Birthday, roooound two. Readyyyyyyyy fight!
So, today was day two of the birthday festivities. Being the Thursday on the week of my birthday, I headed down to Hennessey's with some folks to get a free meal. You can order any entree, including one of the $22 steaks, and get it for no charge. Ordinarily the booze more than makes up for it, but it was a quiet night this time. We ended up only having eight people total, with folks arriving and leaving at different times. It was still fun, and I'm never one to turn down a free meal. Last year was a bit unique in that we had three birthdays in one week, so the group was significantly larger. We'll be going again next thursday, since the birthdays were split up this year.
What else? well, check this out:
(click for bigger)
What is it? An HDR (High Dynamic Range) image of Tokyo at night. Basically it is three pictures taken at different exposure settings, and merged together in photshop to create a single image with a dynamic range much higher than what is possible with a single image. The same is also possible with RAW images, since they store more bits per pixel than it is possible to display with a lossy format like JPEG. I've been meaning to do some more photography, especially HDR stuff like this. It's around the right time of year that we get some really bitchin sunsets, so it may be time to keep the ol camera and tripod in the trunk of the car just in case. Then I just need to find the time to actually take some pictures!
More HDR than you can shake a stick at:
http://flickr.com/groups/hdr/pool/
http://flickr.com/groups/truetonehdr/pool/
What else? well, check this out:
(click for bigger)
What is it? An HDR (High Dynamic Range) image of Tokyo at night. Basically it is three pictures taken at different exposure settings, and merged together in photshop to create a single image with a dynamic range much higher than what is possible with a single image. The same is also possible with RAW images, since they store more bits per pixel than it is possible to display with a lossy format like JPEG. I've been meaning to do some more photography, especially HDR stuff like this. It's around the right time of year that we get some really bitchin sunsets, so it may be time to keep the ol camera and tripod in the trunk of the car just in case. Then I just need to find the time to actually take some pictures!
More HDR than you can shake a stick at:
http://flickr.com/groups/hdr/pool/
http://flickr.com/groups/truetonehdr/pool/