At first I thought this would be good, especially on trips to Santa Fe, but I find out it’s just for photos. Pretty cool, though, and free.
Remove moving objects such as tourists or passing cars from your photos. Take multiple photos from the same scene and the «Tourist Remover» blends them into a composite photo without any interfering elements.
There are endless how-to lists on the internets.
10 Questions to Ask When Taking a Digital Photo seemed more useful than most.
The artist Marc Chagall was born in Vitebsk, Russia, on this date in 1887. Click on his Paris through the Window to learn more and see other images of his work.
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Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas.
Move your mouse, see what happens. Click to change color. Too cool!
Guardian Unlimited Arts has a report and a photo of the drawing.
NewMexiKen isn’t convinced. Seeing the face in this strikes me as rather like seeing an impression of Jesus in a fish stick.
A good brief tutorial.
Another reason you can’t always get the photo you’d like. This is the Arkansas Capitol in Little Rock.
Yeah, like your sand castles ever looked like these.
Thanks to Amy for the link.
Wow, fascinating sidewalk art. Unbelievable, really.
U.S. Geological Survey geologist captures panorama of San Francisco from a kite to commemorate similar photo showing 1906 earthquake aftermath. Fascinating. And a great photo.
The 100-foot Desperate Housewife. (Requires Google Earth)
More likely to attract aliens than the usual stuff we send on space capsules.
In case you don’t have Google Earth, here’s what you would see.
The 75-by-110-foot display is just outside Primm, Nevada, near the California state line. That’s a pickup at the bottom.
… was born on this date in 1853.
Click Vincent’s Room, Arles to enlarge.
Or here for a large copy of Starry Night.
Shortly after WWII, an American went to visit Picasso in his Paris studio and asked, “How does it feel to be Picasso, the master of the art?” The artist replied, “Give me a dollar bill.” The American complied, and Picasso signed his name on it. “There, that dollar is now worth $500. That’s how it feels to be Picasso.”
Click on the image to enlarge and learn more.
You can click on the larger image at Astronomy Picture of the Day and see even more detailed image.
Fabulous collection of prize-winning photos. Click on the first photo, then you can click for each successive photo.
Amazing.
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Click image to enlarge and learn more.
Lifehacker has a good list of things you can do with all those digital photos — refrigerator magnets, movie posters, trading cards, collage posters, etc.
NewMexiKen’s very own official oldest daughter has her own idea. For the past two years, Jill has photographed Mack with each of his birthday gifts, then uses the photo to decorate the thank you note for that gift.
That’s a long way from the first computer merge we ever did. “Dear [blank], Thank you for the [blank]. I will enjoy [blanking] with it.” Add a list of gifters, gifts, and actions and voila, thank you notes ready to print and mail.
Do you like that Venus Just After Sunset Astronomy Picture of the Day? Looking for a personalized gift? How about a computer-generated poster of the night sky the day someone was born (or married, or whatever)? They’ve got them at Indigo Night Graphics & Printwear.
(NewMexiKen has a closet shelf full of unframed posters. This is a blog entry, not a hint.)
Thanks to Jen for the pointer.
Another good one from Astronomy Picture of the Day.
The World’s 12 Best New Buildings
Link via kottke.
