.. Jalbum 8.6 slides/mar31.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 I had to fly to Las Vegas today for a tradeshow- usually there is something to photograph at the airport. This is the stairs to the SkyTrain in Terminal D, at DFW. Things I would do differently: Try to get Jessica Simpson's picture out of the photograph :) Mods: None. I had to fly to Las Vegas today for a tradeshow- usually there is something to photograph at the airport. This is the stairs to the SkyTrain in Terminal D, at DFW. Things I would do differently: Try to get Jessica Simpson's picture out of the photograph :) Mods: None. slides/mar31.jpg slides/mar30.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This is the crescent moon just after sunset. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Contrast enhanced. This is the crescent moon just after sunset. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Contrast enhanced. slides/mar30.jpg slides/mar29.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 Another sunset illuminating street signs- this is in Plano near my mom's house. The light just turned green when I shot this. Things I would do differently: ? Mods: None. Another sunset illuminating street signs- this is in Plano near my mom's house. The light just turned green when I shot this. Things I would do differently: ? Mods: None. slides/mar29.jpg slides/mar28.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 The sun is at an angle now that when setting, it strongly illuminates the signs onto Marsh Lane at the end of our neighborhood, as well as the trees across Marsh. There's a bit of telecompression here, as I'm shooting from a distance. Things I would do differently: ? Mods: None. The sun is at an angle now that when setting, it strongly illuminates the signs onto Marsh Lane at the end of our neighborhood, as well as the trees across Marsh. There's a bit of telecompression here, as I'm shooting from a distance. Things I would do differently: ? Mods: None. slides/mar28.jpg slides/mar27.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This fellow hangs around our house a lot. I like the glint ot light in its eye, called a catchlight. Good performance from my camera here, as this was quite high off the ground. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. This fellow hangs around our house a lot. I like the glint ot light in its eye, called a catchlight. Good performance from my camera here, as this was quite high off the ground. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar27.jpg slides/mar26.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 The clouds in Texas can be quite striking sometimes. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. The clouds in Texas can be quite striking sometimes. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar26.jpg slides/mar25.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This is Nadia, out in the driveway after we had a rainy afternoon. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. This is Nadia, out in the driveway after we had a rainy afternoon. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar25.jpg slides/mar24.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 And also spotted at Whole Foods, this pear with a neat stripe on it. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. And also spotted at Whole Foods, this pear with a neat stripe on it. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar24.jpg slides/mar23.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 I spotted this weird tangelo at Whole Foods. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. I spotted this weird tangelo at Whole Foods. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar23.jpg slides/mar22.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 I call this one Hedge Fund, for obvious reasons. Just a visual pun... Things I would do differently: ? Mods: None. I call this one Hedge Fund, for obvious reasons. Just a visual pun... Things I would do differently: ? Mods: None. slides/mar22.jpg slides/mar21.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 We planted some hyacinths in our beds this year. They last for a couple of weeks and are very fragrant- we'll probably plant more next year. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. We planted some hyacinths in our beds this year. They last for a couple of weeks and are very fragrant- we'll probably plant more next year. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar21.jpg slides/mar20.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 One of our many critters that come through our backyard at night. This one's walking along the top of our fence. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. One of our many critters that come through our backyard at night. This one's walking along the top of our fence. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar20.jpg slides/mar19.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 And conversely, changing the focus point causes the screen to become visible instead of the image behind it. Unusual. Things I would do differently: ? Mods: None. And conversely, changing the focus point causes the screen to become visible instead of the image behind it. Unusual. Things I would do differently: ? Mods: None. slides/mar19.jpg slides/mar18.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 Just playing around with a magnifying glass. I kind of liked the unfocused screen around the magnifying glass more than the actual inverted image itself. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. Just playing around with a magnifying glass. I kind of liked the unfocused screen around the magnifying glass more than the actual inverted image itself. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar18.jpg slides/mar17.