So I got the pantone huey last week. It’s been doing it’s Knight Rider red led schwooshy thing every so often — it’s a bit distracting — adjusting my screen’s overall gamma (i think) based on the ambient light. Like everyone on the web says, it’s a very simple color tool. There are no options when calibrating the sucker. It’s no where near as cool as the One-Eye from Gretag MacBeth (who also have their name on this product).

But hey I found it for $74 after shipping and the $0.0 tax. Ya can’t beat that and for a total hobbyist like me, it’s perfect.

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crappy photos of bikes

Originally uploaded by moooster.

My other missing photo. They ended up in strange directories on my drive…
On 3rd Ave., near Sushi Sam’s! This photo is total crap, but it’s the only shot I got this day.
So blurry and I wasn’t even drunk. Could have used a wider angle lens and maybe a shot from a lower position would have made the shorty and big bike more interesting. Otherwise this is just a crappy snapshot.
NIKON D70, 50mm, 1/2s, f/1.8, iso200
2/3/2006

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some bling bling

Originally uploaded by moooster.

Found my missing photos!
A little bling bling from David Yurman.
I did the hazy glowy effect on here again. The photo isn’t very interesting and photoshop can make it slightly so on the surface until you realize it’s just CG.
NIKON D70, 65mm, 1/6s, f/4.5, iso200
2/3/2006

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sunset ‘n moonrise over downtown

Originally uploaded by moooster.

A glimmer of the warm sunset atop this building and the moon pretty high up in the sky already. Taken on Market Street.
NIKON D70, 50mm’, 1/2000s, f/1.8, iso800
2/7/2006

makeup photo =) please don’t give me detention.

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wear a helmet

Originally uploaded by moooster.

Walking up 2nd Street & Howard (?), we saw this guy riding 2up on a scoot without a helmet. This ain’t arizona buddy.
NIKON D70, 50mm’, 1/250s, f/1.8, iso200
2/7/2006

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skiing san francisco

Originally uploaded by moooster.

shopping for skis.
NIKON D70, 50mm, 1/640s, f/1.8, iso200
2/6/2006

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aw for me?Originally uploaded by moooster.

it was a busy Saturday. running dangerously close to being late to a wedding left me once again parted from my camera. here are some flowers abandoned after the banquet.
NIKON D70, 50mm, 1/40s, f/1.8, iso800
2/4/2006

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I apparently deleted the photos I took for 2/2 and 2/3! This is not a great start… Then I was in a rush on the 4th and left my camera behind (after clearing my memory card in preparation for taking it out).

I have no excuse for Sunday except that the Superbowl had me incapacitated all day.

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wet grass

Originally uploaded by moooster.

2/1/06: my first entry

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http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/How_to/n_Digital_BW/a_Digital_Black_and_White.html

there were some interesting points in the article:

• using multiple layers to bring out tones
• scanning a film B&W photo of the sky to use as a grain/noise layer to get the film noise effect rather than digital random pixel noise. the author even included a link to a frame for everyone to use.

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