by Steve Eshom on December 31, 2006
Thanks to the redevelopment of the former Boise Cascade paper mill site into a residential and retail center, there are a few new views open of trains departing Vancouver. In this photo, the S-TACLPC crosses the 6th St. trestle on its way out of town. According to planners, the redevelopment of this area will involve several underpasses under the BNSF ‘berm’ that will allow auto and foot traffic to flow more easily from downtown towards the redeveloped waterfront. Access from downtown to the Columbia River has long been a desire of Vancouver leaders. Until construction obscures this spot, there’s another location to shoot trains at.
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by Aaron Hockley on December 30, 2006
I’m currently on vacation at the Oregon Coast (POTB photo coming this weekend). Today I had my dogcaught.com hat on.
I had this encounter at the Harry and David outlet store:
Cashier (looking at my hat): Dogcaught.com?
Me: Yep… you should check it out.
Cashier: Is it a porn site?
by Steve Eshom on December 29, 2006
For years I’ve understood that color calibration of the monitor was a necessary thing to really ensure what you are seeing is really accurate. I of course putoff purchasing a color calibrator due to the cost. In its place I used things like Adobe Gamma, Quickgamma, and DisplayMate to manually adjust my montior to what I thought was a decent calibration. Looking back, the results I got were acceptable.
For Christmas I recieved a Pantone Huey. Huey is not a professional monitor calibrator, in fact it is not even an amateur tool, it is truly a consumer grade device. All that aside, I have to say it works. After installing the software, I plugged it into a free USB port and calibrated my Dell flat panel and in just a few minutes. Simple.
Did I notice a drastic change? Not really, though my wife and daughter both claim the colors appear richer. Where did I see the biggest difference? Well, I spent lots of time calibrating the monitor manually to ensure the darkest darks and the whitest whites appeared correctly. Apparently I was close but didn’t get it quite right and with the Huey both adjustments look much better.
In the end I think the whole concept of calibation is worth the effort. Whether you decide to spend for a high end color calibration tool or something simple like Huey, the results are much improved over manual methods.
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by Steve Eshom on December 24, 2006
by Aaron Hockley on December 23, 2006
Anticipation. It can be the excitement of a child, counting down the days until they open a Christmas gift.It can also be the feeling of a railfan, waiting for something, knowing it’s a moment he won’t capture again soon, wondering if things will turn out correctly or if the scene will result in disappointment.
Anticipation at Dorris, California
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