darkoshi | Entries tagged with photos

I have some family photos in which I know who is who in them. I have some other photos where I know the names of some people in it, but not who is who. And some photos with a mix of both. The latter photos may include other people for whom I have no names and am not concerned with at this time. It would be useful to have an AI tool where I could enter the names I know, matched to some faces, and have it figure out the other names and faces for me. I'm sure there are tools that can do that already. But would they be available to end-users like me, and are there ones that would run only on my computer without leaking any personal info to online companies?

I'd also find it very useful to have an AI tool that I could train to edit & rename my other photos like I normally do. I am so behind in doing that, making it hard to find photos from the last 4 years or so that I know I have. Even if the tool didn't do it perfect, it could make it easier maybe. But again, I want my photos and related data to remain private, not end up on the web somewhere.

I do not understand what the first photo on this page shows:
AP monthly photo contest (September 2024); the photo with description "Israeli shelling hit an area in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)".

What are all the parallel glowing vertical streaks in the sky? Is it a single bomb that explodes in the sky, dropping burning pieces of something (what?) over such a large area? Or what?
Can someone point me to an explanation of this weapon?

I am reminded of horrific photos from the Ukraine war, of burning... I don't remember what it is called. Which causes fires everywhere it lands. But this seems to be something different.

Update, 4:04am:
It occurs to me now that perhaps the vertical trails of light aren't things falling from the sky, but rather flares being released from many places on the ground around the same time, as a countermeasure against the aircraft doing the shelling? Or to confuse guided missiles (but would guided missiles be considered "shelling" as mentioned in the description?)
When I search on "flares against aerial bombardment", all the articles are about flares being released from aircraft, not shot up in the air from the ground.

Update, 2025/01/08:
I am still not sure what the photo depicts.

I found another photo of the same scene on a Croatian website (the photo seems to be by photographer "Atef Safadi"):
https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/izrael-obecao-odgovor-na-iranski-napad-imamo-plan-bit-ce-posljedica-foto-20241001

This is a photo of a different daytime scene from that photographer, which based on two of the streaks seems to show they are going from the ground upwards, if I am interpreting it correctly:
https://www.instagram.com/atefsafadi/p/C30bq6ytg7L/

Coloring the Past

Using recent breakthroughs in photo editing techniques, Eli colorizes, restores, and digitizes photos from queer and trans history. The following images are originally from 1897-1973. After noticing how much more responsive audiences are to color photos, Eli decided to work on these amazing moments from queer and trans history. During a time when politicians can openly argue trans people did not exist until 2015, it is important to use reminders like these that we have always been here. ...

Amazing detail in this photo when you expand it to full size:
Xijiang, a Hmong-majority township in Guizhou, China

Such densely packed roofing tiles on some of those roofs!
Houses, terraced slopes, mountains, trees, river, bridges, people with umbrellas...

https://www.behance.net/gallery/58743469/Safaricom-Capture-Kenya-2017

More:
https://www.behance.net/kabuthakago

This is so cute.

Very good dog crashes every street view shot of this South Korean island

If you explore the map, the island itself is lovely too, beautiful ocean views, fields, a wooded path with interesting things along the way... there's a cool silvery monument in one spot along the path. I haven't found a way to link directly to that location. But (looking at the overview map), it is right near where the path along the east side of the island forks in the middle.

The island is called Jukdo.

(After more wandering along the map-path) This island is like a video game! One page I read said the island has only 3 families; another page said it had 2 inhabitants. And that the island has no running water, that rainwater must be collected, or it must be brought over from the nearby larger island of Ulleung.

But judging by the map-photos, it must be a somewhat popular tourist destination. There is a small building at the southern loop of the path, which appears to have bathrooms. There's a wood fence along the path, with many little rest/overlook areas and picnic tables/benches. There's another building with signs in front, which may be a restaurant. There are signs/markers along the path (in Korean, so I don't know what they say).

Ah, now I feel I must post some screenshots after all.

Men and Cats

Cats on Heads

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Philip Bonneau's photostream on flickr. Very artfully posed male subjects (mostly), for a change.

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Very pretty photos of the Faroe Islands

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The ladies' outfits are absolutely gorgeous compared to the men's.

Badass Japanese Archery: Now It’s The Ladies’ Turn

Traditional Japanese Archery: More Ladies, Part 1

Traditional Japanese Archery: More Ladies, Part 2

More Badass Japanese Archery

The rest of the blog has many more wonderful photographs of Japan.

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Goths Up Trees - the descriptions added under the photos are priceless

via

andrewducker

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New Balance MR890RG

New Balance MR760ROB

New Balance MR870R

Current Mood: impressed
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In case you've been considering the rewarding joy of having a pigeon companion, this photo shows the minimum standard of accommodation that they will expect you to provide.

Current Mood: amused
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This Cat Photo is rather mesmerizing.

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Being a vegetarian myself, with 2 mostly-vegetarian-fed dogs, this struck me as quite funny.

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Color photos of America from 1939-1943
Neat. Photos in color make the past seem more real and tangible to me than black & white ones do.

Awesome Hawaii photographs
Here is a thumbnail of one of them:

More awesome photos of other places from the same photographer.

I'm going to print this out and pin it to my cube at work....

from

andrewducker

More great photos of lightning in the volcanic plume can be found here.

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Forestfen would like to move, since there is a lot of vandalism and crime where she lives now. So we were looking at a few houses today... the nicest looking house also happened to have this in the bathroom:
( See the big pirate rubber-ducky with the 2 little duckies, and the 3 froggies?... )

Isn't that the cutest?!! The house is vacant, but that little setup sure made the house feel loved and happy, and as if those duckies and froggies were eagerly waiting for the special person who would buy the house.