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My wife and I went to Vancouver, BC to visit Desmo_Dave. He was over for a conference and being a friend of going on 20 years, I thought it important to pay him a visit while he was in my hemisphere.
A year ago it was snowing up there. Hovenweep around the Painted Hand site.
Located just the other side of the Utah/Colorado border in Colorado.
Had the wrong settings for the first few shots of this beastie so they came out way under exposed.
I shoot in raw+basic and as it would turn out the basic jpg came out like this after hitting auto correction in digikam.
The raw file was just not getting anything as desireable no matter what I did or what application I used.
This is a male Common Collared Lizard up at the Petrified Forest National Park and he just happens to be on a piece of petrified wood, not far from the agate house.
While this looks unreal, I think it also look quite interesting.
Here is the second part of a little test that I'm running with everyone. These are the tone-mapped versions of the "straight" photos I just posted a little while ago.
I will post these new images to the same groups that I posted the first batch. Then I will watch to see the number of views. This may give me feedback as to how people respond to images.
Thanks for participating in my little experiment.
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Last two years, I had a hand in fabricating the Majerle Hustle Award trophies.
I did the rolling and welding, but not the polishing.
In the mornings I pass by store windows on my way to the light rail stop. When the seasons change I watch to see what kind of Consumer Pavlovian Response items are put out for display.
I am using these images as a way to test hand held automatic exposure bracketing. It's a technique I would like to deploy when traveling to Europe and Asia.
On 2nd and 3rd July 2011 Coventry Linux User's Group ran a stall at the 2011 Coventry Godiva Festival. These are the photos I took on the Sunday (3rd).
Same bull snake as in the previous image in my stream. After crossing the road towards the Rio Grande it grew tired of the poparazzi and let it be known.
Wandering around an amusement park that's closed for Winter is really quite fun. You never know what you'll stumble upon, which way your head will turn, things the eye will find pleasing.
I gave these photos the treatment I did because I find amusement parks hyper-real in any event. This closely matches what my mind constructs whenever I visit.
Once I realized I had all the resources and tools needed to create unique one of a kind hand bound books of my images, I knew I had to re-process my rail images. The preparation for publishing has been a long process. I think I'm nearly there.
There is a tall totem pole at Oaks Park. The first couple trips down there I tried my hand at photographing it. But I wasn't thrilled with what I came away with.
On the most recent trip down to visit SP4449 I used a longer lens to pull details out of the pole. I then tone-mapped the images to begin to reveal the subtle contrasts and details in the wood. After which I continued processing using the Gimp to get the right mix of contrast, colors (I like them slightly desaturated), and sample coloring of various layers (in this case, sepia).
Now we're getting somewhere. I like these more than any of the poles I photographed up in BC, Canada. In fact, I like these so much I'm wondering if I might not need to make another trip to that beautiful country to the north of us.
Qtpfsgui 1.8.12 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Fattal
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Beta: 0.8
Color Saturation: 1
Noise Reduction: 0
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PreGamma: 1
Wandering around an amusement park that's closed for Winter is really quite fun. You never know what you'll stumble upon, which way your head will turn, things the eye will find pleasing.
I gave these photos the treatment I did because I find amusement parks hyper-real in any event. This closely matches what my mind constructs whenever I visit.
Early morning just after sunrise. Lomaki Pueblo taken early early morning, thats key if you ever want to go here and get shots with good light and no people.
Once I realized I had all the resources and tools needed to create unique one of a kind hand bound books of my images, I knew I had to re-process my rail images. The preparation for publishing has been a long process. I think I'm nearly there.
This is the last pass through these images. As you can see from comparing other renditions here, I like to work and work and work and image until I get several samples that appeal to me.
Working in the idea of living in a multi-verse, rather than a uni-verse, I thought it would be fun to see where the mind might take me. I'm sure for some folks the mind has taken me WAYYYYYYY out there. :-)
As with the steamlocomotives, these may evolve in directions not yet anticipated. So... well... this is a start...
I chose what happened to be one of the wettest days in November to head out to a local cemetery to snag a few photos. It was so wet that I sloshed and slipped, slid and mucked throughout the graveyard.
I was hoping to continue the image theme that I started with the steamlocomotives. Alas, the graveyard images became their own theme. Dreamy. Erie. Beautifully strange.
Canon 40D, 10-22 EF-S, Gimp, Sepia, etc...
Collared Lizard at Homolovi ruins.
Basking on what was once the masonry of a large pueblo at Homolovi just north of Winslow.
At the Gila Cliff Dwellings in New Mexico there are a pair of lizards, male and female that greet visitors on a large rock just before the ascent up the trail to the dwellings.
I only saw this one.
Twin Spotted Spiny Lizard or Mountain Spiny Lizard, those two names could be referring to the same species so I am not sure.
I enjoy the tonal qualities these images achieve. Back in the day, I worked as a photo-lab-rat in Hollyweird and Irvine, California. I used to do this kind of work, though I felt quite guilty. It seemed a sinful photographic pleasure, particularly given the fact that many of my friends and I were enamored with St. Ansel and his hyper-clear B&W work.
In any event, using traditional analog techniques, it would take me one to four weeks to create a single image of this kind. I find I still love the effect.
Wandering around an amusement park that's closed for Winter is really quite fun. You never know what you'll stumble upon, which way your head will turn, things the eye will find pleasing.
