Technology opinions and digital photography
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Soon: A new lens in my bag
Happy news here: I finally bought a lens I wanted for quite some time. I found and paid on eBay a Minolta APO G 400mm f/4.5 (Yes! The old white lens that is renowned so much for its optical and mechanical quality, while being nearly impossible to find in auctions). It will go really well…
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Brown-hooded Gull
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis, Mouette de Patagonie). Brazil, 2007.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Clear Sky, images and reviews
Like all Internet reviewers, I hate this title because of the strain it puts on the writer just to put the name down on the keyboard. However, it has received a number of reviews. Let’s see some of them: JeuxVideoPC.com (screenshots) GameSpy (in English) CVG (in English) EuroGamer first impressions (in English) IGN (screenshots) Hooked…
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Plenty of tips for food photography
I don’t know why (maybe because I’m looking for them) but I seem to find plenty of posts about optimizing your photography of food. Let’s share some of the best ones here: First, a real collection of them in one place: Big and Tasty Food Photography Tips Roundup. A smaller list of them: The Ten…
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PhotoShop Express online – a few reviews
This was a little event a few days ago: Adobe launched its first beta version of the online PhotoShop under the name of Photoshop Express. As it was easy to predict, it’s not as simple as marketing would like you to believe and you cannot replace one by the other as most of the reviews…
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Kelp gull
The largest gull of South-American continent, easily recognized from its plummage and the red spot on the inferior mandible of its yellow beak. Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus, Goéland dominicain). Brazil, 2007. Note: These kelp gull photos are the beginning of a series of images I brought back…
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Great coins for Great Britain
“You’ve got to love those coins!” Do you believe that I could tell you so? Surely not. Even better, you can be surprised to learn that I found that in a web site about design and arts (Baekdal.com). And it is defintely a great design for something as old as coins. The new UK coins…
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Fiction of the day: Security question, by Ramon Rozas III
I found this funny little piece of SciFi/security litterature. I’m sure you’ll like it. The man blurred into existence behind the dense shrubs, and checked a small device he took from his pocket. Since time and date seemed correct, he straightened his sports coat and stepped from behind the bushes. […]
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Idea for a new typography term
Source: Ironic Sans.
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