What Happens When Your Cellphone Is Lost, Stolen or Misplaced

Lost and Found: The Challenges of Finding Your Lost or Stolen Phone...try calling yourself first....Via the Official Lookout Blog.

 

"Here at Lookout, we’ve heard stories from users who have lost their phones everywhere – from at a bar, in a mall, and even in a taxi cab in a foreign country!"

Admit it losing your cellphone is like losing your dog. First you panic. Then you spend a lot of time calling it. Then you feel really alone. Has this ever happened to you?

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"Google is in the content sharing business more than ever"

The Surprising (Content) Future of Google+

The Platform Is Not About Competing With Facebook, but It Will Revolutionize How People and Brands Share Content

Not quite video...not quite still photo...

What It Looks Like When A still photo moves. Great idea. This may take a few seconds to load and well worth waiting for.

These are animated where part of the still image is in motion. From me to you by Jamie Beck and site design by Kevin Burg...

This is a show stopper and adds motion to your website or blog. great for online advertising and attracting new clients Please scroll down when you get there for more images and scenes.

Please let me know if you like it...

Thanks,
David
http://zanzinger.com

Stitch Photos Into Panoramas

You can get decent photos out of a standard, consumer-grade digital camera and with a little post-processing turn them into fantastic wide-angle images. Here's an example of the kind of photo you'll get from this process. Even though I shot this hand held with no tripod I was able to get fantastic results with my Panorama photography

This is an image of the 2000 Avenue of the Stars building in Century City, CA. taken last week. Note in the finished panorama I removed portions of the Century Towers in the background that were looming on top, replaced the sky with blue sky and dramatic clouds, narrowed the driveway to give more interest to the building, removed the people, cabs and parking markers along the driveway and with a little landscaping help from the Century Plaza Hotel created my panorama.

I started out with 5 images (only uploaded 3 for example)

 Keep in mind the following rules....."using consistent settings"

1. Use manual focus and exposure, meter it for the brightest or most average spot in the scene. Not a requirement, but they'll help your finished product blend more evenly.

2. Use same focus center point by finding the feature or area you think would look good in the center and take steady aim. It'll help you align your pictures later and ensure you've got space to build on.

3. Shoot overlapping shots in order with 20-30 percent of the picture overlapping. Not only does it help you keep your shots organized, it counters the sometimes fuzzy or unfocused data many consumer cameras get at their exposure edges.

Start simple, with two, three, or four pictures, shot in horizontal or vertical order.

 

There are many free panorama stitching programs so "Google" for what fits your computer system and something easy to work with and you feel comfortable with. A few names are, PhotoStitch 3.1 software Canon has been giving away with their digital cameras for years. Panorama tools, a free program invented by a math professor. It can do amazing things, but you have to be a math professor to understand it. There are many many many more found on Ken Rockwell's website.

Just look around and see what works best for you and your computer. The software will have slightly different assembly instructions and if you follow along you will be just fine.

 

Commercial Interior, 8 Images stitched PS3, fire added in fireplace

 

Residential Exterior,10 Images stitched PS3, fire added in fireplace  

 

Marriott Lounge Bar, LA LIVE, Los Angeles, CA, 5 Images, photos added in TV's in post production

 

 Four Seasons Resort, Santa Barbara Biltmore, Tydes Restaurant, Overlooking Butterfly Beach

 

Hamilton Cove, Santa Catalina Island, CA, 1 exposure, panorama camera, Linhof Technorama

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Maine Coon Cat iphone portrait

Maine Coon Cat, "M on Forehead" Grey, Fur coming out of very pointy ears, domestic house pet, posing for portrait.

This was taken as Freddie jumped up in a very playful mood looking a little mischievous and ready to play. There was no time to grab a camera and having an iphone nearby an exposure was made. I really liked the pose however it was flawed in many ways.

There was a yellow tungsten lighting effect caused by the iphone being set for a daylight type exposure. Without getting too technical we should try briefly to explain "color temperature:" The higher the color temperature, the bluer the light. The lower the color temperature, the more yellow to red the light.  Tungsten incandescent, light bulb temperature, 1800-2600°K

The image was converted to Black and white (below) now It looks a little better after the yellow cast was removed but still left room for improvement. Converting it to B/W gave it a daylight effect, for practical purposes to have a color temperature of 5000 degrees Kelvin (5000°K) or your default setting on your digital camera, balanced for ±5000°K.

 

Using software PS3, I was able to add contrast to the scene and texture to the surrounding area putting a little more detail in the foreground and drawing more interest to the subject. A ragged border added adds more interest.

 

Turning the image to black and white again put interest back on Freddie. Which technique do you think works best?

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