Mozart and Beethoven – Life and Death

Some cool photo letters images:

Mozart and Beethoven – Life and Death

Image by World of Good
Charity shop, Heathfield, Sussex, UK.

Mozart, writing in a letter of 4 April 1787 to his gravely ill father, Leopold:

"As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relations with this best and truest friend of mankind, that his image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very soothing and consoling! And I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity (you know what I mean) of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness. I never lie down at night without reflecting that--young as I am--I may not live to see another day. Yet no one of all my acquaintances could say that in company I am morose or disgruntled. For this blessing I daily thank my Creator."

Letters in shapes

Image by mag3737
Some letters from my collection. Not completely thrilled with all of these choices, but I really like some others, and I was feeling a little impatient since this idea has been festering for a while.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, i, J, K, L, m, N, O, P, Q, r, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Created with fd's Flickr Toys

Town unveils statue of first African-American Life Saving Service station keeper

Check out these photo services images:

Town unveils statue of first African-American Life Saving Service station keeper

Image by U.S. Coast Guard
MANTEO, N.C. - The town of Manteo honored life saver and civil rights hero Richard Etheridge with a bronze statue which was unveiled Saturday on Roanoke Island.
Etheridge was born into slavery on Roanoke Island in 1842 and went on to become the first African-American in charge of a U.S. Life-Saving Service rescue station. He was in charge of the Pea Island station from 1880 to 1900.
The keynote speaker for the unveiling, Daniel Gardiner, shared the impact Etheridge's work made on his life. Gardiner's uncle and grandparents were among nine people pulled from the wreck of the sailing ship E.S. Newman by the men of the Pea Island rescue station in 1896.
"God bless Richard Etheridge," said Gardiner. "You can see that the appreciation for Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island life savers lives on and actually gets stronger every time I come down here."
The bronze statue was crafted by Stephen H. Smith over the course of 10 months. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Kendrick)

USS New York Sailor takes part in a Habitat for Humanity Brushes with Kindness community service project

Image by Official U.S. Navy Imagery
NEW YORK (May 26, 2011) Operations Specialist Seaman Tashina Rogers, assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), takes part in a Habitat for Humanity Brushes with Kindness community service project at a community center in the Mariners Harbor House on Staten Island. New York has 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers forged into her bow and is participating in the 24th annual Fleet Week New York. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Corey Lewis/Released) 110526-N-2147L-003

Sailors walk in formation at the conclusion of a Memorial Day service

Image by Official U.S. Navy Imagery
BROOKWOOD, England (May 29, 2011) Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Ricardo A. Garcia, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), walks in formation at the conclusion of a Memorial Day service at the Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial. George H.W. Bush is anchored off the coast of Portsmouth, England, for the ship's first overseas port visit of its first combat deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis/Released) 110529-N-YZ751-100

Northpoint Life and Times AWN 23Nov2011

A few nice online image editing images I found:

Northpoint Life and Times AWN 23Nov2011

Image by mikebaird
Northpoint "Life and Times" Adventures with Nature Walk led by docents Norma Wightman and Gwen Infante Morro Bay, CA 23Nov2011

During an extreme low -1.1 foot tide this rock was seen covered with marine life, including sea stars and anemones.

Photo © 2011 “Mike” Michael L. Baird, mike {at] mikebaird d o t com, flickr.bairdphotos.com; Shooting an Apple iPhone 4S (which records exact GPS location inb the picture EXIF).

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*** unrelated to this photo in particular, I post here some comments I made 11/24/2011 about the Apple iPhone 4S and Aperture in the iCloud.... ****
I want to talk about Apple's Aperture 3, which is only in the Mac App Store
(It is still 9 in the Apple Online Store, Amazon, etc., and, it is the same program, just not delivered on physical media).
You can download and install it as many times as you like to all of your machines using the same Apple ID. That beats searching for a DVD.
All of Apple's newer software is now being delivered/sold only online, even the latest Lion OS X.

Normally I use only Lightroom for my image management and processing (with some Photoshop CS5 if needed), but since the introduction of iCloud from Apple recently with the iOS 5 and Lion OS X upgrades, and the iPhone 4S,
I find myself taking a lot of iPhone photos (8MP, HDR, HD Video, GPS geo-tagging), the quality of which has astounded me and many others.

The cool thing about iCloud is that as soon as you enter a WiFi zone, all the photos you've taken earlier are automatically uploaded into the cloud (Your Photo Stream in iCloud is a rolling collection of your last 1000 photos), and
then they are automatically downloaded into the "Photo Stream" of every Mac device you own running OS X Lion (iMAc, MacBooks, iMAcs, iPads, etc.), where they are then automatically archived permanently.

No longer do I need to remove an SDHC card from a point-and-shoot camera and import the photos into a computer, and then worry about syncing all my photos from my different machines into consistent libraries.

For this to work on OSX Lion (iMac, MacBooks...), however, one MUST use either Apple's iPhoto or Aperture program.
Now many of you know I hate iPhoto (it tries as hard as possible not to let you know where your photos are on your hard drive; makes duplicate copies with every edit, etc.).

So I was curious and looked at Aperture again even though I was biased against it.
I didn't like the 9 price, but when I found that Apple lowered the download price in the App store to ,
I bought it and played with it.

