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Very detailed anarchist action figure and box art placed in a local Target store (also called “shop dropping”) from artist Packard Jennings - [via] Link & more @ the NY Times.

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Originally from MAKE Magazine on December 24, 2007, 4:00am

Jason writes -

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is the process of taking several images at different shutter speeds and combining them into a single photo that contains no washed out or underexposed areas.  The result is a surreal, almost too perfectly lit photograph that contains a high level of detail throughout the image.

uilt-in HDR photo merging tool which produces some incredible results without too much effort.  The image above, from Ryan McGinnis’ excellent Photoshop HDR tutorial, is pretty surreal.  It reminds me of a high-res rendering from a video game.

If you’re using the GIMP, you can get similar results by carefully masking and merging layers, or you can download and use the exposure-blend plugin which will simplify the process a little.  Below are links to both processes - you can see which works best for you.

Whatever package you use, the important thing is to use a solid tripod and only adjust the shutter speed between shots.  For the best results, you’ll also want to set your camera to RAW mode.
More:

• How to Create Professional HDR Images in Photoshop - Link
• HDR photos with the GIMP - Link
• Using the GIMP exposure-blend plugin - Link

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Originally from MAKE Magazine on December 25, 2007, 2:00am

A new facsimile edition of the 14th century Holkham Bible was recently published by the British Library. Last week’s Time Out London featured a fascinating (and, frustratingly, offline!) article on the Bible, which was drawn by a cockney who started off to produce a pamphlet and quickly expanded out to produce a mammoth retelling of the life of Christ, cheekily inserting himself into many of the illustrations. It features Mary being ribbed for getting knocked up, Noah reeling with drink, an Jesus (residing among the cockneys of Paternoster Row) literally reassembling a lad who falls off a roof and falls into many pieces. London barmaid and bankers are sent to hell, and many other elements that are emblematic of life in 1330s London.

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Originally by Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing on December 24, 2007, 10:57am