Category: Use

  • HDR Imaging applied to Paleontological specimen photography

    If you are interested in HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging, it may be fun to look at a scientific paper from Jessica M. Theodor and Robin S. Furr, in Palaeontologia Electronica. There, scientists interested in the best possible representation of paleontological specimens describe how to use HDR photography when taking scientific pictures. Source: Palaeontologia Electronica

  • UK: Kingdom of low-flying plane photo

    Did you know that the United Kigdom is certainly the country where photography of low-level flying military airplanes is the most developped? Hundreds of enthusiastic amateur photographers catch amazing pictures of flying planes seen from above on a background which is no longer the usual bright sky. Why United Kingdom, would you ask? Because this…

  • Cheap and to-the-point

    Sometimes, you just want a simple tool that is cheap and does exactly what is advertised. And only that. Today, here are two of these. PhotoPerfect Express is a freeware version of the $59.99 PhotoPerfect suite from Arcadia Software. What I like most: It does not do much, but it’s what 90% of us need…

  • Time lapse 6: Introductive lesson

    When I started writing a short series of posts about time-lapse photography, I thought it would be quick. But I keep getting information about good web sites and articles about it. So, I could not close this without mentionning the introduction to time-lapse photography just posted on Digital Photography School (an excellent web site, by…

  • Time lapse 5: Moon eclipse

    Sometimes, the time-lapse collation of images does not lead to a video, but to a complex picture. Like this one from NASA. A Time-Lapse Lunar Eclipse Credit & Copyright: Forrest J. Egan (Digital Astro) Explanation: During a lunar eclipse, our Moon appeared to disappear. As the Earth moved between the Moon and the Sun, the…

  • Learn photo

    The great Recession is here, you are depressed as I am and you do not know what to do. Change gears! Go and teach yourself photo and a lot of its techniques on web sites like Photojojo and Digital Photography School. I found there a lot of ideas, tricks and tips I use. But, above…

  • Nature and wildlife photography

    Nature photography and wildlife photography are two specialities that can be classified as difficult. Here, nothing beats advice from great photographers. This is why I noticed those two great articles, though they are very different: Mark Godfrey explains on Nature.org how are made some superb nature images. The pictures are permanent in their classic vibrance…

  • Nudes from Marc Hoppe

    Exceptionnally, I am going to present here photographs that may be deemed Not Safe for Work or for a restricted public. However, since they are really elegant and in good taste, I decided to make a little exception and I hope that the Internet censors will not jump out of their box. The nude pictures…

  • Time lapse 4: Flowers

    To close this week’s series about time lapse videos, here is one of the most classical and traditional subjects: Growing plants and blooming flowers. Lily Time-Lapse in HD from danLinfield on Vimeo. Amaryllis Awakening from David Lanier on Vimeo.