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Please Recycle
Please Recycle Empty beer can on the rocky beach at Church Bay, Co. Cork. Aperture ƒ/11 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 10mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/250s
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Backups and Storage, 50 years hence
What backup medium lasts 50 years and will be as easy to restore in 2056 as it is now? Mike Johnston writes that computers and backup systems are too complex today and that, “we shouldn’t all need to gradually become full-time archivists” to hold on to precious memories for decades. There are some great comments,…
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Cross-processing, Lomo, Fake Model, HDR, Sin City
Here’s yet another photo processing effect that may be destined to become yet another over used style on Flickr: The Sin City Style draws inspiration from the artwork of Frank Miller’s Sin City. The example image is as gritty and powerful as Miller’s work and hopefully someone won’t write a Photoshop plugin or action to…
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Travel Advice for Photographers
Ed Carreon shares the travel tips he and other professional photographers have learned over the years while abroad. Even if you’re just going on holiday, then the health tips here are worth a read. (via)
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Oscar in the grass
Oscar in the grass Oscar sitting patiently for us while we finished a bbq at my sister-in-law’s house! This required quite a bit of work because I had to clone out his lead, 3 garden chairs and the side of the bbq. Is it obvious where? Buy this as a print from $16.58 Aperture ƒ/5.6…
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Rock Landscape
Rock Landscape Limpits cling tightly to a rock in Church Bay. Aperture ƒ/9 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 10mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/160s
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The Swan Gang
The Swan Gang Tough looking swans gather for bread at the Lough in Cork for bread. The problem with shooting dangerous wildlife with a wideangle lens is that unless you stick the camera in their faces nobody will believe you were risking life and limb by leaning down right next to them when shooting. Well,…
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The RAW Backlash
There are holy wars in every field of human endevour. Vi vs Emacs, C vs Java, film vs digital and of course RAW vs Jpeg. For several months last year I shot in Raw+Jpeg which was great. gThumb displayed a thumbnail for the Jpeg file while I also had the RAW negative. Yes, great. Until…
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Clinging Flowers
Clinging Flowers Flowers cling to the rocks in Church Bay, Co. Cork. Post processing: curves, channel mixer, blurred layer and layer mask, lomo and unsharp mask. Aperture ƒ/8 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 10mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/125s
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Purple Flowers
Purple Flowers Purple flowers that crept into my garden from next door. I’m not complaining because they’re very pretty! Buy This Image Aperture ƒ/5.6 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 20mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/250s
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Old Rope
Old Rope Old rope tied to a rusty old screw embedded in weather beaten mortar at Church Bay near Crosshaven. I used to dive off this rock about 10 years ago, mind you the tide was in whenever I did! Aperture ƒ/10 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 10mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/200s
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West Cork Landscape
West Cork Landscape The beautiful countryside north-east of Dunmanway in West Cork. Aperture ƒ/9 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 18mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/200s