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Archive for January 2020

Topaz Labs Sharpen AI: Deep Learning Comes to the Rescue

Posted on January 24, 2020, 1:04 pm, by QT Luong, under Techniques.
How many times have you left a scene convinced that you got the photo “in the box”, only to find out upon looking at the file at 100% on the computer that it was unacceptably blurry? Some photographers advocate making generous use of the digital trash can when images are technically flawed. However, when images […]
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Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument in Winter

Posted on January 16, 2020, 11:37 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Many of the large national monuments I have written about during the last two years have one thing in common: they are quite undeveloped. By contrast, although it was proclaimed in 2013, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument near Taos, New Mexico, already sports facilities close to those found at a national park: visitor centers, […]
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Two iconic ruins in Bears Ears National Monument

Posted on January 8, 2020, 12:10 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon have the most famous massive multi-room Ancestral Puebloan ruins in the Southwest. However, when it comes to smaller structures, in addition to harboring the highest concentration of them anywhere, Bears Ears National Monument’s Cedar Mesa area is home to possibly the two most iconic of them: House of Fire and […]
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2019 in Review, Favorites, and Happy New Year

Posted on January 1, 2020, 10:07 pm, by QT Luong, under Uncategorized.
2019 was an eclectic year bookended by two new national parks. In between, I visited several national monuments and resumed international travel. Links below point to blog posts with more images and details. in February, Indiana Dunes became the 61st national park. This was a challenging time for me, since not only it was the […]
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