On positive surprises

Streetlight, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

A short note: I didn't expect much with this photo, as it was a fast shot using automatic color balance, and these street lights typically have a really prominent yellow color cast. But surprise, surprise, the LX3 did a nice job here, at least I like the result.

But what I was really wanting to write about is the Cooliris plugin for Firefox. I read a note about it today in some photography blog, and decided to try it out, not having any big expectations. But what a plugin!

I haven't been too happy with browsing my photos on Flickr, but with Cooliris it is a pleasure. And there are several other sites working with the plugin as well, for example Google image search.