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Garret took a photo in near dark at ISO 1600 using his Canon 20D and didn’t see any banding and very little noise. Picture came out great! Me wants, me wants, me wants!

Sheesh! I take a few days off and the rest of the world comes up with great articles and content that I just have to read! No consideration eh? 🙂

• Top Digital Camera Newbie Mistakes to Avoid
• Cold Weather Photo Survival Guide – the worst that happened to me is coming into a warm pub – the UV filter on my camera clouded over. Easily fixed.
• Digital camera users still turn to pros for prints – I’ll more than likely always get my photos printed by a shop or online store. Last night while shopping in Tesco I noticed a photo kiosk by the main door. Prints were priced at EUR0.50 each. That’s not a great price, but as an impulse buy it might tempt me to part with some cash.
• I have a number of photos on shutterstock, and even made a few sales! The US$75 minimum payout is troubling and blueneedle has more on this. Might move elsewhere if I can earn a few dollars a month!
• halftone effect – nice
• Urban Perspectives – nice shot, I’ll be in Chicago in May!

Via Photography Blog and delicious

This is a nice effect although some of the controls are different or missing in the GIMP. I don’t think there’s a key-combo to “select bright areas” of a photo in the GIMP is there? I’ll post an example later if I have time!

In this article Mark describes how to photograph monitors and tv screens. It’s a lot more involved than I imagined but the slow shutter speed isn’t a surprise, this is:

As a side note, dogs see at about 1/125th. To them, the TV is nothing but annoying colored lines unless they have slower cognitive response.

Lots of photographic links I’d like to read up while I have time!

• Balance the light – dealing with colour correction, Before anyone has a cow, understand all photographic processes are corrected to what the human eye sees…. My solution isn’t for everyone, but it works. Blast the heck out of all available light with a really powerful strobe at a high synch speed, on a low ISO with a small aperture (F/22 is my favorite). Then, the color of available light isn’t an issue. ;-}
• Photographs Everywhere, But Is It Really Art? – “the eye of the beholder?”
• Take Spectacular Nighttime Photos with your Digital Camera – Part I
• Tips to enjoy digital photography and safeguard holiday memories
• How to Take Digital Photos Indoors
• Current Trends in Wedding Photography via bdp

Beautiful afternoon, horse and rider out and about. Peace.

Pictured at Garretstown Beach last Sunday. It was freezing but many people made the most of the dry, crisp weather and enjoyed themselves!

Yet another cartoon effect to try on my photos.
The examples on Creating LineArt from Photos look good, but they’re simple images. Anything with a complex background will probably make it throw a wobbler! Must try later!