Category: Digital photography
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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.
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Leopard as seen by the photographer
All you readers that mix love for Apple and love for photography will be delighted to know that there is a good article by Henrik Paul about the use of the newest Apple MacOS 10.5 Operating System (codenamed Leopard) by the digital photographer.
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Leaked images of Canon EOS 5D Mk II
Since the recent leak of the name of the newest full-frame sensor D-SLR from Canon (Canon EOS 5D Mk II), there was a post on DPreview forums showing what are -allegedly- images of this camera. It seems too good to be true, or the camera is nearly ready for announcement. the back of the camera…
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Southern Lapwing
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it This bird is also known in South Brazil, where it is very common, as Quero Quero because of its cry (in French Vanneau téro).
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All images from the Moon
NASA finally decided to publish high-resolution scans of all the photos taken by the Lunar Apollo expeditions in the 60’s and 70’s. A huge publication work but that is welcome remembering the enormous successes and horrendous claims that accompany them.
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Canon EOS 5D Mk II
We don’t know much about the future successor to the excellent digital single-lens reflex camera Canon EOS 5D (the first D-SLR with a nearly affordable full-frame sensor). It is still uncertain that it’s name will really be EOS 5D Mk II, but it’s now definitely possible since Phase One, editor of the high-end photo retouching…
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Canon EOS 40D: firmware upgraded again
After going to version 1.0.4, we hear that the firmware for the Canon EOS 40D camera is now in version 1.0.5. I balance between the admiration for a company (Canon) that do not hesitate to quickly correct the bugs of its software and the impatience o seeing the device was obviously not ready for the…
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Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them Superb small bird whose attitude is a gift for the bird photographer. Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana, Tyran des savanes). Brazil 2007.