Photo curiosity
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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…
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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…
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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.
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Photography quote of the day
The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. Susan Meiselas
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…