The Turquoise Trail

Day 3 We drove the Turquoise Trail from Albuquerque to Santa Fe via Madrid (pronounced with the accent on the first syllable to avoid confusion with that other place in Spain). A pleasant drive although with some boring stretches. First … Continue reading

Saturday, October 20, 2012 in Travel, USA 2012

Back in the US of A

For 2012 we decided on a return to the American Southwest, but following a more easterly route exploring Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado, ending up at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. Once again our main guide was Laurent Martres’ excellent … Continue reading

Friday, October 19, 2012 in Travel, USA 2012

Sunset and Swirling Sea

Too many of my recent posts have been technical ones, especially with trying to get the “Micro Four Thirds Lens Correction Project” off the ground, so here’s a nice picture to address the balance. This is from our short trip … Continue reading

Thursday, September 13, 2012 in Travel

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

Friday, September 7, 2012 in Micro Four Thirds

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

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 in Code & Development, Micro Four Thirds, Photography

Re-Use Achieved with Elegance

I just realised I haven’t posted anything for a week or two, so I thought you might like to see one of my photos. We had a great trip last year to Maastricht, enjoying not only the wandering around a … Continue reading

Thursday, August 9, 2012 in Travel

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

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 in Photography

Finally, Something Smaller

First Impressions of the Panasonic GH2 Continue reading

Thursday, June 28, 2012 in Micro Four Thirds, Photography, Thoughts on the World

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

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in Photography

Thar She Blows!

The wildlife on a Barbados trip is usually pretty predictable: lizards, turtles, monkeys, flying fish, various small birds and fish. This year had already improved on the norm with a couple of hummingbird sightings, but that was before our catamaran … Continue reading

Saturday, April 28, 2012 in Barbados, Photography, Travel

Singin’ the Blues…

Sorting out a few old photos, I got to some I took at a concert by the Walter Trout band in October 2010. Those of the great man himself and the other instrumentalists are fine, but I was particularly pleased … Continue reading

Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Photography

Crete Portfolio

Our 2010 trip to Crete wasn’t a great success either as a holiday or photographically, mainly due to rather grotty weather. However, I did get one or two interesting shots. If you’re tempted, have a look at the album here. Continue reading

Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Photography