You can learn about Aperture at
www.apple.com/aperture/what-is.html
www.apple.com/aperture/action/
www.apple.com/aperture/action/frakes/
www.apple.com/aperture/what-is.html#overlay-jarvis
www.apple.com/aperture/iphoto-to-aperture/
store.apple.com/us/product/MB957Z/A#overview
--- you too will be impressed with it's power... many professionals use it for high-end production projects.

So, bottom line is that I'm done with iPhoto.
All my iPhone photos are sent to my Aperture Application on my Macs automatically (and I'll also know exactly where they are on the hard drive).
I then have the option to further export/import between Lightroom and Aperture or Photoshop if I want to preserve my usual workflow, and prepare the iPhone photos the same way I do all my RAW Canon SLR images.
I may well not even bother using Lightroom treatment for many of my social iPhone photos, as Aperture cleans them up in seconds... and provides automated Flickr and such uploads.

I highly recommend Apple's Aperture as a vehicle for integrating your iPhone iCloud images into your existing Lightroom/Bridge/Photoshop workflow.
And, many professionals find they prefer to use Aperture as their only image management/processing tool (it is nicely integrated into the Apple eco-system, using for example your Apple Contacts to aid in labeling faces in your images).
very impressive. Apple is doing a lot of things right.

I wonder when Canon and Nikon will catch up. 11/24/2011

Cool Toys Pic of the Day - FromthePage

Image by rosefirerising
FromthePage:
beta.fromthepage.com/?ol=l_hd_logo

FAQ:
beta.fromthepage.com/static/faq

In their own words:

“FromThePage is free software that allows volunteers to transcribe
handwritten documents online. It's easy to index and annotate subjects
within a text using a simple, wiki-like mark-up. Users can discuss
difficult writing or obscure words within a page to refine their
transcription. The resulting text is hosted on the web, making documents
easy to read and search.”

This is an interesting little website that allows laypersons, families,
friends, and communities to work on transcribing handwritten manuscripts.
I started by signing up, which was quick and easy, but not secure, so be
sure to use a throw-away password for this site. From there, you can
choose to view collections on the site, transcribe unfinished pages, or
request a project to be added to the site.

I went to the dashboard first (link in the upper right) and found that it
was difficult to determine what was complete, and where I should start. I
went back to the home page and found a link there under “How do I get
started” that took me to the next page needing transcription in the current
project. From there, it was quite easy. Passages either have a
transcription to the left of the image, or they say “Help transcribe this
page!” Clicking on that link takes you to the pictured interface.

There is an edit box on the left with instructions below it. The
instructions include what spelling should be used (original), what
punctuation should be used (periods can be added, but not commas), and how
to handle illegible or questionable sections (brackets). Once completed,
you submit the piece for editing and that’s it. Thankfully you can zoom in
and out on the page also, otherwise my old eyes never would have lasted.

Although there aren’t a lot of updates on the GitHub site for the software,
the new transcriptions and edits are all within the last few hours, so the
site is getting traffic. This could be a great resource if your library
has manuscripts it would like to offer for transcription, or if you have
personal items that you’d like help tagging and classifying.

This is a guest post by Chris Bulin (@Arduanne), a graduate student
assistant at the Taubman Health Sciences Library.

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Cool Toys Pic of the Day - FromthePage

Image by rosefirerising
FromthePage:
beta.fromthepage.com/?ol=l_hd_logo

FAQ:
beta.fromthepage.com/static/faq

In their own words:

“FromThePage is free software that allows volunteers to transcribe
handwritten documents online. It's easy to index and annotate subjects
within a text using a simple, wiki-like mark-up. Users can discuss
difficult writing or obscure words within a page to refine their
transcription. The resulting text is hosted on the web, making documents
easy to read and search.”

This is an interesting little website that allows laypersons, families,
friends, and communities to work on transcribing handwritten manuscripts.
I started by signing up, which was quick and easy, but not secure, so be
sure to use a throw-away password for this site. From there, you can
choose to view collections on the site, transcribe unfinished pages, or
request a project to be added to the site.

I went to the dashboard first (link in the upper right) and found that it
was difficult to determine what was complete, and where I should start. I
went back to the home page and found a link there under “How do I get
started” that took me to the next page needing transcription in the current
project. From there, it was quite easy. Passages either have a
transcription to the left of the image, or they say “Help transcribe this
page!” Clicking on that link takes you to the pictured interface.

There is an edit box on the left with instructions below it. The
instructions include what spelling should be used (original), what
punctuation should be used (periods can be added, but not commas), and how
to handle illegible or questionable sections (brackets). Once completed,
you submit the piece for editing and that’s it. Thankfully you can zoom in
and out on the page also, otherwise my old eyes never would have lasted.

Although there aren’t a lot of updates on the GitHub site for the software,
the new transcriptions and edits are all within the last few hours, so the
site is getting traffic. This could be a great resource if your library
has manuscripts it would like to offer for transcription, or if you have
personal items that you’d like help tagging and classifying.

This is a guest post by Chris Bulin (@Arduanne), a graduate student
assistant at the Taubman Health Sciences Library.

[image: Inline image 2]

[image: Inline image 1]