Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿16h ago
Going through old photos from my Twitter archive, this is an attempt at directed evolution in software using PHP (precisely the wrong language to use, but I was learning it at the time and it was a useful exercise).
The program throws a randomly sized, coloured (rgba), positioned and orientated ellipse at the "canvas", compares it to the target image, and keeps it if it's closer. This is about 150k iterations, and took something like 12 hours. Not brilliant, but starting to get somewhere on a P2
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿12h ago
Ah, that time there were no pumpkins in the shop at Halloween (or turnips, which is more traditionally Scottish, and smell foul with a candle in them). This, however, mmmm, tasty. Circa 2011.
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿12h ago
One of the only selfies I've ever taken....for some of the exposure....
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿12h ago
This is how old pylons are removed from remote areas like the Cairngorms.
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿12h ago
A cold Highland night, temperature dropped in the right way to cause a dew film, and then rapid nucleation/freezing.
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
A Moonbow! Rubbish photo, spoiled by the light pollution on the horizon, but I got it. Basically a rainbow, but being cast by the Moon, through a light mist.
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Show threadJoe (TBA)12h ago
@_thegeoff Wow, I have never seen one. Very cool.
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿12h ago
@RegGuy Definitely visible to a dark-adapted naked eye, but not hugely obvious, hence I struggled to get a good shot even with an SLR. Only time I've seen one!