Monthly Archives: May 2009

Aperture Experiments – monochrome

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Playing around with Aperture, I'm slowly getting the hang of RAW treatment workflow after each day of shooting. A little bit of contrast here, adjusting the temperature there, a tad of vibrancy over here... What used to take me hours is now done in 10min thanks to the great "lift and stamp" tool.

But one thing I still can't get a hang of is monchrome conversion... This is a photo I took yesterday from the 27th floor of the Shinjuku L Tower (the Nikon Plaza showroom). From it, I made a version with each pre-defined setting of Aperture:

Default Monochrome - R30% G59% B11%

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Airline ticketing bullshit

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I was supposed to go to Paris with my girlfriend next week, but I suddenly have to cancel for various reasons. Checking the calendar, we decided we could report the trip to August and match it with a friend's wedding in Rome.

So I cancel her ticket first, which was an award ticket so it was rather easy. Then looking at my ticket, here's what I find in the oh-so-buggy Air France website:

  • It would cost me ¥650.000 to change my ticket, including the ¥15.000 modification fee

650.000 yens for changing my ticket

  • On the other hand, I could cancel my ticket for ¥30.000 and buy a new one for the exact same flights for ¥175.000

new ticket for 175.000

I'm calling the reservation desk Monday to see what they'll say (because of course there is no way to cancel the reservation online) but I'm sure they won't even blink...