Category: Photo
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Slow Sync Flash
The technique of Slow synch flash is somewhat difficult to master and this is why I invite you to check the Digital Photography School and its article about it: Slow Sync Flash.
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Confusion at the Johns
You should always read signs carefully. Those are a good example coming from an (Irish?) pub. I guess that the patrons have fun all night long just listening to the shouts coming from the Men’s Room and the Ladies’ Room.
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Crop circles and more
You already knew about the unreadable writings done (by and for extra-terrestrial beings) under the form of ground engravings in South America or crop circles in Europe and North America, but human marketing people will not let themselves outdone by little grey (or green) men for large scale communication:
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Borneo rhino on video
Borneo rhinoceros is certainly an endangered species with only a few dozen individuals alive. The first photo of one was shot only last year, but the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) project has published the first video staging a Borneo rhino. Source: The Guardian.
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2007 images of the Denis-Huot
Back from safari, I went and checked the web site of Michel & Christine Denis-Huot. Some new images from 2007. Most have been there already for some time. But this is regularly updated. Copyright 2007 M&C Denis-Huot
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Wallhogs: Big prints for your walls
Essentially, Wallhogs is accepting your picture files to prepare special prints of large size: Decals, that would be nice to stick on a wall or on your fridge Posters (you know that don’t you?) Canvas prints, that would mimic a canvas paint
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Amazon buys DPReview
DPReview has always been a very interesting photo-related web site with a vibrant community of forum users. Today, they announce that they have been bought by Amazon.com. It came to me as a surprise that a retailer like Amazon would be interested in such a web site, but it probably proves that the giant retail…
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The lightest DIY tripod
Most photographers know about the tripods used to stabilize a camera. Some use a monopod that is lighter even if a little less stable. But, here is an extreemely simple tripod replacement just made out of string. String Tripod.
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Panoramic world record: Biggest panoramic photo is 13 Giga-bytes
Did you think that you needed a little more space to store the RAW digital files of your digital camera? Think again. Photographer Gérard Maynard and French panorama software company Kolor created a panoramic digital photograph of no less that 13 Giga-bytes. 2045 photos stitched together using Kolor’s AutoPano Pro software. Gérard Maynard used a…