Blast Zone

Posted on August 14, 2015August 12, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged desolate, helens, hike, lake, mount, mountain, nature, river, saint, volcano, WA, WashingtonLeave a comment

Waterfallsfallsfalls

Posted on August 13, 2015August 12, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged arial, green, Hawaii, helicopter, HI, island, nature, photography, waterfallLeave a comment

Clouds and Hill and Sun

Posted on August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged beach, green, Hawaii, HI, hiking, island, Kalalau, Kauai, landscape, photography, trailLeave a comment

Kalalau trail, Kauai, HI

+10 HP

Posted on August 7, 2015July 29, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged albuquerque, car, carshow, flames, nm, paint, photography, travelLeave a comment

The Chili Judge’s Oath

Posted on August 6, 2015July 29, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged albuquerque, chili, contest, food, nm, photography, travelLeave a comment

Waterfall

Posted on August 5, 2015July 29, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged hike, Mount Rainier, nature, photography, WA, waterfallLeave a comment

Bird

Posted on August 4, 2015July 29, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged bird, mt rainier, nature, photography, tree, WALeave a comment

Stonehenge

Posted on August 3, 2015July 29, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged clouds, grey, photography, stonehenge, travel, UKLeave a comment

So British It Hurts

Posted on July 31, 2015July 28, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged British, pants, photography, travel, UKLeave a comment

Paris Metro

Posted on July 30, 2015July 28, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged colors, metro, paris, photography, travelLeave a comment

Nike

Posted on July 29, 2015July 28, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged france, louvre, museum, nike, paris, photography, statue, travelLeave a comment

Settlers

Posted on July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 Posted in board games, bugs, camping, GR, lantern, night, Ricoh, settlers of catanLeave a comment

Wheeeeeeeeee

Posted on March 16, 2015March 16, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged bald eagle, bird, freedom, skyLeave a comment

Viral Image Decay

Posted on December 18, 2014December 18, 2014 Posted in Recommended, TechTagged JPEG, meme, viralLeave a comment

Here’s a great article that’s basically about JPEG compression artifacts: http://www.theawl.com/2014/12/the-triumphant-rise-of-the-shitpic

I like the idea of “counting the rings” to see how old a viral image is. This also opens up a question about tools like Google image search. I wonder if their algorithm takes decay into account when it searches for the “original” image.

It’s about the journey

Posted on December 16, 2014December 16, 2014 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged camping, Canada, girls, hiking, hozomeen, nature, ross lake2 Comments

Seattle From the Water

Posted on November 24, 2014November 24, 2014 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged ferris wheel, puget sound, seattle, skyline, space needle, waterLeave a comment

Frozen Snoqualmie Falls

Posted on November 20, 2014November 20, 2014 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged frozen, photogramy, snow, waterfallLeave a comment

Proletariat

Posted on October 3, 2014 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged clouds, dynamic range, google, GR, hdr, photography, ricoh, street view, WA, Washington, white centerLeave a comment

Just for fun, this is what the same spot looks like in Google Street View:

Sorry, Tattoo & Piercing, you’ve been replaced by Coffee. Also, it looks like Google needs to store high-dynamic range versions of all the Street View imagery and then render it at 8-bits per channel based on the scene being viewed. This would still be a high contrast scene, but at least they could retain some cloud detail. It would be cool if Street View worked more like video games which adjust brightness based on where you are looking (i.e. in a tunnel, indoors vs outdoors, etc.). Get to work, Google!