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A walk along the Wye

A selection of shots captured on a walk along the River Wye today.
The four mile walk took us around five hours, with walking frequently interspersed with photo sessions of what we discovered on the route. This selection is the pick from 122 photos and videos taken on the walk. That’s less than half of what [...]

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Digital SLR ergonomics - body size can be a problem

It has been a while since I have properly used an SLR style stills camera, having used a Pentax 35mm SLR for many years, plus a Mamyia C330s TLR (Twin Lens Reflex - I absolutely loved this medium format camera). Recently it has been all digital, but with the rise of credible digital SLRs in [...]

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More fun with panoramas

From images taken by jEN:

More panorama and stitched image experiments here.

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Portuguese village church - stitched image

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Alcantarilha village church, Portugal, originally uploaded by ndixon.
Aww, shucks, I’ve had to upgrade to a flickr pro account in order to have more image sets and organise things properly. I’ve been fascinated with stitched panorama [...]

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There’s a reason we’re going back to Madeira

Yes, that place is real and no, there has been no enhancement to that photo. The area so stunned me that I had to sit and sketch it there and then (the sketch is to the right - click to view large version) - sketching always provides a more personal and intimate experience of the [...]

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Stunningly inspirational photography

Like so many, I have no idea how or exactly when I came across this site (you know how it is), but it is one that immediately went into my RSS newsreader.jbuhler.com / Water MolotovThis guy’s street photography is, as this post’s title suggests, stunningly inspirational.

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VO Guy in a box

Bob, over at Bob Taylor Productions, kindly did some voice overs for Britcaster and the BritPack podcast recently.He’s just released a great little do-it-yourself voice over kit called VO Guy In-A-Box.The kit contains a multitude of phrases, words and even complete alphabets, which you can edit to your heart’s desire to create your own voice overs, station idents, podcast promos, whatever. I think it’s a fun idea!

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Digital image noise avoidance and removal

All digital cameras generate pixel noise, particularly in lower light conditions. Take a look at the image’s blue channel in particular and you’ll see significantly increased noise levels. This is because our eyes are less sensitive to blue light and therefore see less impact from the blue channel noise.

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