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This is a 25 picture, 360 degree panorama of Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires. It's a fantastical place, and happens to be where Evita Peron is also buried. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Composite assembly. This is a 25 picture, 360 degree panorama of Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires. It's a fantastical place, and happens to be where Evita Peron is also buried. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Composite assembly. slides/mar17.jpg slides/mar16.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 On the flight up to Santiago from Punta Arenas, we flew over the Patagonian Ice Field, third largest in the world after Antarctica and Greenland. We had visited this area in Argentina last week. It's quite stunning from above- the ice forms what looks like glacial highways. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. On the flight up to Santiago from Punta Arenas, we flew over the Patagonian Ice Field, third largest in the world after Antarctica and Greenland. We had visited this area in Argentina last week. It's quite stunning from above- the ice forms what looks like glacial highways. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar16.jpg slides/mar15.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This is my favorite animal shot from the trip. Taken on Isla Magdalena, out in the middle of the Strait of Magellan, this independent thinker caught my eye. :) Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. This is my favorite animal shot from the trip. Taken on Isla Magdalena, out in the middle of the Strait of Magellan, this independent thinker caught my eye. :) Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar15.jpg slides/mar14.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This may be my best picture from the trip. We had great weather on the last day, so I managed to get back over to Laguna Azul and to get this iconic shot, complete with red sorrell grass in the foreground. I was laying on my stomach to get this framing. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Some tone adjustment for better balance (equivalent to dodging/burning). This may be my best picture from the trip. We had great weather on the last day, so I managed to get back over to Laguna Azul and to get this iconic shot, complete with red sorrell grass in the foreground. I was laying on my stomach to get this framing. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Some tone adjustment for better balance (equivalent to dodging/burning). slides/mar14.jpg slides/mar13.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 I stood around and waited for this guy to jump this fence from Torres del Paine onto a private ranch, called an estancia. We went on a nice, but windy, 4-mile hike where we saw many, many guanacos. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. I stood around and waited for this guy to jump this fence from Torres del Paine onto a private ranch, called an estancia. We went on a nice, but windy, 4-mile hike where we saw many, many guanacos. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar13.jpg slides/mar12.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This lucky find was a Huemul Deer, rare these days. It was happily munching lunch in a bog in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. In the background,you can see the famous Horns of Torres del Paine, layered mountains that are one of several distinguishing features of the park. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. This lucky find was a Huemul Deer, rare these days. It was happily munching lunch in a bog in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. In the background,you can see the famous Horns of Torres del Paine, layered mountains that are one of several distinguishing features of the park. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar12.jpg slides/mar11.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 We were out at 7am this morning going from Argentinian Patagonia to Chilean Patagonia. Our van was truckin' along the road with hardly another car in sight, and I had a lot of time to look around for photo opportunities, even in this drab hinterland. I wasn't driving :) Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. We were out at 7am this morning going from Argentinian Patagonia to Chilean Patagonia. Our van was truckin' along the road with hardly another car in sight, and I had a lot of time to look around for photo opportunities, even in this drab hinterland. I wasn't driving :) Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar11.jpg slides/mar10.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This is a 6-photo panorama of Perito Moreno glacier, taken from a boat we were taking across Lago Argentina so we could go hiking on it. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Combined the shots. This is a 6-photo panorama of Perito Moreno glacier, taken from a boat we were taking across Lago Argentina so we could go hiking on it. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Combined the shots. slides/mar10.jpg slides/mar09.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This is the end of the tarmac at the Ushuaia Airport, at the southern end of Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America. It's about as remote as you get in this hemisphere without carting off to some distant island or Antarctica itself, the next stop south. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. This is the end of the tarmac at the Ushuaia Airport, at the southern end of Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America. It's about as remote as you get in this hemisphere without carting off to some distant island or Antarctica itself, the next stop south. