Archive for July, 2007

HDR, Take 3

I went to Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, California this weekend and attempted another round of HDR photography.  It was very peaceful until other visitors started arriving.  Afterwards, my girlfriend and I went to Cinnebar and did a wine tasting.  We enjoyed it so much, we decided to join the wine club they have.  We really enjoyed [...]


HDR, Take 2

Still no luck.  This is an underexposure composition that I improved in post-processing.  I think it came out very well.  Sadly, to make it very picturesque, I’d have to spend some time cleaning the bird-gunk off the bridge… and I’m not about to spend my time doing that, no matter how much I like my [...]


Can you hear me now?

http://www.signalmap.com/

A nifty idea  to help everyone, the carrier included, figure out where they are strong or weak in serving the customers.
I plotted my home.
I’m sure that they could serve non-US carriers if they wanted to, but they don’t have any listed.


Digital Photography Cropping

As promised, here is the brief tutorial to understand cropping.

The original photo was 3872 x 2592.  This 12.5% crop is 484 x 324, or 12.5% of the size of the original while retaining most of the original photo.

This is a 50% crop of the same image.  Since it is also 484 x 324 pixels in [...]