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The Quantum Magician
@thequantummage.bsky.social
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"These little conversations, if I tried my very best, you know I never could say anything in twenty words or less."

Reader, programmer, photographer, gardener, occasional writer.
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The original photo: developing raspberries/20250530

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A cluster of raspberries in various stages of development, none of them close to ripeness.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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A Phunky Photo: Protoberries

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A cluster of raspberries in various stages of development, none of them close to ripeness. The picture has been run through home brew image processing software which analyzed the rate of color change across the image, and plotted it a yellow and orange rendition that resembles an etching of the original image.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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A very happy kitty cleaning #Caturday! #LaneyLavings
A short haired tortoiseshell cat sitting on a desk, licking her paw.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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The original photo: snowdrop/20250528

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Snowdrop blossoms on a background of foliage.
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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A Phunky Photo: Sixth Circle Snowdrops

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Snowdrop blossoms on a background of foliage. The picture has been run through home brew image processing software which manipulated the colors and outlined details in black. The flowers aren cyan, most of the background is golden yellow and red, with some dark blue touches scattered around.
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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The original photo: nine bark blossoms/20250526

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Mid-spring Nine Bark blossoms in various stages of development, from barely buds to every bud in a cluster being wide open.
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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A Phunky Photo: Stages

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Mid-spring Nine Bark blossoms in various stages of development, from barely buds to every bud in a cluster being wide open. The picture has been run through home brew image processing software which manipulated the colors and outlined details in black. The flowers are golden, the leaves dark blue and purple with red highlights, and the shadows are a vivid cyan.
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The original photo: Thanksgiving dinner/2021127

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A Thanksgiving feast: baked buttered rolls, mashed potatoes with gravy, turkey with gravy, dressing with gravy, black olives, crunchy vegetable salad, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce all on a fiesta patterned plate. The picture has been run through home brew image processing software which has super saturated the colors of the pixels selected by a Sobel filter algorithm. The overall effect is of a glowing meal, touched by the gods.
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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A Phunky Photo: Together, Together We're Golden II

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A Thanksgiving feast: baked buttered rolls, mashed potatoes with gravy, turkey with gravy, dressing with gravy, black olives, crunchy vegetable salad, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce all on a fiesta patterned plate. The picture has been run through home brew image processing software which has super saturated the colors of the pixels selected by a Sobel filter algorithm. The overall effect is of a glowing meal, touched by the gods.
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The original photo: spring ferns/2020517

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Mid-may ferns filling the frame.
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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A Phunky Photo: Springing II Ferns

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Mid-may ferns filling the frame. The picture has been run through home brew image processing software which has super saturated the colors and outlined details in black.
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The original photo: red dogwood/20240507

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A cluster of Red Dogwood leaves and flowers, the tiny buds just starting to open.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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A Phunky Photo: Springing

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A cluster of Red Dogwood leaves and flowers, the tiny buds just starting to open. The picture was generated by home brew image processing software which used a Sobel filter algorithm to select pixels from the original image and place them on a black background.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The original photo: pachysandra/20250424

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A frame filled with flowering pachysandra plants.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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A Phunky Photo: 'Sandra

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A frame filled with flowering pachysandra plants. The picture has been run through home brew image processing software which has super saturated the colors and outlined details in black.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The original photo: April daffodils/20250418

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A frame filled with roughly a dozen paperwhite daffodils in full bloom, shot from a quarter profile view.
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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A Phunky Photo: Daffodil Sketches

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A frame filled with roughly a dozen paperwhite daffodils in full bloom, shot from a quarter profile view. The picture has been run through home brew image processing software which used a Sobel filter algorithm to select pictures from the original image and lay them down a black background.
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Can I get a hallelujah?
Can I get an amen?
Feels like the Holy Ghost runnin' through ya
When I play the Highway FM
The Pope at a microphone as if singing karaoke.
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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The original photo: Rose of Sharon buds/20251104

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A cluster of Rose of Sharon buds against an out-of-focus background of greenery. The buds never blossomed because of an extended period of near drought.
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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A Phunky Photo: Lost Potential

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A cluster of Rose of Sharon buds against an out-of-focus background of greenery. The buds never blossomed because of an extended period of near drought. The original picture has been run through home brew image processing software which has selected pixels based on a Sobel filter algorithm, used a palette of bright colors to change them, and placed that on a black background.
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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The original photo: Calvin Against the Wind/20251120

(free hand copy of a portion of a Calvin and Hobbes strip)

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A hand drawn copy of Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) on a very windy day. Graphite on hand made paper.
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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A Phunky Photo: WIMDY

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A hand drawn copy of Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) on a very windy day. Graphite on hand made paper. The original picture was run through home brew image processing software which manipulated the colors and outlined details in black. The sketch is now in bright blue lines on a bright red background.
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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The original photo: burning bush/20251114

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A frame filled with a view of a late-Autumn Burning Bush plant, leaves mostly turned to the shade that gives it its name.
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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A Phunky Photo: Burning

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A frame filled with a view of a late-Autumn Burning Bush plant, leaves mostly turned to the shade that gives it its name. The picture has been run through home brew image processing software which has manipulated the colors and outlined details in black. The colors, chosen from the PIL built-in colormaps palette 'jet', are a nearest match to the original colors, giving the image an overall feel of an old-fashioned illustration.
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The original photo: cosmos/2025114

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Two frost damaged cosmos blossoms against an out-of-focus background of various foliage.
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM