A drive from Goat Island to the Tong Road end. Through Stornoway, Laxdale and part of Newmarket.
Filmed on HTC Desire.
Getting on with my life and thinking about things.
Based in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Southern Upland Way 212miles, Easter 2007
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A drive from Goat Island to the Tong Road end. Through Stornoway, Laxdale and part of Newmarket.
Filmed on HTC Desire.
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Cloudy with a chance of soya stew. Using sunglass lens as a filter over the HTC Desire’s lens. And the FxCamera application.
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Labels: hebrides, islands, photographs
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Labels: hebrides, islands, philosophy, photographs
I got distracted by some of the cracking images at "Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography", and re-discovered tiltshiftmaker.com
I uploaded a photo from earlier in the week and started to modify the distortions. I’ll need to get some shots to specifically modify them for Tilt-Shift.
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Labels: hebrides, islands, photographs
Rooting around in the old garage (technically it’s the newer garage, but it’s quite old now), I found a dvd boxed set of Richard Greene’s “The adventures of Robin Hood” from 1955. Huzzah and a round of the closing theme to chase away the bad weather …
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Labels: YouTube
Another FxCamera snap from "ymst"'s Android app and my HTC Desire. Text added in post'.
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Labels: hebrides, islands, photographs, weather
Being able to sleep with the skylight open meant that I was awoken by the glowing yellow ball of fire in the sky this morning. A quick check on Google Sky Map identified it as "The Sun". I dusted off dSLR and clattered out of the house, negotiating doorways while tripod bag was working loose from my shoulder.
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Labels: hebrides, photographs
Well, the PC is downloading various updates and running a full AV sweep. The latest TWiT podcast is playing through the netbook and Linx B-tube. The HTC Desire is being recharged, and holding text chats. Between that and emailing, I'm at a loose end, so I get the shemagh out from my bag and refresh my memory on how to tie it. Badly, I think.
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Labels: aktoman
Yesterday evening found me down at the beach with some time to kill, so I decided to compare the Polaroid-effect cameras that I have on my HTC Desire (running Android 2.1). I left the settings at Automatic White Balance, and clicked away.
RetroCamera: I like the interface, but there’s too much vignetting, and the AWB gave a blue tint in the evening’s light.
CameraZoom: takes a while to get to the ‘frameFX: (dated) Polaroid”, but there are good options there. Again, the AWB gave a blue tint in the evening’s light.
FxCamera: one click and the camera is ready to take pictures. I preferred the “aged” setting, and the frame set for “square”. The AWB setting gave a true interpretation of the colours that my eye saw.
I used the FxCamera (link) for a couple of snaps the next day. Here is one. I had to wait for the empty shot, as I really can’t be bothered with arguments over snapping the public. I wish that the resolution was higher as this is 480 x 566 pixels.
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Labels: aberdeen, android, photographs
Back from spending a day out in the sun at Balmedie and then the Sands of Forvie Nature Reserve, just up the coast from Aberdeen. Multiple coatings of sun lotion, especially as it was a windy day and very deceptive.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150, processed in Adobe Lightroom 3.
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Labels: aberdeen, aberdeenshire, aktoman
Like a lot of people today, I went up Bennachie (Mither Tap). I promised myself (and a couple of people), that I’d do it over the weekend. I got to the peak in just under the hour, and found myself running along some of the downhill stretches. And to think that some people mocked me when I got factor 30 sunblock. A fun morning out.
Most photos taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150. Some with HTC Desire and Camera Pro app. Adobe Lightroom 3 arrived yesterday, so I’ve used that for the first time today. Shiney.
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Labels: aberdeenshire, Bennachie