Thursday, August 21, 2014

WOODMONT WATCH: RESTART T-MINUS 24 HOURS IN BETHESDA (PHOTOS)

Here's how Woodmont Avenue looks south of Bethesda Avenue, just one day before it is scheduled to reopen (although the official language has been "on or about August 22." New signage again confirms that pedestrians will not be accommodated on the temporary 2-lane road. There are no bike lanes. There is also a sign stating that Woodmont Avenue is not a government-maintained road. Does anyone know what the implications of that are? Does it relate to liability issues if someone's car is damaged while driving on the road, or has an accident?






9 comments:

Woodmont said...

From the looks of it, Ourisman Honda and EuroMotorcars Volvo will have a nice twisty road for test drives.

Anonymous said...

Too much HDR DYER ... GOD!

Anonymous said...

What about Leland St between Woodmont and Bradley Blvd? Is that opening too?

Frank said...

I'm staying away from that area this weekend. I fear that there will be rioting if Woodmont Avenue doesn't re-open tomorrow night.

Robert Dyer said...

11:39 - I believe the turn prohibition remains in place throughout construction.

Robert Dyer said...

What is "HDR"?

Anonymous said...

High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI or HDR) is a set of techniques used in imaging and photography to reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than possible using standard digital imaging or photographic techniques.

HDR images can represent a greater range of luminance levels found in real-world scenes, from direct sunlight to faint nebula. It is often achieved by capturing and then combining different exposures of the same subject matter.[1][2][3][4]

Non-HDR cameras take photographs with a limited exposure range, resulting in the loss of detail in bright or dark areas. HDR compensates for this loss of detail by capturing multiple photographs at different exposure levels and combining them to produce a photograph representative of a broader tonal range.

The two primary types of HDR images are computer renderings and images resulting from merging multiple low-dynamic-range (LDR)[5] or standard-dynamic-range (SDR)[6] photographs. HDR images can also be acquired using special image sensors, like oversampled binary image sensor. Tone mapping methods, which reduce overall contrast to facilitate display of HDR images on devices with lower dynamic range, can be applied to produce images with preserved or exaggerated local contrast for artistic effect.

Anonymous said...

Too much HDR on your camera settings makes the photos look over processed.

I normally like the photos you post, but agree that they look a bit too processed and with too much HDR. Perhaps a setting on your camera for HDR could be lowered.

Robert Dyer said...

HDR was not used on the camera. It was a filter added later to bring out the texture of the new road, and other details.