Category Archives: Photography

In the last few weeks I’ve taken to macro photography in a big way. It’s a whole different world out there in the microcosm of flowers, insects and strange textures, where depth of field is measured in inches rather than feet and your subject is likely to have 6 legs rather than 2!
For the budding macro photographer, here are links to tips on the subject. I’ll be looking at some of this over the weekend!

Or it can be a shield too protecting protestors, or people under threat from greater forces.
This essay by Fritz Hippler, “an employee in the film section of the [Nazi] Propaganda Ministry,” is a very perceptive view of how powerful film would become but it’s not surprising in hind-sight given how successfully the Nazis used propaganda.

Great panoramic photo of Paris taking during a storm! I have a similar photo of the Chicago skyline at home which I must hang up sometime..

I have to agree with the conclusion of this photo.net article. Teleconverters are handy but it’s very difficult to get usable, good quality images from them.
I use a third party 2x TC on my Sony F717 from time to time, and there’s visible degradation of image quality. The article above recommends using a powerful lens and at most a 1.4x TC so I’m seeing the most dramatic distortion. It does help if I set the EV down one stop but that’s not always an option, especially in cloudy and overcast Ireland!

Andy Williams’ latest post to the STF has some great suggestions. Basically, throw out the rule book and experiment!
If you’ve a digital camera, why take only one photo when five will do?

On my way into town the other night I saw this beautiful sunset in the rear view mirror. What did I do? Pull into the side of the road and take a few snaps!

Two interesting threads on the STF today on panoramic photography and street photography, or shooting strangers. As usual Andy Williams posted an excellent summary of his own thoughts on candid photography.

Via a thread on the GIMP Users List, here are two apps that could be useful: xmerge and vips and this article in the Linux Journal on the same subject.
Personally, I usually merge photos together in the GIMP and they come out fine!

This website lists quite a few “photo memes” or photo projects that people are running. Sounds like a good idea to me!

Mike Johnston looks at the photo an amateur photographer took on board a cargo plane. This follows on from my previous post on this. Mike’s updating his story as he hears more.