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Category Archives: Photography
It must be a Mirage!
My large file printing problems are solved
Following this blog, you have been exposed to the trials of printing very large photos on a wide-format Epson ink-jet printer. I have been feeling like a beta tester the last month or so, discovering all of the reasons why … Continue reading
Posted in Color Management, New technology, Panoramic Photography, Photography, Photoshop techniques, Printing and Printing Processes, Software
Tagged Dinax.de, Epson ink-jet printers, long-roll printing, Mirage printing software, Mirage software, overcoming file size limitations in Photoshop
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Things I have never seen before
Happy New Year from The Blognosticator! This last week I saw two things I have never seen before, and I thought I would share them with you. And, I have a few other musings to discuss, as you will see. … Continue reading
’tis the season to make Biscotti and Photoshop masks
Every year about this time I get out my recipes and I make a load of biscotti to give away as gifts, and a few for myself. I love biscotti, and I love making them. Years ago I was given … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Photoshop techniques
Tagged Biscotti, cookie baking, cookies, Tim Mantoani
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The 32,767-pixel limit: I should learn to read dialog boxes!
That didn’t work quite as planned. In my large scale printing project, I started late last night to print the first of 17 strips of my huge panoramic photo 44 inches by ten feet in length. My original photo is … Continue reading
Making the Hong Kong GigaPan image
I shipped my GigaPan rig and my Really Right Stuff carbon fiber tripod in my checked luggage to Hong Kong. My hope was that I could make a couple of beautiful panoramic images of the Victoria Harbor with Hong Kong … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Panoramic Photography, Photography, Photoshop techniques
Tagged Brian Lawler, GigaPan, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Central, Kowloon, Wan Chai
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Hong Kong, Day three-point-seven
I think. Yesterday was the ICC Symposium at the Hong Kong Design Institute. We were expecting about 450 participants, and over 700 attended. The large auditorium at the center was filled, and they stayed all the way to the end. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Color Management, People, Photography, Photoshop techniques, Printing and Printing Processes, Software, Technology
Tagged Brian Lawler, color management, Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong Printers Association, ICC, ICC Symposium, John Seymour, Max Derhak, Ragy Isaac, Steve Smiley, Tom Lianza, William Li
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Hong Kong Day Two
On my outings on Sunday in Hong Kong I had a chance to take the Star Ferry across Victoria Harbor to Hong Kong Island where my friend John Seymour and I had lunch. The weather was tempestuous, and we watched … Continue reading
Making modern panoramic photos to match historic images
I’m multitasking – working on installing solar panels on my roof, working with my students and colleagues, writing a book, working on another person’s book, doing illustrations for another book, singing in a choral group (concert on the 23rd!), preparing … Continue reading
More textures – from aloft
I have a great hobby – hot air ballooning – and I get to practice it occasionally. This year has been a pretty good year for my ballooning adventures, including this last weekend when I flew with my good friends … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Photography
Tagged ballooning, California, Coalinga, hot-air balloon, orchard, pistachio orchard, pistachios, WHAMOBASS
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Details on scanning film with the Epson scanner
In two earlier blogs I described how I set up a large tabletop arrangement to scan historic panoramic negatives on my Epson Perfection scanner. When using the Epson scanner with the Epson Scan software (you can control the Epson scanner … Continue reading