Re: Pixsylated’s Speedlite Wishlist
Syl Arena, over at www.pixsylated.com recently put up a Canon Speedlite Wishlist. Syl gives us 17 points to chew on that he thinks would make Canon’s Speedlite system better; most of which I agree with, some I think are silly, and some I think are a bad idea in the larger scheme of things. However, […]
Painting with Fireworks
The fourth of July, Independence day in the USA. The one time per year I get to photograph serious firework displays with out having to travel out of my way or fight crowds. The only disadvantage, there’s never a foreground to speak up, which makes the images a lot less interesting. However, it does have […]
Lightroom: Expanding and Collapsing all Subitems
Expand and collapse all child elements in tree-view lists such as the folder list or category list.
Peep, Peep, Peep Goes the Mockingbird
It’s that time of year again, the Northern Mockingbirds that nested a month or two ago are now in the “mommy feed me” stage. Unfortunately for me this one has been sitting outside of my window but not somewhere I could be photographed all day, peeping continuously.
Lenses, Lens Hoods and Crop Bodies
Professionals and serious amateur photographers alike know that lens hoods are an important part of the lens. A properly designed lens hood shades the lens’s front element or protective filters, from stray non-image producing light. The stray light can bounce around inside the lens and reduce contrast as well as create flare (if sufficiently close […]
The National Geographic Complete Birds of North America Review
A reasonable desk reference for bird identification, though not one I use as much as my copy of The Sibley Guide to Birds.
Olympus E-P1: Evolution, Revolution or Just Another Camera
It’s been the dream of serious digital photographers for a long time now, a small digital system with interchangeable lenses, near SLR image quality and a pocketable design. The first real attempt at a “pro P&S” could be the Sigma DP1. Its large SLR sized (1.7x crop) sensor produced amazing images behind the fixed 16.6mm […]
Autofocus Testing and AF Micro-Adjustments
If there’s one thing I’ve learned today, it’s that auto focus alignment tests are not for the faint of heart. Better yet, as I’m slowly becoming convinced, anyone. I certainly wouldn’t recommend even bothering unless you are almost certain that your lens is consistently misfocusing with significant repeatability. I spent the better part of today […]
Camera Settings for HDR and Multiple Exposures
HDR Photography and blending bracketed exposures are two ways to capture large dynamic range scenes, especially when you don’t have a graduated neutral density filter. These are some solutions I’ve found for setting up your camera for those types of images, especially in the early morning when you’re not fully awake.
The House of Refuge at Gilbert’s Bar, Hutchinson Island
I was going though my reading list in Google reader and realized that Moose Peterson, is probably the most prolific poster of imagery of all the people I follow, not to mention he’s posting something like 2 or 3 times a day. Of course if you ask me, he’s lucky living somewhere with more accessible […]