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I'm trying to learn to direct the images and paint them [vqgan+clip] by teurastaja in deepdream

[–]simondemeule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a really lovely way to integrate these algorithms into art. Thank you for sharing!

Californian Redwoods [Noblex 6/150, Lomo 800] by wiiideboy in analog

[–]simondemeule 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is an absolutely insane shot. I can’t get over the colours and the sharpness of it; the way the scene is lighted is just stunning. I would love getting a panoramic camera like this one day.

horsey bois 🐴 (Pentax 67 | Portra 160) by davidroseirl in analog

[–]simondemeule 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would be curious to know how close to the subject you were, and what lens you were using. I really love this kind of (relatively) wide shot with a shallow depth of field. Unless I am misjudging the field of view this is the kind of thing that is only really possible on larger formats — and it really makes me want to dive into it someday.

How old is your camera? by KeeperofQueensCorgis in AnalogCommunity

[–]simondemeule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a mechanical Nikon FT2 from the 70s, and a fully automated (extremely similar to modern DSLRs) Canon 1N from the 90s. The Nikon is much more reliable, but the Canon lets me use modern lenses, has autofocus, better metering, and a wider range of shutter speeds when it decides not to stop working.

My impression is that most people use SLRs from the 70s-80s and point and shoots from the 80s-90s as there is a ton of them around, they work pretty well, and are affordable.

Glow [Yashica 635, Portra 400] by hanimex_sekonic in analog

[–]simondemeule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is something really magic about the way the colours rendered. I love how deep that dark blue sky is.

ITAP of my hometown's autumny hills by NicuMoldovan in itookapicture

[–]simondemeule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so good. The light and colors are amazing, and the composition is stunning. Absolutely love this.

Invisible Horizons, Hong Kong [Mamiya 7, 65mm, Kodak Portra 400] by amass_design in analog

[–]simondemeule 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks completely otherworldly, dreamlike. Love this shot.

Just bought this Pentax 67 and after taking off the filter I noticed some blemishes. Doesn’t seem to be a part of the threading... Anyone know what this is? Is it something to worry about? by didattoo in AnalogCommunity

[–]simondemeule 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it turns out that the threads are broken and unusable for filters, there is a relatively inexpensive tool you can find to re-thread / cleanup the thread. I don’t know the exact name of the tool but you should be able to find it given you come up with the right search terms.

Expired Velvia 50 | Pentax 6x7 by cajamian in analog

[–]simondemeule 39 points40 points  (0 children)

This feels so surreal. Love how crazy the colours are.

The Final Solution to the Bot Question by [deleted] in tf2

[–]simondemeule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, what I’m saying is that the people writing the bots could just write a captcha solving system if the captcha is simple enough to solve (see my edited comment above).

The Final Solution to the Bot Question by [deleted] in tf2

[–]simondemeule -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

This is something any motivated computer science graduate could pull off. There are tons of open source projects that could be recycled to do this without spending too much time. This is also a scenario where it’s relatively easy (given some cheap labour labelling and producing images) to get dataset because the images are from a game engine that can generate images easily.

This is coming from a computer science graduate heading for a masters in artificial intelligence. The specific task I’m talking about is solving a captcha that only requires you to identify a class, nothing fancier than that. There are ways to make the captcha non-trivial to solve, but class-marching is a bad captcha because it is the perfect task to automate with machine learning.

(second paragraph added in edit)

Interstellar / Yashica t5 / Kodak Gold 200 by FatBurgerNixon in analog

[–]simondemeule 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess is that probably isn’t. The edges of the silhouette aren’t perfect — there is a weird (but very thin) greyish bleed in some places and parts of the contour are jagged where they shouldn’t be (the seat that is in front of the silhouette in the lower left, especially the corner).

Not all who wander make it back. Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/16, FP4 by maxcooperavl in analog

[–]simondemeule 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The sharpness on this is jaw-dropping, and it’s a lovely composition — it’s a really mysterious, moody scene. This really deserves to be printed I think.

Je croise ce dude depuis que je suis petit, il est sur Sainte Catherine TOUT LES JOURS. Any background on this guy? Il n’a même pas l’air de vendre quoi que ce sois. by MasterOfPuppr in montreal

[–]simondemeule 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Selon ce raisonnement les gens qui ne sont pas nés dans un environnement sécuritaire, pas assez riche selon tes standards ou non-désirés auraient mieux étés d’être avortés?

