James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en The River And The Ocean http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2007/12/26/the-river-and-the-ocean/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2007/12/26/the-river-and-the-ocean/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:40:53 +0000 James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2007/12/26/the-river-and-the-ocean/ The river flowed inexorably,
Toward a distant indigo sea,
First over rocks the waters gushed,
Cascading down, the torrent rushed.
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]]> http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2007/12/26/the-river-and-the-ocean/feed/ The Maple http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2007/12/21/the-maple/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2007/12/21/the-maple/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:37:02 +0000 James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2007/12/21/the-maple/ SPRING

Warmed by the sun of early Spring,
A tender gift a bud did bring,
As bit by bit a leaf unfurled,
And revealed itself to the world
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]]> http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2007/12/21/the-maple/feed/ Photographs Of The Institute For Advanced Study http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/12/01/photographs-of-the-institute-for-advanced-study/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/12/01/photographs-of-the-institute-for-advanced-study/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:19:24 +0000 James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/12/01/photographs-of-the-institute-for-advanced-study/ For a little more than a year now I’ve been taking photographs of the Institute For Advanced Study campus as part of a website redesign for the School of Natural Sciences which was launched recently.
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]]> http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/12/01/photographs-of-the-institute-for-advanced-study/feed/ A Review Of HDRsoft’s Tone Mapping Plugin For Adobe Photoshop CS2 http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/04/04/a-review-of-hdrsofts-tone-mapping-plugin-for-adobe-photoshop-cs2/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/04/04/a-review-of-hdrsofts-tone-mapping-plugin-for-adobe-photoshop-cs2/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:20:40 +0000 James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/04/04/a-review-of-hdrsofts-tone-mapping-plugin-for-adobe-photoshop-cs2/ Recently I’ve been experimenting with HDRsoft’s tone mapping plugin v1.0.1 for Adobe Photoshop CS2. The plugin is designed to increase detail in shadows and highlights and from what I can see it does a very good job …
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]]> http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/04/04/a-review-of-hdrsofts-tone-mapping-plugin-for-adobe-photoshop-cs2/feed/ A Look At DxO Optics Pro 3.5 http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/29/a-look-at-dxo-optics-pro-35/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/29/a-look-at-dxo-optics-pro-35/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:07:10 +0000 James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/29/a-look-at-dxo-optics-pro-35/ Recently I’ve been taking a look at DxO Optics Pro. I was attracted by the fact that this software is the only product on the market that offers automated correction for optical vignetting, chromatic aberration (both lateral as well as purple fringing), pincushion and barrel distortion. It also reduces noise, corrects for lens softness and acts as a RAW converter too.
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]]> http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/29/a-look-at-dxo-optics-pro-35/feed/ A Look At Some ISO 3200 Images From A Canon 5D http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/28/a-look-at-some-iso-3200-images-from-a-canon-5d/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/28/a-look-at-some-iso-3200-images-from-a-canon-5d/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:22:00 +0000 James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/28/a-look-at-some-iso-3200-images-from-a-canon-5d/ I took some high ISO indoor shots at the weekend inside Walnford Grist Mill, near Allentown New Jersey. Light levels inside the mill were very low and although I did have my tripod to hand I made a decision to jack the speed right up to ISO 3200 and take some photographs handheld. You might be wondering why …..


Walnford Grist Mill, New Jersey
Walnford Grist Mill, New Jersey
Canon 5D with 24-105 f/4L IS lens @ ISO 3200
(noise reduction using Neat Image)
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]]> http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/28/a-look-at-some-iso-3200-images-from-a-canon-5d/feed/ Iptables On A Linksys-Cisco WRT54GL Broadband Router HOWTO http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/24/iptables-on-a-linksys-cisco-wrt54gl-broadband-router-howto/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/24/iptables-on-a-linksys-cisco-wrt54gl-broadband-router-howto/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:24:01 +0000 James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/24/iptables-on-a-linksys-cisco-wrt54gl-broadband-router-howto/ Following on from the announcement of a renewed commitment to Linux by Linksys-Cisco and the release of the Linux-compatible WRT54GL Wireless-G series broadband router (discussed here), this post details how to run Iptables on a Linksys-Cisco WRT54GL router via firmware from DD-WRT. A fully functional example Iptables script is provided to get you started.
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]]> http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/24/iptables-on-a-linksys-cisco-wrt54gl-broadband-router-howto/feed/ New Full-Frame Vignetting Test Database http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/24/new-full-frame-vignetting-test-database/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/24/new-full-frame-vignetting-test-database/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:59:35 +0000 James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/24/new-full-frame-vignetting-test-database/ http://www.the-digital-picture.com has recently added full-frame vignetting test results for a large number of lenses. The results show f-stop contour lines as well as a rectangle indicating the x1.6 APS-C frame coverage.
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]]> http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/24/new-full-frame-vignetting-test-database/feed/ Where And What You Can Photograph - Aspects Of The Law http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/22/where-and-what-you-can-photograph-aspects-of-the-law/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/22/where-and-what-you-can-photograph-aspects-of-the-law/#comments Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:59:50 +0000 James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/22/where-and-what-you-can-photograph-aspects-of-the-law/ I was forwarded this illuminating article on the legal aspects of where and what you can photograph. The author, having review a number of information sources, offers up something close to the following:
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]]> http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/22/where-and-what-you-can-photograph-aspects-of-the-law/feed/ Backup/Restore Scripts For Imaging/Cloning Disks Using Partimage Under Linux http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/21/backup-restore-scripts-for-imaging-cloning-disks-using-partimage-under-linux/ http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/21/backup-restore-scripts-for-imaging-cloning-disks-using-partimage-under-linux/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:57:36 +0000 James Stephens http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/wp/2006/03/21/backuprestore-scripts-for-imagingcloning-disks-using-partimage-under-linux/ In a recent post some advantages were discussed in using Partimage over g4u and Symantec Ghost. Following on from that, example scripts and a simple methodology are provided below to backup and restore Linux partitions using partimage run from a client system, to a remote server running partimaged.
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