Category Archives: Photography

Wow! This is a dramatic picture of Hurricane Ivan taken from the ISS. Must be a hell of an experience to see such a powerful force of nature from the serene quiet of space!

Here’s a very striking photo of the light pillars in New York on Sept. 11th. Wow!

I can’t believe I never came across this page before. I probably have, but it reminded me to check my colour-depth, and I’m running at 16bit! ugh!

Yesterday morning I helped Owen bring some stuff in from his car and when I turned around to close the door a cat was sitting outside the porch looking in curiously at us!
He purred with pleasure as I rubbed him, and when I came home later he was curled up in a ball on the doormat!
He disappeared this morning into the garden and beyond so I don’t know if I’ll see him again. If he’s back this evening I’ll check with the neighbours if they recognise him.

Last Saturday the Guardian featured the photographs of Sebastião Salgado. A URL was included at the bottom of the article but it also appeared on delicious too. Take a look at this Guardian Unlimited feature too and enjoy the great photos!

Here’s a write-up by the author of daily dose of imagery on how he “fixed” an image of a grain silo. What he did is admirable because there was very little contrast in the original photo. I wouldn’t have manipulated the sky so much(I’ve done it myself, so I recognise an attempt to bring out detail that just isn’t there!) but the silo and water is a great photo!

Theo Rigby was arrested and held for 48 hours for taking photos in New York. He was there covering the RNC and followed a protest march..
I was thinking of going the New York in March, but maybe South America would be safer for a photographer? I have a chance to go to Ecuador too. Where’d you go?

The SP list started work on a Street photography page on Wikipedia. It’ll be a great resource once it’s filled out as there’s a lot of talented people behind it.

It’s Photoshop specific but useful nonetheless.
Using Levels and Curves to Adjust Tonal Range, Contrast, and Brightness are concepts that transfer easily to the GIMP. (via Mark)

Rushing water over the wier at the Regional Park, Ballincollig, Cork.