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I read more and more observers saying that the increase in power of AI is pricing itself out of the market. Not enough users will be able afford to use it at the level required for AI to scale.

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The weight of the Fujifilm X-T5 mirrorless camera is 557g with battery and SD card. If you were referring to the Cadillac XT5 midsize luxury SUV, its curb weight depends on the trim and drivetrain, typically ranging from 1,776 kg to 1,968 kg.

The British Museum Forecourt This is a hurried snap taken in the forecourt as we left The British Museum after seeing the exhibition on Hawai'i. We entered the museum from the side entrance, so we didn't see the trees in front of the main entrance until we left. So as we exited, we were met by the…

The British Museum Forecourt

This is a hurried snap taken in the forecourt as we left The British Museum after seeing the exhibition on Hawai'i. We entered the museum from the side entrance, so we didn't see the trees in front of the main entrance until we left. So as we exited, we were met by the trees, and it was really noticeable how different the space feels with the trees there.

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Critiquing My Work When I took the photograph I thought the woman was one of the flaneurs who had gathered at Piccadilly Circus. And she could be, and very probably is - but she has a camera, and a good one. So maybe she was a photographer and not a flaneur. Or both, a person can be both.

Critiquing My Work

When I took the photograph I thought the woman was one of the flaneurs who had gathered at Piccadilly Circus. And she could be, and very probably is - but she has a camera, and a good one. So maybe she was a photographer and not a flaneur. Or both, a person can be both.

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More DxO PureRaw 4 I have been shooting with Nikon D3000, but I have also looking at the photographs I took in India in 2010 with the D60, the D3000's close sibling. First I ran this image - of a family at Agra zoo - through DxO PureRaw 4. DxO PureRaw 4 pulls out a lot of detail. It does a good…

More DxO PureRaw 4

I have been shooting with Nikon D3000, but I have also looking at the photographs I took in India in 2010 with the D60, the D3000's close sibling. First I ran this image - of a family at Agra zoo - through DxO PureRaw 4. DxO PureRaw 4 pulls out a lot of detail. It does a good job and gives a certain crispness to the processed images.

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Flaneurs About Town A flâneur is someone who wanders without a specific destination, acting as a detached, philosophical observer of modern life, crowds, and society. Nothing in that definition explicitly says that such a person has to dress in a particular way. And yet the notion goes hand in…

Flaneurs About Town

A flâneur is someone who wanders without a specific destination, acting as a detached, philosophical observer of modern life, crowds, and society. Nothing in that definition explicitly says that such a person has to dress in a particular way. And yet the notion goes hand in hand with someone who cares about their dress, and may well feel more at home in a more analogue time.

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I Now Have A Nikon D3000 I give up. I mean, really, what if anything is lacking in the technical aspects of the Nikon D60 with 35mm f1.8 lens with which I took this photograph in 2010? What has changed since 2008 when Nikon released the camera? Well, one thing that has changed is the…

I Now Have A Nikon D3000

I give up. I mean, really, what if anything is lacking in the technical aspects of the Nikon D60 with 35mm f1.8 lens with which I took this photograph in 2010? What has changed since 2008 when Nikon released the camera? Well, one thing that has changed is the post-processing software. It has made it possible to pull out a more detailed and striking image.

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Hare Krishna Out walking with a friend yesterday, we came across a group of people that I wanted to photograph. I started from further out and walked in, and eventually one of the group put a card with lyrics in front of me and I sang along with the group. The upbeat happiness was infectious and I…

Hare Krishna

Out walking with a friend yesterday, we came across a group of people that I wanted to photograph. I started from further out and walked in, and eventually one of the group put a card with lyrics in front of me and I sang along with the group. The upbeat happiness was infectious and I was singing along happily. I like faces smiling at me.

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From email >> Internet Archive new book, 'Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record'. The book explores how streaming models, licensing restrictions, platform shutdowns, and cyberattacks are reshaping, manipulating, and sometimes erasing our shared cultural records.

New Wing National Gallery This is a view of the front of the gallery looking from Trafalgar Square. Photos shot with Ricoh GR III on a day with sun on the face of the building and dark rain clouds behind. Now that Tamara and I live in London it has become a real bonus to be able to drop in to the…

New Wing National Gallery

This is a view of the front of the gallery looking from Trafalgar Square. Photos shot with Ricoh GR III on a day with sun on the face of the building and dark rain clouds behind. Now that Tamara and I live in London it has become a real bonus to be able to drop in to the gallery without thinking about train times and the journey back to Cambridge.

