Young boy admiring the graffitti on a van.
The van was used to transport ramps and tools for the skateboarders in Emmett Square, Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
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Arrggghhhh!
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Chatting and Shopping
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Hiking: What to take with you
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!
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The New York City Skyline
Here’s a very impressive New York Panorama via Daily Web Thing. Nice!
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Noise Reduction the Open Source way
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. -
Stock photography? Is that a bad word?
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.
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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!Aperture ƒ/5.6 Camera DMC-FZ5 Focal length 72mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/400s -
Black & White Recipes
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.
Kilkenny Alley (2006)
Daisies in the ruins (2007)
How very phallic of you (2008)
The Village Laundry (2009)
Crow on Bridge (2015)
The River Lee (2016)
Down by the Marina (2017)
Coffee in Malaga (2019)
Building the City Council (2021)
Shadows on Nano Nagle Bridge (2022)
Rooftop Shadow (2024)
Market Day in Athens (2025)