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Friday, 17 May 2013

3D Reader or Stereoscopic Holographic Goggles

LR-PS-Composite - Proud to show the Stereoscopic Holographic goggles (STG) in use, the book is in fact electronic paper and is design to carry additional storage for those off line moments, caching the expected use for the reader. Well in fact not the reader but the user of the Stereoscopic Holographic Goggles (STG), the pages are encrypted data which is read by the decoder mounted in the frames. The book or piece is read to you and the story presented in a 3D Holographic format.
The wearer of STG’s can in fact absorb up to 18 different story scenes at any one time, the current release allows only two to be displayed, later version will allow the viewer to choose any number of different story scenes available at the same time. The trail version also projects the images to people who can see the goggles, which might be a bit embarrassing for the wearer if say they were viewing 50 Shades of Grey or similar literature. The inventor tell me that this is easily overcome this by attaching lenses to the STG’s with a reflective coating or even wearing sunglasses over the top worked in previous trials.
What’s under the hood or should I say in the frame; well a whole bunch of organic and inorganic technology including Babel fish, Entropy algorithms, Sporophyte’s creating new Zygote power generators, GPS responders, touch cell connectivity and so much more. No need for a 3G or if you are lucky 4G connection, the wearer’s body acts as an aerial and transmitter to connect you to a ‘Deep Thought’ network, data and knowledge source. The whole thing powered with zygote cell energy as long as there is some form of light on the frame and if not charged by the electric produced by the wearer’s head/body.
The mounted micro cameras record what is around you, providing other wearer’s the ability to view the location before getting there in full STG mode. Typing if that’s you thing can be performed using the projected keyboard or text created to send over legacy systems such as SMS and Email can also be created with clear speech to text or as experiment talking through your nose. The legacy messages are then transmitted and converted by the ‘Deep Thought’ system and dispatched.
Applications include facial recognition that can remind you of a person’s name and related information; partner, children and pets etc.
Secure, well yes DNA, Iris and voice pattern matching to log on and if you want a 64 bit encrypted password.
The inventor did ask if I could think of some catchy name, at the time Holoborg was the only thing that crossed my mind, happy to hear yours!

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

View from my hotel window!

LR-11059 - Stayed away overnight and had a great view out my hotel room window :) I must admit it's poignant in a number of areas at the moment.
Two images as I had no lighting (torches) or camera flash that would bring it together as one image

Do It Daily @ Today's Posting
Room With A View #TP533

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Planks to Infinity and Beyond

LR-10090 - Well travelling north later today, so I'll see you all in a few days have fun (nope it's not me).

HFF everyone

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Sunday, 12 May 2013

May Pole! Happy May Day

LR-19258 - Perfect place for a May pole

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Primrose for a Troll

LR-10017-2 - Not sure if this one counts for the assignment, but I was wonder what goes on in tree roots on the stream or river banks. Home for a Troll, Water Rat or even a Kingfisher, then you watch and see the Boatmen taking a rest or a bird sitting and waiting for some interesting to come by.

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Fertile Soil - Looks like it is about to be watered

LR-Arreton_Pano - Just playing around with a four image pano, back to the ploughed field and clouds theme.
Looking south across the Arretton valley with the tip of Merstone Downs on the right. Interesting ploughing pattern, but the verticals are from the entrance gate or exit (which I assume is the reason)

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You just have to go with the boat you've got!

LR-10503 - The expression "You just have to go with the boat you've got" probably not that well known, but I use it quite in a lot having originally heard it from a project manager on a very complex programme/project I was working on. The project had over 1,800 deliverables and due to time pressure and lack of clarity we just had to go with what we had at deadline day, no matter how had we tried to hit the 110%.
Just needed a nice day to get down to BInfield and get the shot in, The Ryde Queen cross Solent paddle steamer has been left to rot where it was used as a night club. The Medway Queen originally rested just to the right and behind the Ryde was refloated with a concrete temporary hull, restoration site or a quick video form the BBC Bristol on how the Medway is being rebuilt. Not that I believe there is any hope for the Ryde Queen, but the Medway was in a very similar state.

