September 2014 – Stream of Consciousness

Announcing Timelapse.jl – frame interpolation for timelapse photography

A few years ago I wrote a python utility for interpolating a greater number of frames from a smaller set, […]

A small selection of photos from The Hermitage near Dunkeld: some experiments with tree filigree – appreciating the patterns of

Sometimes, when the golden hour starts immediately after work finishes for the day, one just has to go for a

More seasonal colours – red hawthorn berries seen on a walk in local woods.

Detail of a fly agaric mushroom – just one of many tens of fungi found on a walk in the

Happily. It’s the orthogonal thoughts that caught my eye, so to speak. The trees still stand. I mean, the town

Individually. I hold the idea of nationality very loosely: it sometimes applies but does not define. I rate people trying to live their lives

Peace and calm: looking along Loch Rannoch towards the setting sun and its reflection.

One of my favoured parts of North Yorkshire’s scenery is the well-known waterfall at West Burton. Always good for a

Karst topography is a landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum, characterised by

The beginnings of yummy juiciness – red and some ripe black blackberries.

I can never remember whether these are thistles or teasels. Either way, it’s quite an impressive ball of spikes. Go