These days I’m as likely to reduce resolution when printing as I am to increase it. The slit scan files come out of the camera at up to 9000×64000 pixels. The sweep panos are typically 8000×24000. Even if you’re not using such extreme file sizes, you may be downsampling too. If you’ve got a D800… [Read More]
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Adobe Pixel Bender
When I’m editing the slit scan pictures, I often res down a 60,000 x 6000 pixel image to a 6000 x 6000 one, compressing the time axis. I’ve not found an appropriate resolution changing tool, nor have I found a good Photoshop filter to do the averaging of 10 or so pixels in only one… [Read More]
Loctite, the photographer’s friend
Since I’ve been doing the slit scan photographs, I’ve been spending a lot more time using my tripods. Since I now use a tripod four or five times a day, I’m having more problems with various bits loosening up and occasionally falling off. There’s a way to deal with most of these problems: compounds that… [Read More]
Photography and the work ethic
Friday night, I told David Bayles that I was working on photography about four hours a day, and that seemed to be the right amount of time for me. We got into a discussion of the work ethic of some photographers. David said that Brett Weston immediately processed his film upon returning from a photographic… [Read More]
Infrared cirrus
Last night, I made some infrared slit scan photographs of a spectacular high cirrus formation, using a 47mm lens and my new lens hood (see previous post). Time runs from right to left. Each exposure was about half an hour long.
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