@terrbear how come?

Posted on May 6th, 2009

@terrbear how come?

@terrbear SLR would have been …

Posted on May 6th, 2009

@terrbear SLR would have been great, but always having a camera with me and ready was better. Flickr has 300 of my 1200 pics.

@terrbear great camera (Sony …

Posted on May 6th, 2009

@terrbear great camera (Sony T900), it’s pocket-able and powers on/takes pics quickly after sliding it open. Plus 720p video..

Flickr perms fixed, oops. Uplo…

Posted on May 6th, 2009

Flickr perms fixed, oops. Uploader is cautious apparently

New pics are up: http://tinyur…

Posted on May 6th, 2009

New pics are up: http://tinyurl.com/clpv6w, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Tokyo

Checking out old Hong Kong tod…

Posted on April 19th, 2009

Checking out old Hong Kong today

One more day in Hong Kong & th…

Posted on April 19th, 2009

One more day in Hong Kong & then off to Thailand for some diving!

Fung Wah to NYC to kick off th…

Posted on April 16th, 2009

Fung Wah to NYC to kick off the Asia trip. Staying up until the 10am flight to Hong Kong. http://twitpic.com/3fi97

Underwater photo Photoshop cleanup

Posted on April 13th, 2009

During my stay in St. Thomas last year I had the opportunity to do a bunch of diving and was able to take some underwater shots. However, due to the way light is absorbed underwater at different depths colors fade to grey in the pictures. For example red disappears at only 15 ft. To compensate for this you can use lights, however, this is probably not an option for the casual underwater photographer. Another, less natural, solution is to simply add some of the color back in using Photoshop. While the pictures are not perfect (and you should do this manually) the action I’ve included at the bottom of this post can make a dramatic improvement on the images and at least allows you to quickly pick out the best shots. Also, I’ve included a link to a backscatter action as well which helps remove some of the noise caused by particles in the water.

Here are a few before/after pics:

Grey Angelfish

Ooooooh, barracuda (btw, these guys do NOT your camera flash, so photogs be warned– this one was 3+ feet long)

Red filter Photoshop action

Backscatter Photoshop action

Elon Musk calls it as it is

Posted on April 10th, 2009

Awesome. Sometimes a letting go of the social contract is a good thing. I think he nails it in regards to the technology lifecycle, these things take time and it’s pretty amazing what Tesla has done so far.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/10/teslas-elon-musk-grows-a-pair-good-for-him/