Problem statement Sometimes, I am somewhat dissatisfied with the size of my digital photographs. The simplest way to improve (after the fact) is to run any Photoshop-like program, and apply a resampling (resize) preferably with the Lanczos method, in order to get 2x or 3x or 4x more pixels. It is fast and efficient, but…
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Some more waves
In a previous post here, I presented the wave photography done by Warren Keelan and Rachael Talibart. Since this is still a very attractive subject, and while I found some more aboutit, I want to share a couple of links with you. The Art of Waves: A Lifetime of Awe-Inspiring Surf Photographs talks about the…
Iberian lynx – Photos
encontrer dans l’hémisphère nord. L’une de ses sous-espèces les plus menacées est le lynx ibérique dont le nom rappelle qu’il ne se rencontre qu’en Espagne et au Portugal. Très menacé et très protégé, il est parfois possible de le trouver en images (le photographe a intérêt à se montrer discret et patient). Par exemple, il…
Waves!
Sometimes, I see a few photos that are really astonishing. Today, I would like to share the work of two photographers who have impressed me with subjects which may appear easy: Waves. However, both of them did a great job of showing them in ways that make them shine. Warren Keelan You should visit his website, Instagram, Facebook, 500px,…
User manual for the Canon EOS 90D
Were you still hesitating before purchasing the new Canon EOS 90D? Did you immediately lose the user manual for your new Canon EOS 90D? YLovePhoto is here to help. User manual of the Canon EOS 90D in English Manuel utilisateur du Canon EOS 90D en français Le maximum avec le 90D (Amazon) Canon EOS 90D:…
Improve your photographic skills with a photo challenge
One little idea to progress in our mastering of the photographic technique: Take a photo challenge like “52 photos in 52 weeks”. There are many of them, but I looked at one of the most famous ones: The Dogwood 52 Week Photography Challenge. Major advantage: It does not concentrate on the technical side of photographic…
Field tests for the Nikon 180-400mm f/4 TC 1.4
If you consider buying an expensive lens like the $12,000 Nikon 180-400mm f/4 TC 1.4, you will find useful to read actual field tests (and not only the usual read-the-specs reviews that most web sites will provide). So, I found to welcome field tests that I’d like to recommend: Petapixel’s A Field Test of the…
Fast identify your USB drives and sticks
We are handling so many memory cards and USB thumb drives that it is often quite unpleasant to recognize them all. Sometimes, because it is difficult to find them in the photographer bag, sometimes because all these look alike when plugged into our computers. wouldn’t it be great if we had a simple way to…
Darktable: From Linux/Mac to Windows
Good news: Finally, free Darktable editing software arrives on Windows to compete with Adobe Lightroom.
Extreme wildlife telephoto
Telephoto tip: If you add enough converters and extenders, you don’t actually need a fancy lens. The original appeared on https://xkcd.com/1855/ (a web site perfectly suited to geeks, photographers or not).
No battery in checked luggage anymore?
The most recent idea of air transport: Worried about the risk induced by a battery when it is heated or if it short-circuit itself out of nothing more than thin air, some airline companies (e.g. Air India) had already imposed a rule prohibiting all batteries from checked luggage (you had to put them in cabin…
Our backups after the end of CrashPlan for Home
In the past, I did some recommendations about backups. Today, I insist on the criticity for the digital photographer to keep her eyes on this operation (who did not discovere with horror that some files had disappeard from the hard disk drive?). But this now becomes a central question after CrashPlan announced the end of…
No more lost memory cards (Tip)
My personal prophylactics in order to avoid loosing memory cards and photos on memory cards: Always format the memory card in-camera (formatting on a computer may not be right for your camera, same thing about formatting on another camera) Always wait 3 seconds before ejecting the memroy card (or check the red LED flashing on…
Adobe Bridge for free
One of the most attracting features of the Adobe Photoshop CC suite of photographic tools is its image management tool which allows sorting, ordering, labeling and most important -to my eyes- comparing several pictures in order to choose the best one. Yes, I have the (bad?) habit of shooting in rapid fire when I’m photographing wildlife, but…
Pre-flight checklist for photographers
Travelling for photography is an activity loaded with stresses and constraints of all kinds. Much more so than if you merely go and shoot street photography downtown. All the more if this includes at least one flight to destination. Pros and those who did suffer a lot from these situations collected enough experience to build…
RAW or JPEG?
It seems that this question will always be there to haunt photographers (enthiusiasts and pros as well as mere amateurs). You should believe that the answer is complicated and prone to errors. Or that the issues are so thorny that nobody can answer. Again this month, I walked by a pro photographer on a mission…
Download the Pentax K-1 user manual
You can now get the Pentax K-1 user manual in several languages right from Internet: Pentax K-1, Operating Manual (English) Pentax K-1, Manual de Instrucciones Mode d’emploi du Pentax K-1 en français Have fun reading these Pentax K-1 documents.
Nikon D500 user manuals – ready for download
You can get the Nikon D500 user manual (or more precisely “manuals”, since there are several of them on the Nikon web site now): User’s Manual English (for customers in Europe) User’s Manual English (for customers in the Americas) User’s Manual English (for customers in Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa) Benutzerhandbuch (Deutsch) Руководство…
Nikon D5 user manual – ready for download
You can get the Nikon D5 user manual (or more precisely “manuals”, since there are several of them on the Nikon web site now): User’s Manual English (for customers in Europe) User’s Manual English (for customers in the Americas) User’s Manual English (for customers in Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa) Manuel d’utilisation Français…
Download the Sony A77II documents
Some of the Sony Alpha 77II documents are available to download: International User manual for Sony A77II Sony A77II brochure in English Sony A77II User Manual in English
Paris – Saigon, an hyperlapse trip
Two cities in completely different worlds. But they were shot by two photographers-videographers-hyperlapsers. To watch just for the pleasure of it. Paris: Bonjour Paris | A Hyper-Lapse Film – In 4K from Tyler Fairbank on Vimeo. Saigon:
Vincent Munier fears no snow
Wildlife photographer Vincent Munier short documentary film, titled “Arctique” is a way to discover how his great pictures are taken, inorder to display the great beauty of the arctic.
Autofocusing guides
What could be more frustrating that holding a DLSR camera worth thousands of bucks and not being able to focus on the subject in front of you? So, I collected a few excellent guides or tutorials which provide good summaries (I think) of the possibilities of these cameras when it comes to autofocus or AF.…
Choose the best monitor for photography
Even before your camera, the computer monitor is the tool that the photographer uses most often. With the advent of digital techniques in photography, we spend more and ore time in front of this large screen where we select the best shots, we correct minor errors, improve the overall appearance of our best photos (and…
Photograph Northern Lights
It appears that 2015 and 2016 are the stage for maximum solar activity leading to a peak in number and intensity of polar auroras, these marvellous light exhibits that Nature displays in the night sky under high latitudes. If you travel to Canada, Scandinavia or Russia this Winter (long nights!), you may be tempted to…