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Fisher or hunter street photographer?

Sean Tucker gives some great advice to landscape photographers, likening landscape photography to fishing in street photography. Fishing is the act of finding an interesting place on the street and waiting for someone to walk through. I’m more of a hunter. I keep walking, looking for an interesting subject or situation, rarely stopping. You’ll see many examples of that in my Edinburgh photos.

“It’s a great place for landscape photographers to start. They’re used to fishing, to framing a composition first and waiting for the weather or light to come to them.”

I’m always wondering if I should post photography stuff on this blog here, or should I write my words about photography on my photoblog? What say you, gentle reader? Should I care at all? It’s a personal blog after all.

Queen at Live Aid

It was 40 years ago today. I remember watching bits of Live Aid and had a VCR recording it, but as an almost ten year old, I got bored and went out to play. So I don’t remember seeing Queen play that day, but I’ve watched their performance multiple times since.

The official Queen YouTube channel is showing a remastered version of their set for 24 hours only, so the video above may not work if you’re visiting this blog post in the future.

Go get yt-dlp and save a remarkable performance for your own viewing pleasure!

Now, go look at a 480p version of their set. You’ll notice some improvements to the audio, which I like, but the 1080p video in the remaster could have been so much better.

Get rid of that banding in the background!

Edit a few days later: it’s gone. I hope you grabbed a copy for yourself!

Primer (Oscilloscope Music)

Here’s a cracking demo by DJ_Level_3 and Marv1994 done on an Oscilloscope, with the music creating the visuals. The music is great too, but of course, it’s not really responsible for the visuals, there are high-frequency sounds doing that, which we can’t hear. Utterly amazing stuff.

The demo got 1ST PLACE in Wild, and 1ST PLACE in Crowd Favorite at the recent demo party, Revision 2025.

Thanks Hackaday for featuring it.

TIL there’s an underground roundabout in the Faroe Islands

11Km of tunnels were built between some of the islands of the Faroe Islands, and right in the middle of one of those tunnels, 70 metres underground, is a roundabout. It enables drivers to go to Runavik or Strendur. It cuts travel time from just over an hour to 16 minutes. Hugely impressive.

An underground roundabout. A man points down towards one tunnel exit while a car pulls into the roundabout. The centre of the roundabout is lit up in soft blue and red colours with silhouettes of people visible.

Keith Jarrett – The Cologne Concert

I’d heard of the troubles Keith Jarrett had when he played in Cologne but forgot to find out what his music sounded like until I came across the incident again this morning while listening to Cautionary Tales.

Jarrett was due to play in the opera house there and requested a particular type of piano. Unfortunately, they couldn’t find the one he wanted and provided him with a beaten up rehearsal model. It was out of tune, the pedals were sticky, and it was in a terrible condition.

He refused to play at first, but after the promoter, an 18yo woman named Vera Brandes pleaded with him to play. He had to avoid broken keys, and concentrated most of his playing in the middle of the keyboard.

To make things worse, he had driven over the mountains from Switzerland the previous night, his back was in a brace, and he was hungry, having had to miss his dinner earlier in the evening.

I haven’t listened to all of it, but it is remarkable what he coaxed out of such a broken piano! Sometimes, less is more.

TIL about Star Trek Continues

Star Trek Continues Episode 1

The fan mad web series, Star Trek Continues, published their first episode in 2013 according to Wikipedia. Somehow, I think I have never heard of it, despite loving Star Trek. Better late than never, and I enjoyed the first episode this morning. It’s all available on YouTube.

The series continues on where the original series ended, with the 5-year mission of the Enterprise being wrapped up in the last 2 episodes. I recognised the computer voice in episode 1, and I see from Wikipedia that other guest stars make an appearance too. Definitely worth a watch if you’re a Star Trek fan. 🙂

An interview with Richard Dean Anderson

I didn’t think Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver, Stargate SG-1) gave interviews any more. I knew he had some serious health issues, but he’s looking good in this interview. The interviewer is such a fanboy. I suspect anyone who grew up in the 80s on MacGyver would be the same!

Here’s a screen cap from the video because, of course, the video will disappear.

The Making of The Miracle Album Cover

If you’re of a certain age you’ll probably be familiar with Queen’s album, The Miracle. Or you might have heard of it because a “deluxe” version came out last year, with some great “sessions” versions of the original songs.

Anyway, the cover of the album is very distinctive, featuring the faces of each member of Queen merging together. It was made in the late 80s when computer image software wasn’t quite as sophisticated as now, but they still made a great job of it.

The video above shows how it was done. Really impressive work!

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