Mastodawn

@stux @privateger how come you avoid procedural generation? I find that there can be some real beauty and fun to be able to explore a space that nobody has ever explored before. So long as its maker has intention and attribution. That's what makes AI stuff less interesting to me.

Las Vegas Strip (Night), Paradise, NV, 2023.

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Las Vegas Strip (Night), Paradise, NV 2023

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Paul Kater Mar 12

Retoot for @Blanco

"Self explanatory."

with #AltText

#mozilla #firefox #antitrust #google

jbz Mar 12

Execs at Mozilla begging the government not to kill their sweet deal with Google, imagine all those compensation packages relying solely on the generosity of an angry mob, lol.

David Ho Mar 12

Sure, eggs are expensive but Trump has made stocks affordable for everyone.

Jasmin Rojas 🍥Mar 12

Taken on the space needle in Seattle Washington #seattle #washington #city #cityphotography #cityphoto #photo #photography #spaceneedle

Las Vegas Strip (Night), Paradise, NV, 2023.

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This is a composite of two captures with the Rodenstock 70mm HR-Digaron-W lens, each made with the back shifted up 15mm, and then with the individual captures shifted 18mm left and right, respectively. The result is two "side-by-side" 4x3 vertical images, with just enough overlap to allow them to be stitched together into a single 5x7 horizontal frame, yielding a total of about 270 megapixels.

The equivalent field of view on a "full frame" 35mm camera would be roughly that of a 26mm lens.

A technical challenge here was capturing the Bellagio fountain, which is split in half across the two shifted captures. Because the fountain changes continuously, it was hard to make two captures that could sensibly stitch together. After some trial and error, I ended up capturing them 15 minutes apart at about the same point during successive fountain "shows".

This is part of a set of two identically framed images of Vegas. This one, at night, shows the strip at its best, such as it is, with the lights and excess at least hinting at some sense of glamor and excitement. The other, made during the day, shows the strip at its most depressing, looking like a failed mega-mall and theme park that you might find off a forgotten exit near an interstate highway.