Three-photo composite of the view from the Vancouver Convention Centre, host of CHI 2011.
(Click to enlarge.)
Random album cover fun
I saw Bill’s random album art and wanted to join in the fun. (See instructions below.) The result turned out to be kind of ironic, implying that cake is the root of all evil. It makes for an eye-catchingly contrarian album cover.
Åland Centre is actually a Finnish political party, the cake photo is here, and the full quote is, “Lack of money is the root of all evil.” -George Bernard Shaw
Create your own band and debut album cover randomly
To Do This:
1 – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random – The first random Wikipedia article that comes up is the name of your band.
2 – http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 – The last four or five words of the very LAST quote on the page is the title of your first album.
3 – http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days – The third picture in the top row, no matter what it is, is your album cover.
4 – Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.
5 – Post it to your preferred online outlet with this text in the “caption” or “comment” and TAG the friends you want to join in.
Dramatic photo
I took this photo from the Queen Anne neighborhood in Seattle (walking distance from my office), looking southwest towards Elliot Bay.
Camera: iPhone 4.
Post-processing: Digitally removed power lines via Photoshop.
High Dynamic Range
I’m impressed with the new “high dynamic range” (HDR) photography feature in iOS 4.1 for iPhone 4. The feature basically takes three versions of the image in quick succession, each using a different light setting. Software then combines the three photos using image processing algorithms. The goal is to avoid washed-out bright areas and dark, almost-black shadowed areas.
I took the picture below with HDR turned on. I did not use a tripod, did not set anything manually, and did no post-processing other than cropping. (Click it to see full resolution.)
The plain, non-HDR version of the image looked pretty good too, but everything was more washed out, especially the buildings and sky. The trees were a bit brighter but didn’t look as rich. I think the HDR version looks astonishingly professional.