July 4th
Minneapolis/St.Paul MN.
(yeah, turn on the sound)
Water-lily spreads over the Charles river
Newton, MA.
Foveated render
On the Charles river, Newton, MA.
What is odd about this photo? The exposure time is <1/1000th of a second, so why is it so fuzzy away from the direct center? The answer lies in how CCDs work -- the exposure might be short, but the pixels are still read out by row. So if you were on an unstable platform, say on a kayak rocking on waves, you may think you have already got the shot that you focused on, but the camera is still reading out the sensor as it twists. That's why the center is sharp, and the edges are blurred. This was taken with an iPhone 5s, before the advent of Apple's machine learning powered computational photography algorithms. On a modern iPhone this scene would be sharp everywhere, with a dollop of high dynamic range corrections to bring out the trees on the far shore. But we would have missed out on the foveated rendering of this image.
Yellow water-lily
Nuphar lutea butting up against the side of a red kayak on the Charles river. Newton, MA
Shadow and Bright
A panorama from the Nydeggstalden as it winds down towards the Aare in shadow at left to the brilliant evening light hitting the Nydeggbrücke and the steps leading down to Zähringerdenkmal at right. Bern, CB.
The Old Council Chamber .. [2 / 2]
The color scheme is appropriately dark and gothic for a room that regularly hosts meetings dealing with the worst impulses of humanity. The Francisco de Vitoria room at United Nations building, Geneva.
The Old Council Chamber .. [1 / 2]
The decorations are appropriately dark and gothic for a room that regularly hosts meetings dealing with the worst impulses of humanity. The Francisco de Vitoria room at United Nations building, Geneva.
A 270º panorama of the murals on the back from the gallery, multiple panoramas stitched together into a wider one with Luminar.
Where Sherlock Holmes had his showdown with Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem. Arthur Conan Doyle picked a good spot.
Near Meiringen, Switzerland.
Taiwanese Pillow Cover
Arlington, MA
Skyshore
The incredible deep blue sky almost overwhelms the bright colors of the shoreside vegetation. On the Charles river, Newton, MA.
3D mosaic made using ImageMagick. To perceive depth, cross eyes and superpose left image viewed with right eye over right image viewed with left eye.
Flower Clock
At the Jardin Anglais, Genève, CG.
Swept panorama.
Residue of retreated ice .. [3 / 3]
Frozen lakes somewhere over Labrador at the end of a long transatlantic flight, looking out east towards the Atlantic as the Sun sets and puts the land underneath into dusk.
A frozen river in Labrador .. [2 / 3]
The view through an airplane window, somewhere over Labrador at the end of a long transatlantic flight, looking out east towards the Atlantic.
Technicolor Labrador .. [1 / 3]
The view through an airplane window, somewhere over Labrador at the end of a long transatlantic flight, looking east during sunset.
This is the photo that convinced me to completely overhaul my thinking about what is a "good camera". Look at how much dynamic range is captured here, land that is already in deep dusk, and the reddish pink light from the setting Sun glittering off clouds and haze over the far Atlantic. Until I got this shot, I hadn't believed it was possible to get such a shot. Taken with an iPhone 5s in 2014.