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22 June 2014 This is the hall of the Tate Modern in London. According to the EXIF data attached to the RAW image, I shot the photo on 22 June 2014. It must have been towards the end of the day because the entrance is on the west side of the building and the shadows are long and the sun must be low…

22 June 2014

This is the hall of the Tate Modern in London. According to the EXIF data attached to the RAW image, I shot the photo on 22 June 2014. It must have been towards the end of the day because the entrance is on the west side of the building and the shadows are long and the sun must be low in the sky. And here is this couple, frozen in time.

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Holland Park Mews A friend and I passed Holland Park Mews as we were walking from the tube station, heading to Holland Park and the Kyoto Gardens. As you may or may not know, mews houses were originally stables for the benefit of the main house. Then they were converted into cottages and now the…

Holland Park Mews

A friend and I passed Holland Park Mews as we were walking from the tube station, heading to Holland Park and the Kyoto Gardens. As you may or may not know, mews houses were originally stables for the benefit of the main house. Then they were converted into cottages and now the ones in this mews are desirable because they are in Kensington.

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Holland Park Mews A friend and I passed Holland Park Mews as we were walking from the tube station, heading to Holland Park and the Kyoto Gardens. As you may or may not know, mews houses were originally stables for the benefit of the main house. Then they were converted into cottages and now the…

Holland Park Mews

A friend and I passed Holland Park Mews as we were walking from the tube station, heading to Holland Park and the Kyoto Gardens. As you may or may not know, mews houses were originally stables for the benefit of the main house. Then they were converted into cottages and now the ones in this mews are desirable because they are in Kensington.

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Holland Park Mews A friend and I passed Holland Park Mews as we were walking from the tube station, heading to Holland Park and the Kyoto Gardens. As you may or may not know, mews houses were originally stables for the benefit of the main house. Then they were converted into cottages and now the…

Holland Park Mews

A friend and I passed Holland Park Mews as we were walking from the tube station, heading to Holland Park and the Kyoto Gardens. As you may or may not know, mews houses were originally stables for the benefit of the main house. Then they were converted into cottages and now the ones in this mews are desirable because they are in Kensington.

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Fuji Colour Science Why haven't all camera brands perfected the art and science of colour? After all, they have surely been at it long enough. Even the most recent brands to make digital cameras have been doing it for at least twenty-five years. Yet we still hear that the colours from Brand X are…

Fuji Colour Science

Why haven't all camera brands perfected the art and science of colour? After all, they have surely been at it long enough. Even the most recent brands to make digital cameras have been doing it for at least twenty-five years. Yet we still hear that the colours from Brand X are off and that they tend to green or magenta or whatever.

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Toy Camera Marie-Louise Christophe was the only Queen of Haiti. She was born a slave in what was then known as the French colony of the Saint-Domingue. After independence she ruled with King Henri Christophe until his death in 1820 when the monarchy collapsed. She lived the rest of her life in…

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Marie-Louise Christophe was the only Queen of Haiti. She was born a slave in what was then known as the French colony of the Saint-Domingue. After independence she ruled with King Henri Christophe until his death in 1820 when the monarchy collapsed. She lived the rest of her life in exile, and as the plaque states, she lived in this house in 1824.

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Martin Parr Re-evaluation Let me re-state a quote from my original article about Martin Parr when Tamara and I saw him being interviewed at the V&A. You can find that article here under the title Martin Parr Interview. I remember that during the interview, or before or after (I don't remember) we…

Martin Parr Re-evaluation

Let me re-state a quote from my original article about Martin Parr when Tamara and I saw him being interviewed at the V&A. You can find that article here under the title Martin Parr Interview. I remember that during the interview, or before or after (I don't remember) we were shown photographs from Parr's black-and-white period, but nothing really struck me.

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Bluebells In The Garden The sun is out and the bluebells around the trees are out as well. The nearest 'proper' place for bluebells is Wanstead Park in east London, and sometime within the next two weeks should be a good time to go. Just have to find the time...

Bluebells In The Garden

The sun is out and the bluebells around the trees are out as well. The nearest 'proper' place for bluebells is Wanstead Park in east London, and sometime within the next two weeks should be a good time to go. Just have to find the time...

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