I’ve often been fascinated by good photographic images that could have existed X number of years ago or been seen exactly as-is by someone living in that time. It’s the pictures of barns, or wheat fields, or people in a particular type of dress that come to mind. It’s remarkable to think that were you in the position…
Specs Don’t Determine Camera Quality
Samsung and the other Android phone vendors love to talk about the specs of their devices. They talk about having more megapixels, having more memory, and having faster processors. What they fail to do well, compared to Apple, is real-world performance. Android devices generally have faster processors than Apple devices, yet they suffer from lagging interfaces, pauses, and…
The iPhone 6’s Camera Has a Major Flaw
Reviews of the cameras on the iPhones 6 (both models) have been overwhelmingly positive. The improved focus capabilities alone have separated the iPhone 6 from its competitors, as poor focus is arguably the primary cause of weak images with phone cameras. But in reading most of these reviews I noticed one flaw coming up over and over: The…
Yahoo Labs’ Hosting 14 Gigs of Free Images
From Yahoo Labs: Today, we are announcing the Flickr Creative Commons dataset as part of Yahoo Webscope’s datasets for researchers. The dataset, we believe, is one of the largest public multimedia datasets that has ever been released—99.3 million images and 0.7 million videos, all from Flickr and all under Creative Commons licensing. Super cool project. I might just…
Mount Diablo and the Moon
Taken a few minutes ago on the 101.
ffffound.com
If you haven’t yet heard about ffffound.com, consider this post a gift from me. From the site: FFFFOUND! is a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user’s tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!! Seriously, have a look. If…
The iseen Blog
A notable blog. You’ll like it. [ The iseen Blog | iseen.blogspot.com ]