[HN Gopher] U.S.D.A. Pomological Watercolor Collection ___________________________________________________________________ U.S.D.A. Pomological Watercolor Collection Author : bookofjoe Score : 37 points Date : 2022-03-03 21:06 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (naldc.nal.usda.gov) (TXT) w3m dump (naldc.nal.usda.gov) | frabbit wrote: | I clicked on this by mistake at work: I thought it said | pornological. | dole wrote: | as they say, keming is important. | bowmessage wrote: | yes, but they're still nice looking peaches. | elil17 wrote: | The USDA National Agriculture Library has a bunch of cool digital | exhibits: https://www.nal.usda.gov/collections/exhibits | | They also host free webinars about food, agriculture, and | ecology. | | If you're in Beltsville, Maryland, you can visit and see the | collections in person: | https://specialcollections.nal.usda.gov/visit-special-collec... | | Also, their building, the Lincoln Building, is really cool | architecturally: | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Agric... | [deleted] | abracadaniel wrote: | There was a fun twitter bot that used these designs to generate | new fruits. Source code in the bio. | https://twitter.com/new_fruits | monkeybutton wrote: | Now I really want to make a version with GANs.. This fruit does | not exist! | perihelions wrote: | https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pome#English | | - _" (botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh | arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the | carpels."_ | | - _" Hyponyms: apple, pear, quince"_ | | - _" The best-known example of a pome is the apple."_ | abeppu wrote: | At first I thought these were cute little still lifes, but from | the date range ... were these of scientific use during a period | when color photography wasn't easily accessible? I'm aware that | color photography did exist and was producing pretty good results | in the early 20th century. By the late 30s/early 40s, would it be | surprising to still be using watercolors to try to capture and | convey images where subtle color differences are important? | detaro wrote: | Look at a modern-day plant or animal field guide. A lot of the | time you'll find drawings, not photos. Getting color "correct" | in photos isn't that much easier (esp in the past), and | drawings are flexible in presenting the right amount of detail | and optimal perspectives. Of course with plants you don't have | the problem of them running away and not sitting still properly | and can pose photos well, but drawings are still done a lot. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-03-03 23:00 UTC)