{"id":8157,"date":"2010-06-18T14:33:12","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T14:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2010\/06\/18\/i-have-been-accused-of-being-a\/"},"modified":"2010-06-18T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T14:33:12","slug":"i-have-been-accused-of-being-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/18\/i-have-been-accused-of-being-a\/","title":{"rendered":"I have been accused of being a lousy photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Truer words<\/a> have never been spoken. In an effort to improve, I’ve taken a few sample photos, including some of the same plant that got me in trouble the first time. They are below the fold, because some will load slowly:<\/p>\n

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\nThese are images that are 500 pixels wide to fit on this narrow blog.<\/p>\n

The first two are just for fun: I stood on the dock and tracked a swallow that was flying circles around me. I shot about 15, and these are the two that one can see a bird in. The images have been sharpened and otherwise enhanced:<\/p>\n

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(I should note, this is a very windy day, so all the flowers are swaying and swinging around violently.)<\/p>\n

Sharpened:<\/p>\n

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Enhanded:
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These are images larger than the 500 pixel limit. Click on the thumbnail to see the larger image:<\/p>\n

Colors altered:
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Not enhanced:
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View image<\/a><\/p>\n

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And finally, this:<\/p>\n

View image<\/a><\/p>\n

So, I know I still suck, but do I suck a little less? (Probably not)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Truer words have never been spoken. In an effort to improve, I’ve taken a few sample photos, including some of the same plant that got me in trouble the first time. They are below the fold, because some will load slowly:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-27z","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}