Archive for February 10th, 2009
Wrecked Fire Truck
by Dave Wilson on Feb.10, 2009, under Miscellaneous, Photography
What an excellent night of WordPress experimentation:
- I fixed the RSS feed so that it now shows more than 1 entry,
- I found a plugin that will let me post a collection of my most interesting Flickr images,
- I added my various gallery and social networking entries to the main navigation bar and
- I fixed the problem of being unable to post directly from Flickr (turns out you have to enable external posting using a setting deep inside the admin area).
All in all, a great evening. The only outstanding problem I have with the new blog is that I can’t import my blogroll without the mySQL database getting trashed by something in the WordPress Import code.
Oh – about this picture. This was a handheld HDR taken in Johnson City. I reckoned it would be hopeless but after using Photoshop to align and merge the exposures and Photomatix to tone map the result, I’m amazingly happy with the result – the colour and texture really turned out well. The shot was tricky since it was taken almost directly into the sun so the top left section was extremely bright. I darkened and desaturated it to keep the attention on the great colour and texture around the seat and pump controls. I wish I had removed that darned beer bottle, though. Maybe I’ll go back and shoot this again next time I am down that way.
Photographing the Inauguration
by Dave Wilson on Feb.10, 2009, under Photography
John Harrington has a fascinating post on his blog describing his setup for photographing the inauguration of President Obama. A great deal of work went into preparation for the critical 30 seconds during which the oath was being taken.
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