Usually I am not one to read science fiction, but on this occasion I am extremely glad I did.  Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick is a story about the future of Earth, where most of the humans have gone to live on colony planets and what remains of our 3rd rock from the sun is nothing but the radioactive dust and scorched sky, presumably from some sort of nuclear fallout. However, Earth is not completely devoid of life: humans still inhabit the planet, forming two distinct groups: People who have stayed behind by choice/for work, and those known as “specials,” rather people who were affected by the fallout and therefore not allowed to immigrate to one of the space colonies.  Here we join Rick Deckard, a human who has stayed behind on Earth to fulfill his role as a bounty hunter, charged with the duty of finding and “retiring” (read: killing) a group of androids who had escaped o their servitude on the Mars colony and reached Earth.
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Well, this is my first attempt at some serious HDR effects.  Normally I use three exposures for the combined HDR effect on most of my photos, but for this one I used five.  In addition, I imported the sky and used photomatix pro to tone map.  I’m fairly happy with it considering it was my first attempt.

In other news, holiday to Amsterdam is booked and I am officially a student again!  Needless to say, very excited.

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I’ve come to the realization all of my hobbies are either intellectually based or require very little physical exertion.   This arrangement, needless to say, does not help when it comes to trying to be active and, at the very least, lose a little bit of weight.  Video games, reading, the obvious. Photography will get you out and to many interesting locales, but again not much in the way of physical exertion.  Therefore, I propose Full Contact Photography. It’s a million dollar idea.

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