For a little more than a year now I’ve been taking photographs of the Institute For Advanced Study campus as part of a website redesign for the School of Natural Sciences which was launched recently.
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Recently I’ve been experimenting with HDRsoft’s tone mapping plugin v1.0.1 for Adobe Photoshop CS2
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Recently I’ve been taking a look at DxO Optics Pro. I was attracted by the fact that this software is the only product on the market that offers automated correction for optical vignetting, chromatic aberration (both lateral as well as purple fringing), pincushion and barrel distortion. It also reduces noise, corrects for lens softness and acts as a RAW converter too.
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I took some high ISO indoor shots at the weekend inside Walnford Grist Mill, near Allentown New Jersey. Light levels inside the mill were very low and although I did have my tripod to hand I made a decision to jack the speed right up to ISO 3200 and take some photographs handheld. You might be wondering why …..
Walnford Grist Mill, New Jersey
Canon 5D with 24-105 f/4L IS lens @ ISO 3200
(noise reduction using Neat Image)
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I was forwarded this illuminating article on the legal aspects of where and what you can photograph. The author, having review a number of information sources, offers up something close to the following:
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I’d like to recommend the book Real World Color Management
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Since the introduction of the Canon EOS 5D last year, there’s been a surge in full frame usage and a lot of subsequent discussion about vignetting with various lenses on the 5D in forums, newsgroups etc. Some people are very upset at the vignetting they are seeing. I’ve been doing some thinking on a way to correct the problem …
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I haven’t taken any pictures since getting back from a trip to England a week ago, and so yesterday evening I found myself clicking through my images in Adobe Bridge looking for inspiration. It dawned on me that I’d taken three pictures of a particular building from essentially the same angle. More than that though, they were all quite pleasing shots. Roll on spring so I can get the next one in the series ……
Here is an assortment of photographs of mining houses and stacks I took while on vacation in Cornwall recently. These buildings are literally all over the place, and are remnants of a bygone age when tin mining was an important industry.
Engine House, St. Agnes
Canon 5D with 24-105 f/4L IS lens @ ISO 400
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Here are some photographs of the beach at Perranporth on the north coast of Cornwall.
I lived in Perranporth until I was four and have memories of playing on the beach as a child. It was quite special to return and see the village again.
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Here are some photographs from the village of Penzance on the south coast of Cornwall.
Penzance is a market town and popular tourist destination with a population of around 20,000. It is located around 10 miles from Lands End, the far south-western point of England.
Penzance harbor
Canon 5D with 24-105 f/4L IS lens @ ISO 200
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Here are some photographs from the beautiful village of St. Ives on the north coast of Cornwall.
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A couple of days ago I was out walking with a friend in the English South Downs and took a shot of sunlight filtering through clouds onto a distant landscape. At the time rays of sunshine were visible but when I opened the image in Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) they seemed to have disappeared. This post details how a couple of simple adjustments were made to the image to bring it back to life.
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