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Improved Capture
Following on from the last post, I thought I’d pop up an example to highlight the improvements possible through just the right choice and use of software. The picture above was taken back in 2008, on my old Canon 40D. Continue reading
What’s More Important: Hardware or Software?
We live, as some of you might have noticed, in a digital age. The displacement of older technologies by digital versions has been accompanied and largely enabled by rapid, substantial advances in technology. Yet a couple of recent experiences suggest Continue reading
Review – Olympus TG2 “Tough” Camera
There’s a salutory lesson here about not jumping to premature conclusions. Based on my first impressions of this camera I had mentally started drafting a review based on praising the hardware, but with some criticism of the software and firmware. Continue reading
Photographing Waterfalls
I’m afraid I don’t subscribe to the received wisdom that waterfalls should be photographed with long exposures which capture the flow as a sort of silky mush. That might work for gentle trickles in dappled glades, but if you’re looking Continue reading
USA 2012 – Technical Review
Or, “What Worked and What Didn’t” As usual, I tried to take a few notes regarding the more “technical” aspects of our holiday, which may be useful to others planning a similar trip. One spectacular success was having Laurent Matres’ Continue reading
The Back of Beyond
I haven’t posted any photos since the end of our USA trip, but I have, finally, got back to sorting out my Iceland photos from last year. I thought, therefore, I would share this shot with you. It’s from an Continue reading
Are There More Bricks or Photos?
Recently on The Online Photographer, I saw that in 1976 a leading commentator on photography asserted that “the world now contains more photographs than bricks.” While I hate to be contrary (no I don’t! :)), I’m not convinced that the Continue reading
MFT: Formula, What Formula?
In a discussion with Phil Harvey of exiftool fame, it became apparent that the first problem I have to solve in respect of Micro Four Thirds lens correction is to understand the formula, or formulae, being used to apply the Continue reading
The Micro Four Thirds Lens Correction Project
Although most Micro Four Thirds (MFT) lenses are tiny, the cameras produce great JPG files with apparently little or no geometric distortion. They do this by applying corrections in camera, and the correction parameter data is also stored with the Continue reading
A Case for Extreme HDR?
I’ve just been processing the shots from my steam train trip to Ludlow last year. Most are quite disappointing: the light was very poor, and you actually can’t get many pictures of a train if you’re travelling on it, and Continue reading
Album Update
For those dedicated (or deluded?) souls who follow my photography, I’ve just posted a number of updates to my online album, particularly in the Action, Europe and Barbados sections. Take a look if you have a moment, and let me Continue reading
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