Monday, November 14, 2005

Woohoo and Thanks!

To Chris and NoviDavid for showing me the error of runon sentences. Or, at least, mashedtogetherwords. Apparently my recent rant about the lemming mentality of many Scottsdale shoppers is what got me into trouble with Blogger Formatting. It seems to be fixed now, and although the effect is not quite what I had hoped, what with splitting the lines and all, I think it still gets the message across.

I saw this book the other day, and I'm thinking it might be of use in jazzing up this little corner of the WWW a bit this book, but I think that this second publisher tends to be a bit more...techy. The first one I actually flipped through and it looks simple enough for me to make both heads and tails of.

Today is only a ramble. I was up late last night and I have the day off, so I'm just waking myself up and preparing to pay some bills and hit the grocery. Scintillating!

Oh, and David, the pics you linked in the most recent comment are amazing! I really love them. How did you achieve that affect? They look like abstract impressionist paintings--hard to believe such organic colours and motion came from photos. (Does that make sense at all, or am I still suffering from fuzzy morning brain?)

And Chris! How the heck are ye? I love that you had great info for me, but for Pete's Sake, stop by more often and say hello! :D

3 comments:

d3 said...

My *&*&%^(*&%*& PC has crashed each time I'ver tried to reply over the last 20 minutes.
I'll explain this later.
Have yourself a fab morning! Indulge! And tell us about it!

d3 said...

Okay, 4th time around...

Glad to hear you've got a day off! So much oc what you write about work sounds soul-destroying, so it's nice to hear that you get a break!

By any means, get yourself a how-to-blog guide, then help me sort mine out! (If you have the time...)

V. Glad you like the images. I've been thinking about how to do a Turneresque thing with photos (see previous link). What you see is Photoshopped using layers and transparency, plus some moving images around on the page. I've been trying to figure out how to take a series of photos so that they give a vague idea of the subject, so that the final image is mostly monochromatic in the Turner style. It's partly about finding the right subject. Trees and houses only work so well.

I am also V. Pleased with the iconic Selfridge's image. I think any Brummie would identify it in a split-second, but that they might also find new layers after the second or third viewing. So I'm also on the lookout for other landmarks from multiple perspectives. This idea comes from 'averaging' that I've seen here. If you've got between 6 and 24 photos that are more or less of the same landmark, I'd be willing to give them a try.

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