OK, I admit it. I’m a camera geek[1]. While most of the time, I’m happy to use my Canon 5D MkII, and I love my little Olympus E-P1, that doesn’t stop me wanting to play with more photographic toys. But … Continue reading
I haven’t mentioned What the Duck for a while, but there was something about this strip that appealed. This is why DSLR users tend to be nervous about letting people play with their toys: OK, you generally have to twist … Continue reading
OK, this is nice. It’s a mug modelled on my favourite general purpose lens – the Canon 24-105mm f/4 L. I think I should probably have one…. The Camera Lens Mug.
Weight: 230.8 pounds (16 stone 6.8 pounds, 104.7 kg)Another upward twitch today. Curses, foiled again, etc. Today’s picture is another one from the Riverside at Durham. It’s a stone, err, thingy. I’m sure that’s the correct technical term for this kind … Continue reading
Another building that is apparently going to be erased soon is Bank House, a more or less typical office building of its time: This image was created with the aid of Photoshop CS5′s HDR Pro feature. I combined three images[1] … Continue reading
As I mentioned yesterday, Lightroom 3 is now available. I’ve only just begun to play with it, but so far, I like what I’m seeing. On my iMac, it starts up noticeably faster than the previous version. Part of the … Continue reading
And another thing seems to have happened while I was asleep: after a moderately long Beta period, Adobe have let Lightroom 3 out of the door. I’ll be upgrading pretty much immediately, as the interaction between LR3 and Photoshop CS5 … Continue reading
Weight: 227.8 pounds (16 stone 3.8 pounds, 103.3 kg)Yes, up again today, which might have something to do with last night’s chilli, garlic bread and slightly fizzy wine. Today’s bit of pictorial fun is the result of a quick play with … Continue reading
It was nearly a month ago that I mentioned the new Content Aware Fill feature coming to Photoshop, and since then I’ve seen some more demos which suggest that this really is going to be a huge time saver. But … Continue reading
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Having had some fun last week with my widest lens, and having published the results yesterday, I thought I’d go for a bit of a contrast and take my longest lens out for a play. The lens in question is … Continue reading
