tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post7834100754599523707..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Science Visualization WinnersJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-70411180559669425602012-02-18T04:53:05.065-05:002012-02-18T04:53:05.065-05:00I have some Beehive Ginger plants growing in my ga...I have some Beehive Ginger plants growing in my garden. The resemblance of these structures to the Beehive Ginger flower is remarkable.desembreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769225254856284990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-25433429663585323402012-02-17T01:15:00.849-05:002012-02-17T01:15:00.849-05:00Great comments James G. and Greg L. I art it is in...Great comments James G. and Greg L. I art it is interesting that in order for something to look real you have simplify and in some cases exagerate certain features or charecteristics in order to be seen as true to life. Some times in order to appear true to life you cannot record everything, but sum up what you see as structuraly important.SoarsLikeAnEaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187655088876834150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-20890621660969516372012-02-16T08:13:15.439-05:002012-02-16T08:13:15.439-05:00Gregory, You raise a really interesting point, one...Gregory, You raise a really interesting point, one that was nagging a bit at the back of my brain, too. To be fair, these particular images may have been labeled as simulations where they originally appeared, I don't know. <br /><br />But when you get into astronomy and the micro world, it's getting hard to know what's "real." How about those cosmic Hubble photos. I assume there's some long exposures and maybe false color going on, but what else? What happens when people start overlaying and compressing photo-derived imagery to bring things closer or to punch them up? And those glamour "photos" in the fashion magazines are often heavily shopped. Advanced imaging and CGI have completely goofed with our sense of what's real, and it's hard to even define the boundary line between reality and simulation.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-60034843001912989952012-02-15T23:39:02.144-05:002012-02-15T23:39:02.144-05:00I don't like these pictures, though they'r...I don't like these pictures, though they're attractive. They seem dishonest, to me. They depict something purported to be real, but actually, the artist just imagined them.<br /><br />I've also noticed in the last decade in science documentaries on TV, an increasing tendency to jumble together actual photographs or films with simulations, without labeling the simulations as such. Science is supposed to be true, not people making up nice seeming stories. I don't like that truth line to be crossed.Gregory Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293280236115306205noreply@blogger.com