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Crowded Cork

Patricks Street, Cork. October 1st 2005
This is one of the US photos I forgot to post!

Stepping Through Air

Skateboarder doing a trick in mid-air in Emmet Square, Cork.

Here’s a good article describing what you should take with you while hiking and how to take it too. The idea of charging batteries from a solar panel sitting on your backpack is cute!

Here’s a very impressive New York Panorama via Daily Web Thing. Nice!

What are your options when you don’t run Windows or Mac and/or don’t want to use proprietary software?
Niklas Saers covers some of the options in this blog post. Thanks to him, I learned about ISO Noise Reduction, a GIMP plugin, which I’ll give a try tomorrow.
I usually use DCAM Noise, or selective blur to remove offending pixels but that can leave awful looking smooth areas next to unsightly pixels.

Blue Moon

Detail from a decorative earring, laid out on a newspaper.

Interesting thread on the EOS forums on stock photography websites.
I’m a member of both Shutterstock and I Stock Photo but I haven’t been very persistent in uploading photos.
After all the trouble one goes to to become a member it’s worth remembering to upload stuff sometimes!

The Bride and Groom

On the weekend that we had our pre-marriage course, a wedding was held in the Honan Chapel in UCC. Here’s the Bride and Groom greeting people after the ceremony.
No doubt they’re all partying away in some hotel now!

Here’s a long list of channel mixer settings to emulate various black & white films. I used the high contrast setting for the photo below but the different types of film create interesting effects.

It’s worth checking them out, but don’t get hung up on them - one setting will suit one particular type of shot while another will suit others.