December 2008

Woke up this morning and was greeted by...

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Great error messages

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This is an example of a great error message. It contains three parts crucial to a user friendly message. The first part is a description of what went wrong. The second part is why it went wrong, and the third part is how to work around it. I just wish most error messages were as good as this - it is from EagleFiler, a superb utility to organize stuff.

HDR in NYC

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This is the best I could do with a single photo of one of the many sky scrapers in New York City using a 1Ds Mark III:

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You will note that although there is no highlight or shadow clipping (the 1Ds3 has an astonishing 11.3 stops it can capture), the image lacks punch. This was one of three photos I took handheld and here is the HDR:

My friend in New York

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A couple of days ago I visited my friend in New York as he was there on business. This is what I had to endure. (Grumpiness)

A sunny, white Christmas eve @ -30*C

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