rocco topaz, originally uploaded by kristar3lla. A friend’s kitten, named Rocco. He was pretty skitish, I was lucky to get this one, the rest were a bit of a blur. Played around with selective colour on this one (obviously!). I’m testing the Flickr ‘Blog This’ feature. I think it might be a useful way to […]
Photography
Wired’s Water Photo Contest
Wired.com is having a water photo contest. Sometimes Wired manages to promote some excellent and unique photographs; sometimes they rehash ones that have already been seen. 😉 I’ve entered my photograph Floating in colour. I also have some very cool photos of birds and ducks in water, which I might enter if I have the […]
What’s up with photoblog navigation?
I’ve been working on a new design for this site, making themes for my blog and photoblog. I’m integrating both blogs as much as possible, even though they use different software. They’re going to look very similar and they’ll share some pages; no need for two different about pages. I’m in two minds about changing […]
1 uni update, 7 linkies and a birthday
Uni I apologise for being a bit absent from my blog. The main reason is uni. I think this year is going to be a killer! My first major assignment was due on Wednesday. It doesn’t go towards my mark, but acts as a guide for improvement and forced me to read extensively on my […]
Photo Noir with GIMP
My brother asked me if I knew how to create a sort of film noir effect for a photograph. The example he showed me was essentially a couple of people silhouettes with a lot of fog. So, I attempted to create a similar effect in my hallway. This is how I did it using the […]
Fun with fireworks in GIMP
Since writing an introduction to the GIMP I’ve been asked to write some short tutorials for the GIMP, which I’d love to do. However, this article is more of a demonstration than a tutorial. Demonstrating the program layout and hopefully a taste of how powerful this software can be. Rather than following step-by-step, I hope […]