Category Archives: Photos

Eleven Years

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Ludwig

A decade and a year on WordPress It doesn’t seem that long, but WordPress reminded me today that I have been blogging here for eleven years. As I had just been posting about a resident web-spinner it seems appropriate to … Continue reading →

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Mars Hoax

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Ludwig

See Mars in the sky as big as the Moon It is that time again. About every two years as Earth catches up with Mars, in their respective orbits, we see Mars bigger and brighter than at other times. The … Continue reading →

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Photo Editing

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Ludwig

When is a photograph not a photograph? Retouching, enhancing, and artful processing to bring out the best that the image can deliver, has been part of photography since its inception. Careful post-processing is essential to share the vision of the … Continue reading →

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RIP Microsoft Photo Gallery

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Ludwig

Photo Gallery is no longer available Last month saw the end of the support and availability of Microsoft Photo Gallery. This was one of Microsoft’s fines products. It provided photo enthusiasts an easy to use, yet most versatile, tool for … Continue reading →

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Featured

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Ludwig

Featured! As I was planning a post for this blog – something I don’t do very often – the unexpected happened. A bit of fame interfered. There are a bunch of blogs in my “personal cloud”, they are somewhat organized, … Continue reading →

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AI Photo Interpreter

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Ludwig

The computers are watching us! Drum roll please! Now for the latest from Microsoft Cognitive Services: CaptionBot – an online AI (artificial intelligence) thingie that looks at photos and tells what it sees – sort of supplying a caption for … Continue reading →

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