This has been making the rounds, so I’m hardly the first to post it. It’s still pretty amazing though.
(Click here to watch a larger version on Youtube. It’s worth watching full-screen.)
I’m never quite sure what to think of these whiz-bang features in new versions of Photoshop. They’re great tools for artists, to be sure, but our culture already has a real problem with photography and how it reflects reality, and I’m not sure this kind of thing really helps. What do you think?
Spring Thaw
I’m pretty sure this is actually the first robin I’ve seen this year. I ran out to Fox Island over the weekend and he was flying around eating berries off of the Sumac bushes. (You can just see the berry in his beak in the larger shot) I’m guessing pickings are kind of slim for a robin in Indiana at the end of February.
First Robin of Spring
Sadly, I don’t have one of those huge telephoto lenses that costs as much as a used car (and I’d probably never carry it around if I did), so I had to make do with a little wider framing. Considering I was experimenting around with old manual-focus lenses, I’m pretty pleased with what I got.
Since I was stuck inside at Luke’s place last week during the snow, I felt obliged to take the camera out and test out the weathersealing. Calvin (their dog) was more than happy to provide me with a moving target to practice tracking objects.
Calvin #1
It was a task that played well to his strengths. He is, of course, a naturally helpful dog…
Luke & Calvin
Calvin #2
Oaks, North Mountain, Maryland
Appalachian Trail #1
Earlier this month, I took a week and headed out East to do some hiking on the Appalachian Trail. We set off from Harper’s Ferry, WV, and hiked north into Maryland (and then back). We lucked out on the weather (it only rained one night) and were fortunate to avoid any injuries or encounters with bears.
The trip was a bit of a bust photographically; once we got up onto the ridge there were only a couple of spots where we could see anything through the trees. So I don’t really have many of the sweeping smoky vistas that you see from other parts of the trail like Shenandoah or the Smokies. I did come back with a few good shots though, and I’ll be posting some of them over the next few weeks.
As a reminder, you can click on the inline images in my posts to view larger versions.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these, so it was about time. I’m not sure what type this is, but I stumbled across a small cluster of them while out hiking at Salamonie a few weeks back.
Salamonie Flower
If you’ve been visiting the site recently you’ve probably noticed I’ve been playing around with a few changes. Probably the most notable is that I’m no longer posting full-sized images directly in the posts, as it was making it too difficult to find themes to base the site on. Instead, you can now click on the inline image to view the full-sized one in a Javascript popup. Leave a comment if you encounter any problems…
Trying something a little different, to keep up with the whole “Web 2.0″ thing…
The above is a video from the HD camera aboard Japan’s Kaguya probe, which recently crashed into the Lunar surface. It’s not really new news; I just thought it was cool (and wanted to try out video embedding). If it doesn’t work in its embedded form, or you want to watch it in HD, you can view it on Youtube here.