Two Sites from Lou Jones

Lou sent me a note. First, PopSci posts a gallery of just plain astounding science and technology images, here.

Second, Lou's own blog on Baseball.

Thanks, Lou, just wonderful stuff!

color perception and context... (AKA optical illusions)

I've talked about this in class, and this is simply the coolest example of it I've ever seen. The punch line is that the green color and the blue color are actually the same. Don't believe it? Open it in Photoshop and read it, using "Info", or just use DigitalColor Meter on your Mac.

The site it came from is pretty cool, too, Color Illusion 12, here.

site: The Online Photographer

"Great Photographers on the Internet"

site here.

TRULY hysterical.

site: fotagraft

woah.

This looks awesome... really nice online galleries that are actually professional looking and acting. Check out the samples, etc, these are designed by the Adobe guys I guess.

site: here

whoops! see the comment, NOT associated with Adobe. THANKS!

site: dispatches in america

new photo magazine (by photographers): here.

from the site:

"mission:
dispatches aims to help meet a desperate need in a 21st-century world that can barely keep up with itself. At the pace we all function, there are no solutions, only promising directions. No one power can dominate the rest, nor can any single philosophy prevail over others. As resources rapidly dwindle, human ability to wreak havoc develops at a harrowing pace. In the face of this, nations, societies, and individuals continue to act in their own narrow interests.
...
"Our mission is to help fill this growing void with an independent look at challenges facing an imperiled world. We seek to spark curiosity and provide factual bases to inspire discussion, protest, and change. Our target is not only the professional world watcher but also citizens who want to make a difference and students who must deal with crises they inherit. With a fresh design and innovative delivery, we aim for the widest possible appeal. Yet we are rooted solidly in the journalistic tenets of integrity, credibility, and accountability; this, in the end, is paramount."

site: PRC APRIL 2008 FEATURED ARTIST- Jared Leeds

from the PRC site:

"Featured online are selections from his series “Mass Ave,” featured recently in Boston Magazine and in the "Exposures" section of their December 2007 issue of Photo District News (PDN).

"This series is a study of Massachusetts Avenue via portraits of those who live and work along its 16.1 mile long stretch. From Dorchester to the gentrifying South End, from Cambridge to the suburban Lexington, “Mass Ave” is fascinating study of people and neighborhoods."
- Leslie K. Brown, PRC Curator

story here.
Jared here.

congrats Jared!

site: Nat'l Geographic Timeline of Photography

link: here.

The image shown is the first digital camera, ca. 1991. crazy stuff!

site: Maciej Duczynski Photography

KILLER HDR images! Maciej uses Photomatix software for HDR processing.



link: here.