I gave these photos the treatment I did because I find amusement parks hyper-real in any event. This closely matches what my mind constructs whenever I visit.
Don't drive like Captain Lame Flames and you wont wind up with your truck upside down in the mountains.
I'm not sure if he rolled it driving like an idiot or if he had to park it after getting a large puncture in his oil pan, and folks seeing this awful flame job on the hood decided it would be better off in the ditch where it would not block traffic and be less offensive to the eye.
There are bullet holes in the windshied and it looks to have been looted for two tires and a ransacked for other goodies.
If there was more time to investigate I would have looked inside, I would bet there would be Pabst Blue Ribbon empties in there.
This is the last pass through these images. As you can see from comparing other renditions here, I like to work and work and work and image until I get several samples that appeal to me.
Working in the idea of living in a multi-verse, rather than a uni-verse, I thought it would be fun to see where the mind might take me. I'm sure for some folks the mind has taken me WAYYYYYYY out there. :-)
As the last portal into the Multiverse sealed shut I began a search for other passages between time and space.
Not so distant from the first openings that revealed Steampunk, Tribal, and the related Ages I recently uncovered yet another series of gaps in the Multiverse.
What is strange about these portals (there in all) is that the information streaming across them appear to be closely related to an Age of Avian influence. The images are stressed and warped, just like the Steampunk and Tribal work. Yet, even as exciting as these are, it is unclear just what purpose the image have on the other side of the gap.
Look at the larger size you can tell the snake is flattening out.
Out by Picket Post Mountain.
This critter lay right in the middle of the old highway looking much like a stick, terrible survival strategy.
I stopped in time to be able to get a few shots while it kept on playing stick.
Then the monsoon rain hit and I got back in the truck and waited for the snake to get out of the road.
It did so and we all went on with our lives.
I enjoy the tonal qualities these images achieve. Back in the day, I worked as a photo-lab-rat in Hollyweird and Irvine, California. I used to do this kind of work, though I felt quite guilty. It seemed a sinful photographic pleasure, particularly given the fact that many of my friends and I were enamored with St. Ansel and his hyper-clear B&W work.
Wandering around an amusement park that's closed for Winter is really quite fun. You never know what you'll stumble upon, which way your head will turn, things the eye will find pleasing.
I gave these photos the treatment I did because I find amusement parks hyper-real in any event. This closely matches what my mind constructs whenever I visit.
I enjoy the tonal qualities these images achieve. Back in the day, I worked as a photo-lab-rat in Hollyweird and Irvine, California. I used to do this kind of work, though I felt quite guilty. It seemed a sinful photographic pleasure, particularly given the fact that many of my friends and I were enamored with St. Ansel and his hyper-clear B&W work.
Wandering around an amusement park that's closed for Winter is really quite fun. You never know what you'll stumble upon, which way your head will turn, things the eye will find pleasing.
I gave these photos the treatment I did because I find amusement parks hyper-real in any event. This closely matches what my mind constructs whenever I visit.
It's difficult to imagine trees that stand so tall, are so big around at the base, and are still quite young. This is a second growth forest. The remains of the first growth are impressive. It's nearly enough to bring one to tears thinking about what must have been. Now, all removed so some Fat Cat somewhere long dead and gone could fill his greedy pockets with gold and silver...
These were processed using a HDR technique to ensure shadow detail and retention of information in the highlights. I added a green filter to bring up the foliage and then applied a sepia tint to add the "feeling" I was looking for.
I enjoy the tonal qualities these images achieve. Back in the day, I worked as a photo-lab-rat in Hollyweird and Irvine, California. I used to do this kind of work, though I felt quite guilty. It seemed a sinful photographic pleasure, particularly given the fact that many of my friends and I were enamored with St. Ansel and his hyper-clear B&W work.
In any event, using traditional analog techniques, it would take me one to four weeks to create a single image of this kind. I find I still love the effect.
Wandering around an amusement park that's closed for Winter is really quite fun. You never know what you'll stumble upon, which way your head will turn, things the eye will find pleasing.
I gave these photos the treatment I did because I find amusement parks hyper-real in any event. This closely matches what my mind constructs whenever I visit.
Local contrast and saturation control is important, no matter which approach a person takes.
One thing I've noticed is that folks who've worked in a traditional darkroom have a different sense of what makes for a "good" image than people who wandered straight into the digital world. I'm not sure how this will play out. It's too early for me to tell.
Wandering around an amusement park that's closed for Winter is really quite fun. You never know what you'll stumble upon, which way your head will turn, things the eye will find pleasing.
I gave these photos the treatment I did because I find amusement parks hyper-real in any event. This closely matches what my mind constructs whenever I visit.
This has been a very fun series of images for me. They were made under somewhat trying emotional circumstances. A close friend of my wife died just as we left town. Rather than return, we decided to stay in Vancouver to visit with Dave. My friend Dave was going through some challenging times of his own. Yet, we made a rather merrier trio of visitors. Life and living. It must go one. With or without us.
This series of images has several inspirations. I like the wood cut or engraved feel of these. We see these kinds of images around so many of the Paris flea markets. Alas, I can't afford them and all too often they're not of a subject I'm interested in.
My many thanks to the G'Mic developer, David Tschumperle and to David Patrick for providing a kewl new tool and for sharing what's possible.