Glimpses of Zürich

Nina and I only had a few hours to spend in this super-rich, super-expensive but also super-pittoresque city in the North of Switzerland. 

As you may expect from someone who' s just got a new toy to play with, I used the little time we had on our hands (with my new 3D camera in my hand) to look out for motifs that could make for interesting stereo photos, while aimlessly walking around. 

The initial results were quite satisfying but also boring somehow. I found that these 3D photos would be much more fun to look at (at least for me!) if the colours were just a "bit" stronger. And there you have it...

Funky Cactus

Of course I am not the first to combine the words "funky" and "cactus"; it simply was the very first title for this post that came to my head. I liked it, so I kept it. 

Out of curiosity I searched the web for those two words and was quite amazed by the wonderful things I discovered. 

The majority of "funky cactus" to be found on the internet are designs for t-shirts, mugs, towels etc and (sometimes quite hilarious) images on photography platforms.

However, as a lover of various styles of music (including funk) my favorite discovery has to be the San Francisco based label  "Funky Cactus Recordings" run by DJ Greg J and Toronto based producer Myagi ;-)

step by step (video)

I totally agree with fine art photographer Alain Briot who states that in order to represent the artist's creativity, intent and desire to create a unique world rather than just document the world we all have access to, certain aspects of an image (or video) like colors, contrast, dynamic range etc may (or even should) be altered.

I highly increased the saturation of this video because I like how that brings out the complementary colors blue and yellow instead of the greyishness of the original.