Simple Tricks and Nonsense

I had a little surprise waiting in my e-mail inbox this morning and thought I'd share it with my three loyal readers. The gorgeous photo above was taken by my friend, Mike Gillilan; it's a panorama consisting of several overlapping images that have been digitally stitched together, then tweaked in the computer to produce a "high dynamic range image." I'll confess, I don't fully understand the HDR stuff -- hell, I don't even own a digital camera -- but as you can see, it produces some really striking results. Don't forget to click the image for the larger version...

Incidentally, in case you don't recognize this location, it's the Sandy TRAX station, a.k.a., the "end of the line, as far as we go," the southernmost terminus of the Salt Lake Valley's light-rail system. This is the station where Gillilan and I both begin our daily commutes. For the record, it looks much cooler in this photo than in the real world...