
An Fear Marbh lies in the distance as seen from Baile na nGall.

An Fear Marbh lies in the distance as seen from Baile na nGall.

Near the top of the Conor Pass, on the Dingle Side.
My Sigma 18-200 lens arrived this afternoon after much reloading of An Post’s tracking site! Images later but I think this will be a good “carry around” lens to replace my 18-55 kits lens.
Much much later.. if you’d like to see how the lens performs, take a look at the Sigma 18-200 category on my photoblog!
Here’s a brief summary of what’s been happening.
What is the Holy Grail? Depends on who you ask. Some may think that it’s the object orientated “Ruby on Rails” but others still use functional coding. There’s room for everyone.
This combination of Smarty, PHP and Ajax is interesting. There are a few links in the comments to other PHP toolkits including PHP on Trax which is based on the same idea as the previously mentioned Rails project.
Must study and try out later.
Lots of Firefox extensions that I must try out.
DP&I.com: Blended Exposures Revisted – neat method of getting a little more dynamic range from your photos. Not suer if the GIMP can create a luminosity mask but similar methods can be used to get the same effect.
string tripod – I might try this as I could tie the string to my small portable tripod quite easily!