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar09.jpg slides/mar08.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This shot was taken in San Telmo, just south of the main downtown area. It's a festive area, especially on Sundays. Our friends took us to the area which features vendors that sell all sorts of things in the streets. This was an intersection of the pedestrian street with a cross street, a 180 degree panorama of 7 photos. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Panorama Compositing This shot was taken in San Telmo, just south of the main downtown area. It's a festive area, especially on Sundays. Our friends took us to the area which features vendors that sell all sorts of things in the streets. This was an intersection of the pedestrian street with a cross street, a 180 degree panorama of 7 photos. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Panorama Compositing slides/mar08.jpg slides/mar07.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This church was in Recoleta, adjacent to the cemetery where Eva Peron is buried. The bright white building fit neatly with the blue, but fading sky- my favorite time to take building pictures. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. This church was in Recoleta, adjacent to the cemetery where Eva Peron is buried. The bright white building fit neatly with the blue, but fading sky- my favorite time to take building pictures. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar07.jpg slides/mar06.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This was taken in Buenos Aires on our first afternoon. It's a composite of 8 photos taken at fairly close range, for a city. I've got a lot of pictures to process, so it will take some time to fill out the following days. Be patient. :) Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Composite merge This was taken in Buenos Aires on our first afternoon. It's a composite of 8 photos taken at fairly close range, for a city. I've got a lot of pictures to process, so it will take some time to fill out the following days. Be patient. :) Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Composite merge slides/mar06.jpg slides/mar05.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 These are the main places we are going on our trip. See you when I get back! Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. These are the main places we are going on our trip. See you when I get back! Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: None. slides/mar05.jpg slides/mar04.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This is the nano-GPS I'm taking on my trip. It's used mainly for geotagging your pictures when you get home. Keyring is normal size keyring for comparison. Things I would do differently: ? Mods: None. This is the nano-GPS I'm taking on my trip. It's used mainly for geotagging your pictures when you get home. Keyring is normal size keyring for comparison. Things I would do differently: ? Mods: None. slides/mar04.jpg slides/mar03.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 I kinda like the dried up roses, just wish I had the time to get a better shot of it. Maybe when I get back if they last that long. Things I would do differently: Take a better picture. Mods: None. I kinda like the dried up roses, just wish I had the time to get a better shot of it. Maybe when I get back if they last that long. Things I would do differently: Take a better picture. Mods: None. slides/mar03.jpg slides/mar02.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 I had a Mobile Mondays meeting at the Informart tonight, so I decided I'd try my new technique on this building. It's a gorgeous building, modeled after a turn-of-the-last-century building in London, called the Crystal Palace. It's a technology showcase and office building here. This is a composite, or vertical panorama, of 4 pictures. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Photomerge I had a Mobile Mondays meeting at the Informart tonight, so I decided I'd try my new technique on this building. It's a gorgeous building, modeled after a turn-of-the-last-century building in London, called the Crystal Palace. It's a technology showcase and office building here. This is a composite, or vertical panorama, of 4 pictures. Things I would do differently: Nothing. Mods: Photomerge slides/mar02.jpg slides/mar01.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:27:01 -0500 This was a planned experiment- I wanted to take two vertical panoramas, and join them with a horizontal panorama along the bottom. I used Photoshop's Photomerge capability, fully on automated. So far, everything I've thrown at it up to 18 photos has been successfully merged, so it's pretty robust. This is an 8-photo mosaic. Photomerge somehow detects they are buildings and straightens their edges, which explains the flair at the top. Things I would do differently: Take a second row across the bottom so the top of the building in the middle wasn't chopped off. Mods: Photomerged, but otherwise, nothing. This was a planned experiment- I wanted to take two vertical panoramas, and join them with a horizontal panorama along the bottom. I used Photoshop's Photomerge capability, fully on automated. So far, everything I've thrown at it up to 18 photos has been successfully merged, so it's pretty robust. This is an 8-photo mosaic. Photomerge somehow detects they are buildings and straightens their edges, which explains the flair at the top. Things I would do differently: Take a second row across the bottom so the top of the building in the middle wasn't chopped off. Mods: Photomerged, but otherwise, nothing. slides/mar01.jpg