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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:06:50 Z

by Nathanael "Hmm. This was less synthy than I'd hoped it would be. Chalk it up to blurry photos, I suppose. While on the return trail out of the Trees of Mystery I found this decomposing bit of what I assume is Redwood, which I found strange as I had read a plaque just a few stops back which boasted that they were impervious to termites and other common natural forms of destruction. I was hoping that the wood grain and dust that was in high supply would give me a nice dense point cloud but my shaky camera seems to have ruled it out. A shame. Also I had to throw in cropped copies of two of the photos to get the full shots of the sign (which inspired the above title) to synth in with the rest because I hadn't taken the photos originally to tie them in. It worked but it's a bit of an ugly cheat."

Nathanael Over 1 year ago

Possible, but I remember Paul Harvey pretty well.

What I'm remembering, I'm slightly ashamed to say, was (I now recall) on Rick Dees and the Weekly Top 40, although who knows if he was sampling something or recorded it in studio.

The Beaver Grove Sign

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:59:18 Z

by Nathanael

Nathanael Over 1 year ago

One last note: if you're keen on pointclouds of natural objects, check out my Orbital Propulsion (Gravity Assist) synth here:
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=5f415186-f783-43a2-bd5f-92aa3a9603df

I had been kicking around the theory that shooting orbits as the primary pattern of photography would most efficiently yield the greatest returns in terms of pointcloud reconstruction for some time at that point but had yet to make myself actually walk outside and find something worthy to shoot.

The results that morning were most definitely a turning point for me and, although I was not nearly methodical enough in my circling of each bloom, it hung together. The results of taking my time and using a tripod to shoot would, I think, greatly increase the clarity of each flower. The stems are another problem altogether, simply because they are so small, but it's probably one of my biggest pointclouds.

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