Category: Digital photography
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Handbook of animal anatomy (lions and others)
These images come from the classic works of the German veterinary anatomists, Wilhelm Ellenberger and Hermann Baum, and medical illustrator, Hermann Dittrich. The texts, from which these illustrations were derived, are works published in 1898 and 1911 through 1925, all entitled ‘Handbuch der Anatomie der Tiere für Künstler‘ which can be translated as “Handbook (or…
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Wikipedia in one snapshot
A beautiful WWW is publishing views of Wikipedia where one image sums it up. This map is generated using information about each article (edit activity, links, etc.) The latest graph was done for the Science-related articles.
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The most stunning photos of hummingbirds
Greg Scott is really an impressive wild life photographer. His images of hummingbirds are simply astounding: clear, detailed, nicely framed and showing the bird in the most surprising positions. I bow to this master! Sources: Greg Scott photo gallery, Greg Scott web site.
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Muscovy duck
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it The muscovy duck is found in many places in Brazil. This one is trying to dry its wings.
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Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it A nice Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) clutching its tree trunk. The early hour led to the very visible use of the flash to light this scene.
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Poor man’s fish eye lens
If you are not really after image quality, but would like to have original images (more or less this is the profile of the Lens Baby crowd), you can build your own ultra-wide-angle (fish eye) lens out of a door peephole and a cheap lens cap. The result is as bad as can be expected,…
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Hero in the Sun – behaviour
A few weeks ago, in October 2007, I was in Brazil shooting wild life images. A lot of these photos are showing birds and their beaviour. Interestingly, when back in France, I found a photo and an article in ScienceBlogs Select where GrrlScientist was surprised by a behaviour from a Great Blue Hero I had…
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Shock photos from planet Mars
The Hirise exploration vessel from NASA arrived near planet MArs last September. Able to shoot photos from the red planet at an amazing resolution (around 1 meter per pixel), Hirise sends us back some really astounding images. Some of them bring the memory of the great images of Y.Arthus-Bertrand in his Earth seen from the…
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Golden Tegu – South American lizard seen in Brazil
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Despite its name, this large lizard can be found in white, yellow or green colours. This one was nearly perfectly black and white.