This is a demonstration of the film emulation capabilities of Franzis Black & White Projects. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the emulation provided by this software but it is indeed an interesting idea. I have not included all the options available but have selected a few film types
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THE FIFTH COLUMN: Fernbank Road Pond Photo Versions
Slideshow of photos taken along the Fernbank Road Pond in Stittsville in July 2023 with my Panasonic Lumix FZ100 camera and edited with Photoshop Elements 2023, Simply Good Pictures 5, Franzis Color Projects 6 Professional and Franzis Black & White Projects 6 Professional. (View in YouTube to view full screen)
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Object Removal with Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 – The De-urbanization of a Pond
Back in the day, Inpaint used to be the standard for removing objects from digital photographs. Then I discovered Photo Stamp Remover which I found to be much better and easier to use. That all changed when I upgraded my Photoshop Elements 12 from 2013 to Photoshop Elements 2023. The
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Photo Versions Created with Franzis Black & White Projects
Back in the day, not my day but the day, cameras were not an app on your phone but bulky and heavy apparatus with explosive flash powder that could only take monochrome photos. We have advanced a long way to today’s sophisticated DSLRs and prosumer cameras such as my Panasonic
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Photo Versions Created with Franzis Color Projects
Way back in the day when I used to be a member of the Camera Club of Ottawa and we met at the NRC building on Sussex Drive the most usual criticism of my photos was that they were “good record shots”. I did not see that as much of a
Continue readingScripturient: Musings on Downsizing, No. 1
Downsizing seems to be all the rage among people our age. It’s so popular, it might be classified as a sport or a game for seniors. Assuming someone could codify the rules, that is. I’ve been told it’s all over the TV, too, but since we haven’t had cable for
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Sharing My Desktop PC Wallpaper Collections
When I’m not mountain biking or cycling, mapping trails or ranting about political or social issues I may be taking photographs. The last few years I have been using the better ones as computer wallpaper, changing it every five days or so. These are slideshows of these collections. 2019 and
Continue readingPostArctica: Pandemic Report #1
Might become a thing…we’ll see.
Continue readingPostArctica: News From Home – a film by Chantal Akerman
How long is a long take? That’s the question I was asking myself as I began watching this mesmerizing film which is basically a lot of long takes in New York City while the director reads letters (with English subtitles) her mother had sent her from Belgium when she had
Continue readingPostArctica: Zone Vegetale
Plant Area – Do Not Remove Snow Recently seen in Saint Michel. Even appears as if someone created a ventilation system.
Continue readingPostArctica: A Charter Poem
A Charter Poem A charter poem slipped onto the shore where I sat daydreaming about you it came from a flooded place back up the river and seemed happy to be on solid ground again landfilled ground containing the detritus that caused the flood upstream
Continue readingPostArctica: Recycling in Montreal
What actually happens to recycling in Montreal? Post the same question in reference to where you live!! Let’s find out what everyone believes and if that differs from what actually happens. ( incongruously gratuitous photo follows )
Continue readingPostArctica: Favorite Murals
This is one of my favorite murals in Montreal. The bench and the flower pots are nice bonuses. Across the street from the Frontenac Metro station and the Maison de la Culture Frontenac.
Continue readingPostArctica: Tour de France 2019
Tour de France. Like the World Cup of soccer, the best of sports on a global scale. Or as my grade 8 teacher, Brother Victor, once referring to soccer as the only true world game, might say, this is the absolute summit of such a simple thing as bicycling. It
Continue readingPostArctica: Surprise in Saint Michel
Finding myself exploring the neighborhood just to the east of the old Miron Quarry, now Parc Frederic-Bach, I stumbled upon a green lane (ruelle vert) right up against the STM adapted transport center. At first I only noticed there was a couple of murals painted on some structures which are
Continue readingPostArctica: Calgary Wins Grey Cup!!
Congrats to the Calgary Stampeders for their Grey Cup win tonight! On a personal level my total boycott of the National Football League remains solid. One thing I am really learning as I get older is that all the money in the world and all the asinine pleasures you could
Continue readingPostArctica: Citizen Trump
Watching the Trump years at the White House is like watching Citizen Kane without knowing how it ends, without even knowing what “rosebud” will mean. We are, however, picking up the trajectory of the story and can clearly see that there will be a tragic ending because unlike all other
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