Photo curiosity
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Extreme photo: Lift-off from the sky
Some photos are harder to shoot than others. It seems that there are groups of skydiver enthusiasts who are celebrating each space shuttle lift-off with a coordinated jump. One of them created a majestic picture of one of these incredible moments (June 7, 2010 lift-off of a Delta 2 rocket, from Vandenberg Air Force Base).…
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Canon surprise on 3rd November
Canon just sent an invitation for a revolutionary event to their best press contacts in the US. The only problem: Nobody really knows what it’s about. And since the Canon-lovers actually have nothing to talk about at the time (Canon and Nikon had made it clear that it was not even worth inviting them to…
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Sony NEX-5N: Clicks in the video
I have some hard time persuading myself to run after this news, but it seems that several people remarked a kind of clickety-click that you can hear on the videos shot by the new Sony NEX-5N when you move the camera. Everything points at a sound produces inside the camera bod (it can be heard…
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Top 6 tips for autumn fog
Fall is coming back. The attentive photographer will remember that it’s time to start expecting mist and fog. These are creating excellent conditions for interesting photographs. When? Fog does not appear in any weather conditions but it is relatively predictable. More or less, for a misty morning, you will need to have a relatively warm…
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Semâ Bekirovic
Look at this photo from Semâ Bekirovic. At first it would seem of limited interest, then you will notice how the photographer included an object in the photography (the wave picture) and how this becomes a photo of “Water in Water.” I really like the way Semâ builds her photos to tell a story. Not…
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Nikon got red clothes
Nikon just announced that the Nikon D3100 will receive new red clothes. The D3100 is an entry-level SLR photo camera which appears as the most well sold on many markets of the world. It will certainly take advantage of this new red option to extend its market share and to reach some new customers. It…
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Will the Electronic Viewfinder (EVF) save the photo world?
With the first expert photo cameras from Sony equipped with electronic viewfinders, the question is more and more often asked whether this is a technological opportunity that the old photo pricks prefer to ignore or an approximate solution aimed only at low-demand customers. As a matter of fact, truth lies somewhere in between those two…
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Christian Del Rosario
It has been a long time since my last portfolio about a pure landscape photographer. When I found Christian Del Rosario, I immediately decided I wanted to give him a space here, because his pictures exploit light at its best. “An overcast sky is the friend of the landscape photographer” seems to be his motto.…
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Manufacturing of a Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95 lens
We don’t often see the modern process of the long manufacturing a modern lens. This one is a manual lens (there is much more electronics in the lenses equipped with AF motor). YouTube link If you did not have enough yet, you can always go back to the manufacturing of a Canon 500mm tele-lens (in…