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Se redeschide DOWNSTAIRS - Azi!

Tags: Bucium, Downstairs, flickr, party, twitter

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Astazi, incepand cu orele 20:59 ;) se redeschide DOWNSTAIRS in noua locatie de pe Calea Floreasca 111. Asa cum am mai amintit, spatiul este mult mai mare, aproximativ 500mp. Aceiasi muzica, aceleasi gazde primitoare. De abia astept. Intrarea si cica si alte chestii vor fi gratuite.

Seria concertelor live debuteaza Joi 17 Aprilie cu trupa Bucium. Se pare ca vor fi anuntate in curand si alte concerte tari si stand-up comedy. Cam intr-o luna vor avea si Internet, probabil free wifi, Mi-ar placea sa vad un RoTweetMeet #2 organizat in Downstairs si la fel de mult mi-ar placea sa il vad pe Teo pe scena clubului.

Se prefigureaza multe chestii faine. De exemplu cica daca faceti poze la petrecerile DOWNSTAIRS si le uploadati in grupul Flickr Downstairs Events, data viitoare cand mergeti in club puteti primi o bautura gratuit. Daca veniti diseara lasati un comment aici sau pe www.downstairs.ro. Binenintels ca puteti comunica cu staff-ul clubului si via Twitter ;)

Mai multe detali pe www.downstairs.ro

NOTA: Nu sunt nici angajat Downstairs si nici nu sunt platit pentru reclama. Asa cum povesteam, sunt prieten cu patronii clubului inca din liceu si imi place sa ajut atunci cand simt ca trebuie sa o fac.

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PicLens - must have browser add-on for photo enthusiasts

Tags: add-ons, coolstuff, flickr, images, Photography, picasa, piclens

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I just came across this great browser add-on via Google Operating System.

PicLens is compatible with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari and enables you to browse full-screen through the pictures from a website, in 3D!

It will enhance your Flickr/Picasa (and many more - see bellow) browsing experience into an interactive full-screen slide show that enables you to quickly find the picture you are looking for and go to that picture’s page. You can see on the right how my HDR Flickr Set looks when using PicLens.

Our new interactive "3D Wall" lets you effortlessly drag, click, and zoom your way around a wall of pictures for an extraordinary, full-screen viewing experience. Why mundanely flip through online photo galleries or squint at thumbnails from Google Image Search when you can fly through an immersive, full-screen experience instead?

Here’s a list of the sites fully supported by PicLens. Theoretically the add-on should work on any pictures site that is structured in such a way that can be understood by PicLens.

Photo Sites	Social Networking	Image Search	Webhosts/Galleries
Flickr Photobucket Picasa Web Albums Fotki FotoTime deviantART Smugmug	Facebook MySpace Bebo Hi5 Friendster	Google Images Yahoo Images Ask Images Live Images AOL Images	Freewebs Adobe Lightroom

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Countryside HDR

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This Saturday we visited my wife’s grandmother, at 80km from Bucharest, in picturesque village of Grindasi, Romania. Could not resist the temptation to try out more the HDR technique, and this part of what I manage to process, since our return.

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Animoto - create on the fly videos, online

Tags: animoto, flickr, HDR, open platforms, Photography, picasa, TechCrunch, video, youtube

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As open platforms rampantly grow we will see more and more startups that offer services like Animoto. As covered by TechCrunch, Animoto enables you to create on the fly videos from your photos. Here are some of Animoto’s really cool features:

it allows you to retrieve photos from popular sites like: Flickr, Facebook, Smugmug, Picasa, Photobucket or upload from your station
you can add a music soundtrack to your video - either from their database or upload your mp3
they support newly launched YouTube Everywhere API, thus allowing you to automatically upload your creation to YoutTube
you can create 30′ free videos or even longer videos at a small cost of $3 or $30 for unlimited yearly subscription
they have a Facebook application which allows you to use Animoto from inside your Facebook account.
you can embed the videos directly from Animoto or just use YouTube (see above)

Here’s a video made from my HDR set from Flickr. In case your were wondering the music is from Juno Soundrack.

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More HDR in Bucharest

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I’ve been playing along with HDR some more. I am not very happy with the results and I’m looking forward for the weekend to try out some daylight scenery. Side effect of discovering this technique together with the “insert Flickr Image” plugin for Window Live Writer that now I am the happy user of a Pro Account on Flickr.

Criticism is highly appreciated!

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HDR in Bucharest

Tags: flickr, HDR, Photography

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Inspired by Stuckincustoms and Sofokle I decided to try out HDRi technique. This is my first attempt to create some HDR images and I know that I’ve still got a lot to learn. All images are taken from the rooftop of my office building, next to Piata Universitatii, Bucharest. For those new to HDR - this is a technique that enables you to enlarge the exposure range you can have with only one shot. In short, what you do is overlap 3 or more different shots taken with different exposure levels. You can do this very easy with almost any dSLR, with exposure autobracketing.

Comments are appreciated!