
Posted on March 22nd, 2009.

The BU Bridge
Last weekend I took advantage of the beautiful spring day and captured a few more images around Boston. This time I went to the BU Bridge, which has a train bridge that runs on an angle below it. There I found some geese and plenty of graffiti. I also set up my telescope along the Charles River and took a picture of the gold dome of the capitol building. In addition, there are two images that show the distance I was working with for the dome shot, and just how much magnification the 1250mm telescope allows me.
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Posted on March 20th, 2009.

Raw Therapee
Working with RAW image files can be an extremely rewarding experience. Yet, many feel intimidated by a file format that often comes out of the camera drab and lifeless, software that can feel foreign, and a general sense of “I don’t know what I’m doing.” Thankfully, there is an excellent application called Raw Therapee that makes working with RAW files very easy. For me, it has almost entirely eliminated my need to use Photoshop for image processing. Best of all, it’s free!
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