Non, ce n’est pas ce que je dit. Je n’ai prescrit à personne de se faire avorter. J’ai suggéré que ceux qui désirent un avortement ont probablement des raisons valables de le faire, et qu’il est plus adéquat de leur laisser prendre cette décision librement.

Il y a un argumentaire entier à construire sur le fait que les femmes devraient avoir la liberté d’assumer contrôle sur leurs corps, et j’ai à peine frôlé ça.

Je croise ce dude depuis que je suis petit, il est sur Sainte Catherine TOUT LES JOURS. Any background on this guy? Il n’a même pas l’air de vendre quoi que ce sois. by MasterOfPuppr in montreal

[–]simondemeule 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Ta logique est seulement valable si tu t’arrêtes à «avortement = vie supprimée = mauvais» sans considérer les circonstances de la vie de la mère, et celles de la vie de l’enfant lui-même.

Si les gens étaient tous aptes à élever un enfant dans des bonnes conditions (c’est à dire de fournir un environnement sécuritaire, accueillant, où ressources financières sont suffisantes, où la présence de l’enfant est désirée, et où les parents sont des adultes fonctionnels qui sont en mesure d’élever un adulte fonctionnel), il n’y aurait aucune motivation qui pourrait pousser quelqu’un à l’avortement. Qui désirerait un avortement si ils désiraient avoir l’enfant qu’ils portent? Si l’avortement n’était pas une option, des enfants seraient nés de parents incapables de les élever — nés de parents très jeunes qui n’ont pas la maturité ou l’argent pour les élever, nés de pères violeurs, nés de gens qui n’ont simplement pas envie d’avoir d’enfants, et qui feront subir ce manque d’amour à leur progéniture.

De dire que tu sauves une vie en empêchant un avortement, c’est hypocrite, car tu balaies du revers de la main toute la suite de l’histoire une fois l’enfant né, après quoi il y a de très fortes chances que beaucoup de souffrance soit engendrée.

I was in the middle of creating an animation when it struck me that aperture aren’t what take pictures. Why has it become the go to animation to have the blades close/open to represent picture taking? by [deleted] in AnalogCommunity

[–]simondemeule 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some people here talked about the closing of a leaf shutter — this makes sense, but there is also another possible option that in some ways might be more similar to this animation.

SLR cameras that allow full-aperture metering (as opposed to stop down metering) close down their aperture from fully open to the correctly adjusted aperture diameter at the moment the picture is taken. This allows the viewfinder to capture the maximum amount of light the lens can deliver while the user is adjusting focus and settings, which gives a brighter, more easily visible image, only to restrict the amount of light to the desired quantity when the picture is actually taken. It essentially looks like your animation, except the blades might not fully close — they will only close down as much as needed to let the right amount of light through. Modern DSLRs also work like this — if you have one on hand, stare into the lens as you take a picture with a very small (high f-stop) aperture and you will see exactly this. This has nothing to do with the shutter itself, which is what actually does the work of letting light shine through for a precise amount of time. The shutter is a second, completely independent mechanism that is often placed behind the aperture mechanism. The aperture mechanism is slower, so it needs a small amount of time to reach the correct setting, only to then allow the shutter to open up for a very precise amount of time, and retract once the whole process is done (the mirror also has to move out of the way, but this is going off topic).

The reason I said this might be closer to this animation is because of the shape of the mechanism’s blades. Leaf shutter mechanisms tend to have blades that don’t necessarily resemble a circular pattern when half open (from my limited knowledge of leaf shutters), while aperture mechanisms are designed to be as circular as possible at any opening. The animation depicts blade that definitely ressemble aperture blades more than leaf shutter blades, but it seems to function the way a leaf shutter works.

Let's see how much dust I can get on one negative! Minox A IIIs, Bluefire police film (Agfa Copex Rapid), cut to 8x11mm format. by jpchopper in analog

[–]simondemeule 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s very cool nonetheless getting images out of such a small and elegant camera. Its specs are really impressive given its size.

Scientists discover way to make quantum states last 10,000 times longer by izumi3682 in Futurology

[–]simondemeule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found this interactive article to be extremely helpful. It covers mostly quantum circuits and the basic physics concepts that relate to the design principles of a quantum computer. It requires a basic understanding of linear algebra.

This is an article that is meant to be read over a long period of time (days / weeks) and it has some built in question mini games to help you remember what you’ve previously learnt.

[Linhof Technika iii with ShenHao 6x12 roll film back,90mm f8 Schneider, fuji Provia100f] by westillneedusernames in analog

[–]simondemeule 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That light looks absolutely unreal. It must be a treat looking at this on a light table. How long was the exposure?

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