Category: Digital photography

  • Red-breasted blackbird, female

    Red-breasted blackbird, female

    Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Red-breasted blackbird (Sturnella militaris, Sturnelle militaire). Brazil, 2007.

  • Greyish Saltator

    Greyish Saltator

    Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens, Saltator gris). Brazil, 2007.

  • No 5D replacement

    Since we did not see any announcement in today’s press conference from Canon, I suspect that we will have to wait a little more to see a replacement for the Canon EOS 5D.

  • Samsung GX-20

    Samsung GX-20

    After the announcement of the Pentax K20D, Samsung imemdiately rushed its own version under the name of Samsung GX-20. There is no surprise here since the contracts/agreements between Pentax and Samsung allow them to share the 14.6MP CMOS sensor developped by Samsung and to produce cameras that are essentially identical: same electronic hardware, slightly different…

  • Pintos, by Bev Doolittle

    Pintos, by Bev Doolittle

    Pinto horses, five of them, in “Pintos”, one of many optical illusion-based paintings from Bev Doolittle.

  • Orange-backed Troupial

    Orange-backed Troupial

    Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it My photo is just Ok, but it’s not as nice as the one from Rémy Robin, hereafter, which I thank for allowing me to present it here: Copyright Rémy Robin – All rights reservedClick on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus, Troupiale orange).…

  • Brazilian Ruby (Brazilian Hummingbird)

    Brazilian Ruby (Brazilian Hummingbird)

    Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Hummingbirds are awfully difficult to shoot in a photo: They move fast, they never stay put, they’re small. But they are so beautiful. Brazilian Ruby (Clytolaema rubricauda, Colibri rubis-émeraude). Brazil, 2007.

  • Canon EOS 5D Mk II or Canon EOS 6D/7D

    It’s not only a naming game. Since people are waiting for a possible launch by Canon on the 24th of January, and since they don’t see anything coming during the waiting period, speculations abound. Now the rumour is that Canon will launch only a EOS 450D (or Rebel XTs, Rebel XTS, the silver version of…

  • Bare-faced Ibis, Whispering Ibis

    Bare-faced Ibis, Whispering Ibis

    Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Bare-faced Ibis, whispering ibis (Phimosus infuscatus, Ibis à face nue). Brazil, 2007.