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Sunday, 4 May 2008

Age is a state of mind

There are a zillion ways to do this, I know, but I really like the result this way. Bear with me...

Have you ever wanted to age a photo? No, not of your ex. Just a normal photo. Just for fun.

Like this?

You can do this sort of thing with various tools you probably already have, but they never seem to quite look right to me. Short of many hours with Photoshop the best option might be to start with one of these:

Then visit here.

Whilst there is some advantage to being able to read Japanese, you can get by. Hell, I did...

You can either upload a file - the default option on the opening page, or you can send them a link to a picture on the web - it says URL.

Then hit the blue button beneath, and await your masterpiece.

One wrinkle I found. The result page shows your original picture and the aged version, but if you want a higher resolution result, click on the aged image to go to a new page with full-blown scratchy monochrome goodness.

Enjoy. Note that I stumbled over this link at Lifehacker.

Monday, 25 February 2008

Steel and rust

Steel and rust
Originally uploaded by Wouter and Canon

I can't be trusted.

I don't blog when I should, and I let things slide on by. I don't follow recommendations, and I'm really, really bad at Christmas card lists.

However, every now and then I feel compelled to fulfil my end of the bargain. I see a lot of photos on flickr. Some of them are stunning. Some of them are wonderfully composed. Now and then the colours are wonderful.

If I'm really, really lucky, the subject of the photo is something that interests me greatly. Imagine my luck in getting all of these at once.

Like now.

Friday, 11 January 2008

I should have kept that angel picture for today...

There was some controversy a few years ago in New Zealand when Sir Edmund Hillary was featured on the $5 note...

Never before had a living New Zealander been so treated. The problem, of course, is that we could later find out things that might disqualify him from such an honour.

Sadly, that's no longer the case. The man who insisted he was a normal Kiwi, that he wasn't too bright, and that he was unusually stubborn, has died. He will be missed greatly by almost all New Zealanders, and a completely unreasonable number of people around the world.

Normally I'd try to tell you a little about the man, but I'm fairly sure you already know, so let's leave it at that.

Anyway, I think he'd have to be a BIG angel.

Thursday, 10 January 2008

little Angel

little Angel
Originally uploaded by Werner Schnell

You know, despite the best intentions, I never did manage to add a Christmas message in here.

Then as I was browsing in flickr today, I stumbled across this little angel.

I'm hoping the owner won't mind me borrowing it.

I hope, wherever you are, and whatever you're doing, that your holiday season has been happy, or dare I say it, even joyous.