https://mahurin.us/robtasm/enContents © 2026 <a href="mailto:robert.s.mahurin@gmail.com">rob mahurin</a> Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:07:36 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://mahurin.us/robtasm/posts/2026/01/02/a-thousand-mumbled-words/rob mahurin<figure><img src="https://mahurin.us/robtasm/posts/2026/01/02/a-thousand-mumbled-words/assets/hist1.png"></figure> <p><a href="https://maurycyz.com/misc/raw_photo/">A lovely explanation of in-camera digital photo processing</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p></p><div style="display: flex; gap: 1rem; padding-bottom: 1rem;"> <div style="flex: 1;"> Before:<br> <img alt="A grayscale image of a Christmas tree with very limited dynamic range." src="https://mahurin.us/robtasm/posts/2026/01/02/a-thousand-mumbled-words/assets/xmas1.jpg"> </div> <div style="flex: 1;"> After:<br> <img alt="The same data, processed automatically by camera to make a pretty nice photo." src="https://mahurin.us/robtasm/posts/2026/01/02/a-thousand-mumbled-words/assets/xmas0.jpg"> </div> </div> <p>Far from being an “unedited” photo: there’s a huge amount of math that’s gone into making an image that nicely represents what the subject looks like in person. […] There’s nothing wrong with tweaking the image when the automated algorithms make the wrong call.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.metafilter.com/211659/You-can-tell-by-the-pixels">Via Metafilter</a>.</p>image processinglink onlyphotographyhttps://mahurin.us/robtasm/posts/2026/01/02/a-thousand-mumbled-words/Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:38:30 GMT