Category: Digital photography
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TSA: batteries are weapons prohibited in planes
Here we are! Transport regulation authorities added the Lithium batteries to the list of banned objects in carry-on luggage in planes. Of course, Lithium batteries can explode. But they took the additional step of prohibiting them when they are out of the device and contain more than 2g of Lithium… Photographers leaving for a long…
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Questions to ask yourself about a photo
I find that it is possible to improve yourself by looking at your own pictures like any outside critic would. For this, because it is often hard to make this schizophrenic move, I developped a number of questions I ask myself when I look at my own photos. While some questions can (and should) be…
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Butterfly and caterpillar
Leucadia longwing (Heliconius Leucadia, H.W. Bates 1862) Unidentified caterpillar Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them
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Photographers
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Don’t you wonder how the small bird did not fly away?
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Black-collared Hawk
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis, Buse à tête blanche).
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Limpkin in Pantanal, Brazil
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Limpkin (Aramus guarauna, Courlan brun). Shot in Brazil, October 2007.
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Lightzone is back for Unix/Linux
Do you remember my newsbit about LightZone for Linux? Unfortunately, you may also have noticed that some time later, LightCrafts had stopped distributing it. However, after a petition on the forums, things changed again and version 3.3 beta of LightZone for Linux is again available for download. It is still difficult to be sure if…
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Plumbeous Ibis
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Plumbeous Ibis (Theristicus caerulescens, Ibis plombé). Shot in Brazil, 2007.
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Canon EOS 5D Mk II started selling (really?)
BestPriceCameras.com on-line photo seller is trying to get some cheap money out of the rumours around the upcoming replacement for the Canon EOS 5D: They opened a product page for the Canon EOS 5D Mk II. However, they appear to be one of the most despised shops on the web with low customer rating, plenty…