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 (DIR) Post #B4hrGREf7GUc4hmR5k by _thegeoff@mastodon.social
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       Going through old photos from my Twitter archive, this is an attempt at directed evolution in software using PHP (precisely the wrong language to use, but I was learning it at the time and it was a useful exercise).The program throws a randomly sized, coloured (rgba), positioned and orientated ellipse at the "canvas", compares it to the target image, and keeps it if it's closer. This is about 150k iterations, and took something like 12 hours. Not brilliant, but starting to get somewhere on a P2
       
 (DIR) Post #B4hrGRS8JBGgkU5C5Y by _thegeoff@mastodon.social
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       Ah, that time there were no pumpkins in the shop at Halloween (or turnips, which is more traditionally Scottish, and smell foul with a candle in them). This, however, mmmm, tasty. Circa 2011.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4hrGRhNOVSfVlDMqe by _thegeoff@mastodon.social
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       One of the only selfies I've ever taken....for some of the exposure....
       
 (DIR) Post #B4hrGRqErYYBxFMRf6 by _thegeoff@mastodon.social
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       This is how old pylons are removed from remote areas like the Cairngorms.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4hrGS1wA3uMXWpmtc by _thegeoff@mastodon.social
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       A cold Highland night, temperature dropped in the right way to cause a dew film, and then rapid nucleation/freezing.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4hrGSLQzZVJVzxMHo by _thegeoff@mastodon.social
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       A Moonbow! Rubbish photo, spoiled by the light pollution on the horizon, but I got it. Basically a rainbow, but being cast by the Moon, through a light mist.