Category: Digital photography
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Young people for Earth
Thanks to IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and WWF, the global conservation organization, there is now a new community web site targetting young people of the world willing to have their opinion heard in the upcoming October 2008 World Conservation Congress. Aimed at people aged between 13 and 35, Connect2Earth is collecting the…
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Amur Leopard Cub
The Marwell Zoo in Hampshire (United Kingdom) is proud to be the location of birth for a marvelously nice kitten: 14 weeks, already some impressive teeth and not yet a name. It was just a few days ago that the small big cat has been autorized to go out (under the attention of its mother…
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Elephants protection in Africa
Elephants are -generally speaking- a species endangered in Africa. They have been vigorously hunted for the ivory of their tusks (sometimes for the mere pleasure of hunting big game) and poaching is still intense of many African countries (from de 1.5 million animals in 1970, we are now down to around 500,000 pachyderms). The largest…
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Advice for good panoramic photos
In order to easily realize good panoramic photos, it is not enuogh to have a good software package. You also need good images to start with, or the shooting results may degrade significantly the results. Some easy-to-follow advice: Start using the Auto exposure mode of your camera, then switch to Manual to shoot in these…
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Whales big mouth
Up to recently, scientists did not really know how whales could eat the enormous amounts of krill they need to feed a record-sized body. It appears that this is now understood thanks to some serendipity. Sources: The New York Times article and the original paper of Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Nicholas D. Pyenson & Robert E.…
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HDR photography, a few links
HDR photography (High Dynamic Range Photo) is a process where you take several photo pictures with very different exposures (different speeds or different apertures) and then use a software to pack them into one image packing the whole range of light. The result is often a little erie but allows to take images impossible to…
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Time-lapse sequences: How-to and a 20000-image example
If like me your a photographer who wouldn’t dare making a video, you still can think about doing a decent time-lapse sequence out of your photographs. However, this cannot happen just by taking images and loading them into a software. You must start by studying the lessons from PhotoJojo.com’s Ultimate Guide to Time-Lapse Photography. When…
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Sunbittern
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias, Caurale soleil). Brazil, 2007.
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Neotropic Cormorant
The Cormorant is clearly a bird easy to find anywhere you can find some water. In Pantanal, the Neotropic Cormorant lives along rivers and is easily seen spreading its wings in the sun while not diving for fishes. Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Cormoran vigua). Brazil, 2007.