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Touching History NewsworthySpace and ScienceUncategorized

Touching History

Picture: Touching fossilized dinosaur tracks, near Moab, Utah. Back when I was acting in college, one of my all-time favorite scenes was performing the closing act of Inherit the Wind, the dramatized tale of the famous Scope's Monkey Trial that pit the Evolutionists against the Creationists. Yesterday it was announced…
Gary Crabbe
May 20, 2009
How Much is Too Much Image Post Processing? DigitalNewsworthyPhoto BusinessPhoto ContestsPhotos

How Much is Too Much Image Post Processing?

Pictures: Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, Monterey Peninsula, California. The first is a straight RAW file; the second represents my standard image processing, which took less than 30 seconds, and the third is a "hyper-processed", highly-saturated image like might often be seen on Flickr. Processing note; the only other manipulation…
Gary Crabbe
April 22, 2009
A New Beginning NewsworthyPhotos

A New Beginning

Photo: Alpenglow at sunrise on North Peak, Twenty Lakes Basin, Eastern Sierra, California With a post titled "A New Beginning", you might think I would be referring to today's Inauguration of President Obama. I certainly do wish him, Us, and the planet well. However, I get to announce my own…
Gary Crabbe
January 20, 2009
Her Name was Florence NewsworthyPeoplePhotos

Her Name was Florence

Almost everyone knows the enduring photographic portrait that gave a feeling and a face to the Great American Depression. It's simply titled, "Migrant Mother", and was an image taken by Dorothea Lange while she was working for the US Government, documenting migrant farm workers. That face now has a name;…
Gary Crabbe
January 5, 2009