Category: Photo

  • Miracle cure to clean up your photos

    Miracle cure to clean up your photos

    It’s a bane for photographers: There is always a little detail in the picture that we would like to remove. If it is an ugly little spot your best graphics suite will do. If it is something much more annoying (a fence, people, etc.), it may be a near to impossible task. Now, if you…

  • Automatic correction of your photos

    Automatic correction of your photos

    Removing an annoying front element, adding a few people to fill a too empty street, replacing an ugly part of an image. And do it automagically! This is what is offered by Carnegie Mellon University with its Clip Art and Scene Completion highly innovating tools just presented by their Graphics Labs. Carnegie Mellon, Graphics Labs

  • Baby on board, more of the worst

    Baby on board, more of the worst

    If the usual “Baby on board” sign no longer satisfy you. Have a look at its best extension.

  • Canon EOS 40D: First real images?

    Canon EOS 40D: First real images?

    This time, it seems that Canon let go a few images to start just-not-officially teasing the public. The first shots are not giving too much information, but it’s a good confirmation that it’s probably arriving very very soon. No violent changes visible when we compare with the old Canon EOS 20D or 30D. I think…

  • Canon 40D as seen by Chasseur d’Images

    Again, Chasseur d’Images provided its forecast/rumour collection for the upcoming Canon 40D. Since some people wanted to see the list because it may be difficult to find the magazine out of Western Europe, here is a summary: Same chassis as the 30D Same viewfinder as the 30D No specific weather protection (competitive disadvantage against Nikon…

  • Nikon D300 according to Chasseur d’Images

    Chasseur d’Images, the first European photo magazine published the rumoured/forecasted characteristics of the upcoming Nikon D300 (or would it be Nikon D200x?): Will come end of July Same good viewfinder as D200 Same chassis as D200 Weather protection Sony sensor APS-C of 12/13 Mpixels (possibly improved over the standard Sony version) New chip for better…

  • Are lions really dangerous?

    Are lions really dangerous?

    Sure they are! But Kevin Richardson, animal behaviourist, has learned how to go freely with them. He found that behaving submissively could ensure that the lions would accept him in their group. Source: DailyMail.

  • 90+ online photography tools and resources

    Mashable published a list of Internet resources particularyl useful to photographers. The list is organised aroudn the following categories: Online photo Editors – Editeurs de photo en ligne Photo sharing – Partage de photographies Free photo hosting – Hébergement gratuit de photographies en ligne Photography blogs – Blogs photographiques Mashups – Combinaisons Mobile Photo mixing…

  • New Sony D-SLR at Akihabara

    The successor of the Alpha 100 from Sony (digital single lens reflex camera) was at the center of an article on the web site of Akihabara (the technology business/sales quarter of Tokyo). New Sony D-SLR on AkihabaraNews Nothing great or very new, but 12.8 MP, up to 3200 ISO, 10 frames per second and image…