Monday Mystery - Guess What

Quite a surprise - only one correct identification for last week's mystery photo so congratulations and a virtual Midmarsh Gold Star for Adrian and thanks to all who had a go.

 A battery operated flickering LED candle lantern:
     

I have a feeling this weeks close view may be even more difficult but here goes.
Guess What:
 

Please leave any guesses in the comments.
They will be revealed, along with the answer next Monday.
No prizes. Just for fun and maybe a virtual Midmarsh Gold or Silver Star.

Super Denoising Revisited (Mac OS X)

Years ago I took some 35mm colour shots of various events I visited. One I stumbled on by accident when I was visiting Boston. Among the goings on was a display of birds of prey. Quite some time later I took the original film to a shop where they digitised the photos on to a CD for me. Unfortunately the process was disappointing. The results were very grainy:

 

I thought I would see how well the Mac app Super Denoising could clean them up:

 

I had to use the strongest method but as far as I am concerned the result was spectacular.
Far better than I expected:



The harder the program works the more it will tend to lose some finer detail but for me it has converted an unpleasant photo to one which is worth looking at. Super Denoising can cost up to $12.99 but sometimes drops to 99c for a few days which is the price on the Mac App Store at the time of writing.

Incy Wincy Spider

Incy Wincy spider climbing up the spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain
And Incy Wincy spider climbed up the spout again

 

 

I doubt this little spider has been anywhere near a drain pipe as it was found indoors.
I think it is some form of Amaurobius. This one was only 10mm or so across.
These are stacked photos using Zerene Stacker on hand held shots.

One Round Tuit Less

This must have been one of the shortest lived items on my Round Tuit pile as I managed to get the Arduino driven temperature display boxed a couple of days ago. For the rectangular hole in the plastic front I drilled small holes at the corners and used a Rotozip to cut the lines. Finally finished with a file.



Pity about the small nick in one corner. I would dearly love to have a laser engraver / cutter machine. The display matrix is behind two acetate sheets, one red, one green so only the illuminated LED dots show against a black background.:



One added extra was an LDR (light dependant resistor) which can be seen under the display. This monitors room light levels and is used to switch the LEDs to a brighter level in very bright lighting conditions. The unit is powered from a 5V wall wart. I'm very pleased with the readability of the large display from anywhere in the room.

Wordless Wednesday

An Extended Visit

Recently there have been brief visits by a small flock of Long Tailed Tits but a couple of days ago a group of about five stayed in and around the garden for about three hours making occasional sorties to the bird feeders:













They were most interested in the various fat based treats so I've made sure there are plenty to choose from.

Monday Mystery - Guess What

Last week's mystery photo turned out to be more difficult than I expected. Congratulations and the virtual Midmarsh Gold Star go to Adrian, Ragged Robin and Wilma who correctly identified the top view of a jar of instant coffee granules - my favourite Kenco Smooth.

   

This week the object is hidden behind a pattern.
Guess What:


Please leave any guesses in the comments.
They will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.
No prizes, just for fun and maybe a virtual Midmarsh Gold or Silver Star.