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Rabbit and Magpie's on Merstone Down's

LR-10460 - The number of times I have driven past this and thought that would be a nice shot are countless, so I stopped and took a view before it rained again! Had to include the Magpie's and the whole thing is interwoven, plus the shots of the rabbit included tarmac and didn't like that idea. Plus the light on this side was a whole lot better :)

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Fencing in those Monday Blue's

LR-10270 - Not sure, but I think there is a liking for blue :)

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Wednesday, 8 May 2013

The Game

LR-11629 - Not a huge fan of football in recent years, but sometimes things happen and worthy of pulling stuff from the memory banks for a few moments. So Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE announces his retirement after managing Manchester United for 27 years, worth remembering his contribution to football in the UK and across the world. The question is who will they get to fill his boots when the sun goes down. Perhaps he'll pop down to our little rock for a break every now and then.

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Well it Started off well and then went grey

LR-10139 - It looked all promising today, but just landed up with with a couple of hours of clear sky, then it went all sort of grey and overcast, then returned to a winters day :(
Still an excellent weekend, hope yours was to have a great week

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Ledge Racing

LR-10214 - Another shot from my stroll along the coastal path and another Heron. Possibly my best bird in flight attempt so far, well they move slow enough.
Have a great Sunday hope it's sunny where you are and your lenses are clean.
I'm heading west maybe, depending on the weather.

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I see no ships

LR-10210 - Another from my coastal path stroll on Friday. There was three of them hanging around basking in the sun as the tide retreated and they waited for simple pickings from the rock pools.

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Is it really here

LR-10144 - A little sunshine for the weekend would be nice, here's hoping. A shot from a stroll along the beach yesterday.

Hope you have a great weekend

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Experiment - Don't blow smoke up my ..........!

LR-10356 - Bit of an experiment with two Strobist units and a torch (flash light), matt black background and some piece and quiet :)
Interesting bit of fun had to put extra shields the Strobist units and the adapted the torch (flash light) the source of the smoke was removed in a slight crop.

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Tuesday, 7 May 2013

HFF - The Digger

LR-10020 - Fenced in and digging his way out perhaps

HaPpY Allotment FeNcE FrIdAy have a great weekend

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Self Promise, ploughed fields and clouds

LR-19960 - About three months ago I commented to someone I wanted to get a shot of some clouds and a ploughed field, in fact I was on a mission. Unfortunately I have had a serious of virus illnesses and not been able to get about on the days there was a chance of some decent clouds, on the days I was about we never went past a ploughed field :) Three months over due and proud to present a ploughed filed and some clouds, well quite an array of clouds in fact, of course has to include a power cable otherwise it would not be an English landscape. Not a crow or gull in sight or in fact a leaf on the tree's!

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Let sleeping dogs lie

LR-1000478 - Rusty in the foreground, Zeke asleep behind and you can just see the foot of guess what Mrs R asleep on the sofa :) It's a hard life, about 30 minutes after a walk. Used the TZ5 as the Canon must admit some noise that the boys hear and they wake up and look directly at the camera.
Rusty is booked in for his annual trim as he is wandering around panting like crazy and it is between 15-18 C, so if it warms up the poor little chap will be boiling over!

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TZ5 - Altos Bubble

LR-1000440 - Well it's not a soap generated one, so will it pass muster, it's from the bottom pond and created by the water flowing into the pond. They last a second or two and did not have any pattern to where they would go, even quicker than those released from the bubble blowers :)

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I might have not sure posted one from the TZ5, but the TZ5 got stolen when my wife was in Rome prior to Christmas, brought a replacement recently mainly because of the Panasonic waterproof housing.

I Heard that !

LR-19945 - Well another from the movement experiments, thought I had go, pushing myself a little because it not is something I do a lot of. So he heard the click and looked round. Sea wall Seaview old Toll road.

To be honest the wall is of more interest personally.

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Silver Surfer MG BGT

LR-19950 - Trying a few things with movement, that's if you call 15 mph movement for a car, but after the button press the light appealed to me, a couple of little tweaks in Lightroom.

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Welcome to our almost tropical Island

LR-19770 - Just had to smile with this one, the weather crawling up in to 16 degree C and thought this captured the joy of actually feeling warm, the wind has dropped, dew in the mornings not for long as we soak up the clear blue, developing later into some nice Cumulus radiatus (I think) clouds over the Solent.
Shot over Ryde sand bank towards Portsmouth.
I apologise in advance for any sudden change in weather, others have posted sunny stuff to, before me!
Here you go a bit of Derek Sandy Welcome to the Isle of Wight home grown music to !

