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Ring Light Setup

Originally uploaded by snapify.

From what I have been seeing in the DIY Ring Light arena lately, it doesn’t get any cheaper than this.

Banksy: Throw Away Your Television

Originally uploaded by m1l35.

I think this photo speaks for itself. Banksy does it again.

Google Reader Keyboard

Originally uploaded by paolovalde.

Chris posted this recently, and I just had to share it. For my use, however, I’d like to see the space bar be a little taller.

From Christmas

A few days ago, I had not ever heard of High Dynamic Range Imaging, or HDR for short. When I saw an example, I knew I had to try it out. I first found out that the file format for these special images is wide open. It seems that Industrial Light & Magic created this format and open sourced the code to work with it. I found two excellent resources for studying up on HDR. And most importantly, I found Photomatix, which is the software for creating HDR images. I have barely scraped the surface of HDR, but I do have a sample image ready to go. I’m seeing the potential for a lot of fun photos with HDR. And apparently, there are a lot of great examples out on Flickr.

Spiral Jetty (@ dawn) Desktop

Originally uploaded by whileseated.

Flickr’s geotagging combined with unique geographic features makes for some interesting exploration. The Spiral Jetty has its own website.

MI fall

Originally uploaded by pockett.

The Flickr blog gave a nice showing of fall colors today. I’m not seeing that type of thing around here yet, so I suppose the Flickr collection will have to suffice.