The News from the Dark Side by Peter Howe – what drives the paparazzi to such lengths to capture grainy pictures of celebrities?
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are only the latest celebs to have their privacy wiped away.
Check out the paparazzi gallery too. Lots of juicy shots of your favourites!
That reminds me, I must post some shots of Kirsti Alley who signed copies of her new book at Borders in Chicago a few weeks ago. She’s looking well!
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Photo Forum Topic Generator – cute, and inflamitory! 🙂
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Behind The Bar
At the Muskerry Arms yesterday evening.
Corpus Christi on Pana
Here’s a panoramic photo I assembled from 2 shots at the Corpus Christi Procession on Sunday. I created the photo with the help of Panoramic Stitch which I mentioned a few days ago. It did a very good job, especially when you consider the foreground. I can’t imagine what kind of manipulation I would have had to go through to get those lines to match up! Using this GIMP plugin was simple – select a few control points, it figures out how close the points are on each image and then you generate the stitch!
I did try to stitch a 3rd photo to the left of this one, but the distortion became too great and artefacts were very evident. I hope the author is encouraged to continue working on this project as he has come a long way already!
PS. Pana is Cork slang for “St. Patrick’s Street”, the main street running through Cork City.
GIMP Digital Camera Noise Filter
This filter is rather new (only announced last March) but some of the examples look good: before and after shots show a striking difference. Peter Heckert posted some instructions in this thread relating to usage so I may try it.
Waiting
Waiting for the Corpus Christi procession.
When I spotted this scene in front of me, I rushed past the front of the procession and quickly snapped this photo. Within seconds the band had passed, and the moment would have been lost!
Bokeh Ratings and Lens Awards
Bokeh Ratings and Lens Awards – I’ve noticed ugly bokeh on some of my 75-300mm shots. It’s most evident when viewing crops at 1:1 zoom but I don’t think it’s something I’ll worry about – it’s a simple matter to blur it a little more.
The Bishop
This face should be familiar to almost all Cork people, be they Catholic or otherwise. Bishop Buckley has been a very popular bishop and he is well loved and respected by his congregation.
Come On!
The annual Corpus Christi Procession passed off without a hitch today. AJ and myself took a load of photos, some of which I will share over the next few days.
This was just down the road from the North Cathedral.
