Urban Landscapes

Panorama 2133_blended_fused_pregamma_1_mantiuk06_contrast_mapping_0.1_saturation_factor_0.8_detail_factor_1 on Flickr.

12th and Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA
Copyright © 2013, Bob Bruhin. All rights reserved.
(via fork.cc/Vv6fOz )
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Luminance HDR 2.3.0 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Mantiuk06
Parameters:
Contrast Mapping factor: 0.1
Saturation Factor: 0.8
Detail Factor: 1
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PreGamma: 1

Urban Landscapes

Urban Landscapes

Panorama 2135_fused_pregamma_1_fattal_alpha_1_beta_0.9_saturation_1_noiseredux_0_fftsolver_1 small on Flickr.

12th and Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA
Copyright © 2013, Bob Bruhin. All rights reserved.
(via fork.cc/1ocUuD5 )
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Luminance HDR 2.3.0 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Fattal
Parameters:
Alpha: 1
Beta: 0.9
Color Saturation: 1
Noise Reduction: 0
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PreGamma: 1

Urban Landscapes

Rediscovering H. Beam Piper

After a clear memory of a story I read on summer when I was in elementary or high school suddenly resurfaced, I am now re-discovering Golden Age science fiction writer H. Beam Piper. I was very happy to discover that -- not only did I clearly remember one of the "Martian" words (Sornhulva) from the novella Omnilingual, but that it served as an excellent search key to find out everything I could want to know about this author.