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Doosan, not an umbrella in site

LR-19825-PS - Coal to Newcastle and so on. Working more like playing with the sand :)
Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig for Will


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When choosing your lettuce make sure it's crunchy

Ingredients
Oat bread (2 slices)
Butter
Quark
Sliced roast chicken (a open handful)
Cottage cheese
Fresh lettuce
Preparation Time:about five minutes
Butter the two slices of Oat bread, then spread a thin layer of Quark on one slice. Use this slice and place the sliced roasted chicken in an even layer. Place a number of lettuce leafs on top of the chicken. Then add two/three teaspoons of Cottage cheese on top of the lettuce. Place the other slice butter side down on top of the first slice, cut in half or quarters and enjoy.

Scavenger Challenge
7. Green salads are delicious! Present one in a manner suitable for a cookbook. (Fanny)
I will point out that is about the extend of what I call a salad, lettuce. No tomatoes, cucumber or spring onion's for a number of reasons

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Saturday, 4 May 2013

Clouds, Concrete, Coat, Cig

LR-19790 - Bit of Parr perhaps

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Another Brick in the Wall - The Last Classroom!

LR-19718_Feathered - Well regular stream viewers would have waded through a whole bunch of demolition shots in recent weeks, many thanks to all for your comments, feedback and fav’s. This (to the best of my knowledge) is the last sequential posting of the project. They maybe the odd one that pops up from time, but you should be able view some reasonable postings in the Swanmore School (aka Another brick in the wall) set. I suspect as the ground crews move in and the proposed housing estate gets under way additional images could be added.

The title of the set comes from the well-known tune by Pink Floyd; this composite image was inspired by the Pink Floyd The Wall film rather than the video. Preferred the ‘Brazil’ version as visually has more impact, perhaps closer to the Wikipedia entry on the “The Wall”. At the time the song and the video seemed to have a lot of impact, more recently I wonder if the political correctness we submit to now days, imposes more walls than it does towards breaking down the (to me) mythical barriers between the canonised structure that has been placed upon us, IMVHO.

Pure luck that I was popping the last few shots off when the fence was open and a boys (being boys) wandered into the site (just to test his mother) and I happened to push the button at that very moment, the added benefit the replacement school has the same colour uniform to (emblem removed). Being a youngster I could not publish his face, so adapted it slightly to be more fitting with the view to hand, dark clouds over the old classrooms. The shadow was included to give it a little something extra.

I am fairly new to Photoshop CS6 and have attempted to blend two images together with little success, for this one the layers of the boy were feathered in at 30/40 pixels to remove the harshness, plus smooth edges, comments, feedback and any tips would be really useful.

Swanmore School set or
slide show


Happy Slider Sunday.

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Sliding into a bad habbit

LR-19562-PS - Well here's a first attempt at some serious sliding, thought as I have been stuck indoors because of illness and the rain I would give it a go. A couple of reasons;
I want to keep a background in that gave a clue to the environment and narration to the image, highlight the object which can clearly be identified as a known brand, then maintain a hint of muddying the waters with the reflected letters.

Original image in colour turned into monochrome (B&W) the red text and reflection in the muddy puddle was added by creating a layer from a copy of the original colour image and then tidying the letter edges.

Happy Sliders Sunday, I did see a glimpse on sun this morning, so fingers crossed

Do It Daily @ Today's Posting
Backgrounds are tricky. They can make a subject stand out or distract from it. Make a photo with a good background today. #TP522


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It looks like spring, but Monsoon season is still on !

LR-19495 - Taken a couple of days ago whilst walking around the woods, looking for green leaves as someone had made a comment that they had not seen any yet, well here's a start !
Interestingly in the walk in the woods April set it appears there is little difference to previous years, except I have not been and had a look at the Horse tails yet. Will say it looks like there was sun when the others were taken :(
Did see a Bee on the same day, buzzing around looking for pollen (out of luck in the main) and a horse fly yesterday so it must be getting warmer.
This was taken at eye level so no idea where the hair came from, I'm not that grey yet:)

Hand held
20mm Opteka extension tube on the EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens

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