Snail, taken near Cobh Cathedral.
Snail
Category Archives: Photography
The Magic Bullet – a humorous look at camera tech
The Magic Bullet – Mike Johnston looks at the heated debate arising over how good the new Canon 5D will be.
Does it matter? Nope, as he says himself, “Cameras don’t take good pictures, photographers do.”
Free Online Image Editor
This image editor is rather basic looking but powerful. You can rotate, resize, add text and clipart, colour correct and more. Unfortunately the license isn’t compatible with the GPL so it would be impossible to use in WordPress or other such licened projects.
Automobile/Motorcar Photography Tips
Wires
Clouds Over Blarney
Paris Hilton & me
One photographer’s story of when he saw Paris Hilton. Her bodyguards stopped him taking a photo. I presume the incident didn’t happen in public? He should have used a telephoto lens!
The second bouncer stops me via a mild bodycheck, which I return in kind to him.
“No pictures?”
“No pictures”
An Fear Marbh
An Fear Marbh lies in the distance as seen from Baile na nGall.
Conor Pass, Kerry
Near the top of the Conor Pass, on the Dingle Side.
Sigma 18-200 lens has arrived!
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!
Blended Exposures Revisted
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.