Category: Digital photography

  • Canon 5D replacement, rumours about sensor size

    It’s amazing the number of unfounded rumours flowing currently about the future replacement of the Canon EOS 5D camera, a nice Full Frame digital SLR from the market leader. It seems that Canon has put a tight cover on all information, it is quite probable that an announcement will be made on 24th of January…

  • Rufous horneo, finally visible

    For those of you who had been disappointed not to be able to see the photography of the Rufous Hornero, I want to tell that I’m back from my trip to South America and I have been able to repair the image.

  • Red-capped Cardinal

    Red-capped Cardinal

       Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis, Paroare rougecap). Brazil, 2007.

  • How to identify birds?

    After having shot a few hundreds (er… a few thousands) photos in Brazil, I ended up with a stack of images. Some were easy to label. Some were less esay to label. Particularly, for wild birds, the problem is to quickly determine the species that is appearing on the photo. Several solutions are open to…

  • Amazing images of Earth seen from space

    Amazing images of Earth seen from space

    Source: 11 phenomenal images of earth.

  • Red-crested Cardinal

    Red-crested Cardinal

    Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata, Paroare huppé). Brazil, 2007.

  • Brazil, Amazonia, a floating life-style

    Brazil, Amazonia, a floating life-style

    Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them

  • Parrots and parakeets, Brazil

    Parrots and parakeets, Brazil

    Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva, Amazone à front bleu)  Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus, perruche moine or conure souris or conure veuve) Nanday Parakeet (Nandayus nenday, Conure nanday) Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri, Toui à ailes jaunes) Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them Parrots and parakeets are found everywhere in South American forests. For me, it…

  • Rufous hornero

    Rufous hornero

    Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Rufous hornero (Furnarius rufus, Fournier roux). Brazil, 2007.