Photo curiosity

  • My own photo portfolio

    My own photo portfolio

    There, on my personal blog, I run a continuous stream of many of my newest photographs, as soon as they are available. But if I also try to group all the pictures I am most proud of. Let’s meet on: Wild Focus This is the web site of my portfolios. There, you will see the…

  • Photography quote of the day

    Photography quote of the day

    The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed. Anne Geddes

  • Ready-to-download Canon EOS R/RP manuals

    Ready-to-download Canon EOS R/RP manuals

    Finally, Canon made the user manuals available to download for the Canon EOS R and Canon EOS RP full -frame mirrorless cameras. So, here they are ready for you, if this can help you reading them. Canon EOS RP Advanced User Guide (English) Canon EOS R Advanced User Guide (English) Canon EOS RP Guide d’utilisation…

  • Macro photo for hummingbirds

    Macro photo for hummingbirds

    I would like to propose an idea (and practical solutions) to reach an unusual technique for unusual photo subjects. We all know about wildlife photography. Most of us have seen nice pictures taken of hummingbirds (their colors are often impressive and changing with light). Most photographers will try and make good images of a flying…

  • Photography quote of the day

    Photography quote of the day

    It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter. Alfred Eisenstaedt The subject before the gear.

  • Photography quote of the day

    Photography quote of the day

    The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. Susan Meiselas

  • Photography quote of the day

    Photography quote of the day

    No place is boring, if you’ve had a good night’s sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film. Robert Adams You need both.

  • Upscaling a photo with free AI

    Upscaling a photo with free AI

    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…

  • Evolution to favor user privacy

    Evolution to favor user privacy

    After the recent information updates from CNIL and other European privacy-supporting public agencies (in Austria, in Italy, etc.), it was becoming clear that the use of Google Analytics to track visitor statistics on our web site was non-compliant with parts of the requirements of GDPR (specifically but not only, because Google data is stored in…