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mind blown

geochi — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:51:46 +0000

i found this on the internet and i am trying to hunt down the photographer who took this so i can give him recognition for it. it is simply mindblowing!

Stellenbosch Panoramic View

geochi — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:02:49 +0000

so i decided to take a quick panoramic of the view from the balcony on top floor of our building at work and this is what it came out as. it was very quick and was impressed by the software i used to stitch it together. the originals are like 15734×1943 and are about 8MB each.
both of these are from the same image except the one i cropped the cars out.
let me know what you think or if you want to see the originals i can always display it somewhere?

Earth Day 2010 Pics

geochi — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:06:27 +0000

Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in held on April 22, 1970 and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year.Earth Day is celebrated in spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Many communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues. While the first Earth Day was focused entirely on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes – the original national coordinator in 1970 – took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. Earth Day is now observed each year on April 22 in virtually every country on Earth. Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network. World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5 in a different nation every year, is the principal United Nations environmental observance.

here are some pics from the boston.

Iceland’s volcano against the amazing backdrop of Northern Lights

geochi — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:41:14 +0000

who would have though that this would be such a beautiful site, a volcano with the northern lights in the background.

simply breathtaking!

these photos were from the dailymail.

planet paris

geochi — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:39:51 +0000

i came across this photo that Ben Heine took. a view of paris from the eiffel tower. it actually is a montage of 12 photos he took when he was there, no fish eye, no wide angle… it took him some 2 days of work! go check out his flickr album, he has some AWESOME stuff. simply stunning!

click on the image for a bigger view

Evening Sunset

geochi — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:40:43 +0000

the sunset this evening was simply amazing from my front porch.

sunset from porch (zoom)

sunset from porch

WoW Screenshots

geochi — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:22:43 +0000

so i was browsing my computer looking for final fantasy 7 to play again and i came across these screenshots from my world of warcraft days. some of them just bring back awesome memories and times with old buddies. miss you guys!

[Show as slideshow]

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Content-Aware Fill Sneak Peek for new Photoshop CS5

geochi — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:33:32 +0000

this is simply unbelievable. no words for it.

how to protect your photos

geochi — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:14:18 +0000

you love to take pictures, you love to have those photos “your own” but unfortunately there are people out there that WILL use your photos for their personal gain be it promotional, say it’s theirs or for profit. this is just a short little one to explain how to protect your photos from these thieves.

there are a few services out their that when you upload photos you have the option to “protect” your photo from the “right-click and save” option. many people think this will stop them from doing this but alas, a screenshot won’t stop them from capturing your precious photos.

one of the best ways to protect your photos is with a thing called watermarking. watermarking a photo is when you embed an image or text into the image which cannot be removed in anyway without destroying the photo.

what alot of people do is put watermarks on the top or bottom of their photos like this:

watermark bottom

but the problem is, this can still be cut out and still cropped to make the photo “new” again.

the best way to combat that is to make the watermark in the center of the photo or make it as big as the photo and make it as transparent as possible. the watermark can be any text or image that might tie you, your name, business or logo to your photos to make it unique.

watermark center

so as you can see, when the watermark is center, to be able to take it out you have to destroy the photo.

i know it looks ugly but for me at least i know if someone does copy or take it, they will be sitting with that watermark on it. there might be software out there to remove this i don’t know as i have not done much research in watermark removal.

if you have any other tips or knowledge to share with regards to protecting photos, please leave a comment.

red clouds in the sky

geochi — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:02:48 +0000

so 2oceansvibe posted this awesome pic on twitter

so then i quickly ran outside with my camera and took these two pics before the redness disappeared. (from durbanville side, northern suburbs)

red clouds