afewgoodlenses.com http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:36:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 afewgoodlenseshttp://feedburner.google.com Red, White, and Blue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afewgoodlenses/~3/t8icAhhriUw/ http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=173#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:34:04 +0000 Dale http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=173 Red…

Red hibuscus

White…


White lizard tail

And blue….


Blue hydrangea

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Red, White, and Blue

Happy Fourth of July!

]]> http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=173 http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=173 Christmas Photos! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afewgoodlenses/~3/zw_3wY3f5Lk/ http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=166#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:27:34 +0000 Dale http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=166 I have posted a set of photos of some of my Christmas decorations on my Flickr account.

You can:

View the Christmas 2008 set, or

Click here to view the Flickr slideshow of my Christmas photos, or

Look at them here:


Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

 

(Cross-posted to afewgoodpens.com.)

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  • Scenes from Rio de Janeiro - The Big Picture - Boston.com - "A recent large-scale project by the photographer named JR has focused attention on women - relatives of victims of violence - by displaying their large portraits in one of Rio de Janeiro's hardest hit neighborhoods. Though Rio is blessed with natural beauty and climate, it still struggles with large disparities between rich and poor, and many of the six million residents reside in hillside slums called favelas. Here are some views of Rio de Janeiro over the past few months….:

  • The New Low-Light Photography: ISO 1600 is the new 200 — PopPhotoJuly 2008 - Sharp, clean images lit by just a burning candle. Smooth, natural skin tones in dim, mixed lighting. Blur-free scenes shot handheld at 1/8 sec. Action frozen without a flash. Details in shadows without compromising color. Autofocus that locks on in the dark. Welcome to today's low-light photography.

  • Magnum Blog / Invasion 68: Prague - the photo blog of Magnum Photos - "In 1968 Josef Koudelka was thirty years old. He had committed himself to photography as a full-time career only recently, and had been chronicling the theater, and the lives of gypsies, but he had never photographed a news event. That all changed on the night of August 21 when the Soviet army invaded Czechoslovakia…."

  • Beyond Megapixels: Macro Photography 101, Part 2 - "In Part 1 of Macro Photography 101, we discussed what a true macro lens is. In Part 2, we will be discussing depth of field, lighting, and specialist lens in Macro Photography…."

  • Beyond Megapixels: Macro Photography 101 - "Macro photography can be a confusing topic for many beginners. For one thing, almost all the lenses nowadays have the word macro printed on the barrel. Does this mean that it’s automatically a macro lens? What is a true macro lens? These are some of the topics that we will tackle in this article."

  • Moving Toward Manual Settings: Understanding ISO (a beginner’s guide) - "This is the third installment in a series by Hawaii photographer Natalie Norton on becoming confident with manual camera settings…. If you are new to photography, or don’t have a clean grasp of manual settings, I recommend that you go back and read the first two installments of this series: Understanding Aperture and Understanding Shutter Speed and then come on over to learn about ISO."

  • Moving Toward Manual Settings: Understanding Shutter Speed (a beginner’s guide) - "This post on Understanding Shutter Speed, written by Hawaii photographer Natalie Norton is a follow up post to Moving Toward Manual: Understanding Aperture. The posts are being written as a beginner’s guide to gaining confidence in using manual camera settings."

  • Moving Toward Manual Settings: Understanding Aperture (a beginner’s guide) - "In this tutorial Natalie Norton explores the topic of Aperture."

  • Adobe launches Photoshop Elements 7 & Premiere Elements 7: Digital Photography Review - "Adobe has announced Version 7 of Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements. Apart from a few new Quick Fix tools, Photoshop Elements 7 offers a new Scene Cleaner option that lets the user brush away unwanted objects from a scene and a Smart Brush which lets the user apply effects to a particular area of a photograph…."

    • ]]>     http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=165 http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=165     Hibiscus Buds and Blooms http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afewgoodlenses/~3/2XgfSfeQNTQ/ http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=164#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:21:30 +0000 Dale http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=164 more-hibiscus-01.jpg

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    From my garden.

    Click the pictures for larger versions, or see all the photos from my house and gardens.

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    From my garden.

    Click the pictures for larger versions, or see all the photos from my house and gardens.

    ]]>     http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=154 http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=154     New Photos! Orchids from the Atlanta Botanical Garden http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afewgoodlenses/~3/YocQ2Zak6JQ/ http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=145#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:00:08 +0000 Dale http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=145 I have posted a set of photos from the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, orchids only, to my Flickr account, and updated the sidebar links to display the new slideshow.

    You can also:

    View the complete Atlanta Botanical Collection, or

    Click here to view the Flickr slideshow of the orchid photos,

    or just look at them here:


    Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

     

    (Cross-posted to afewgoodpens.com.)

    ]]>     http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=145 http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=145     Lantana Blooms and Water Droplets http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afewgoodlenses/~3/O2Omv9kFmXQ/ http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=143#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:59:25 +0000 Dale http://afewgoodlenses.com/blog/?p=143
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    From my garden.

    Click the pictures for larger versions, or see all the photos from my house and gardens.

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    From my garden.

    Click the pictures for larger versions, or see all the photos from my house and gardens.

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    From my garden.

    Click the pictures for larger versions, or see all the photos from my house and gardens.

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    From the Atlanta History Center.

    Click the pictures for larger versions, or see all my photos from the Atlanta History Center.

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