Archive For November 9th, 2004

Local History, Global Reach

Iniscarra Cemetery, just a few miles from where I work, holds the remains of one "Mary William, daughter of John Stewart of Belfast. Wife of the very reverend Theophilius Blakely, Dean of Down". She’s also the mother of Captain Theophilus Alexander Blakely, a prolific designer of rifled cannon and the inscription on the side of [...]

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Egg Sharpen Photo Sharpening

Described as “The Ultimate Sharpening Technique”, this article by Fred Miranda describes another method for sharpening images. I use USM to sharpen, but I’ll give this a try tonight. I wonder if it’d be possible to write a GIMP plugin to do everything described in that tutorial?

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The Digital Journalist – November 2004

The latest issue of the excellent The Digital Journalist is out now! There’s a feature presentation on body painting and tatoos, South Africa plus an opinion piece by James Colburn entitled, “Don’t Ask”. I hate to tell you this, but we’re screwed. By “we” I don’t just mean photojournalists but journalists in general. And not [...]

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