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 [...]

