BurningbirdA welcome break from the flooding occurred Saturday, June 14th, when one of the giraffes at the St. Louis Zoo gave birth to a baby in front of about 400 surprised zoo goers. I wasn’t there that day, but did go out the following Tuesday to take photos, including this one of mother and son. […]
Update As of this afternoon, June 17, the predictions now place the crest of the flood in St. Louis on the 23rd of June, and 40 feet. The forecast is now for major flooding in our community. Tomorrow or Thursday, I’ll grab my camera, as I head out to record yet another flood. It seems like […]
With the addition of support for color profiles built into Firefox 3, it’s time to take a closer look at how the popular browsers support color management. First though, a quick refresher on the importance of color profiles. If you’ve every worked with a photo in a photo editor, only to have the rich colors leach […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I don’t do much bird photography anymore. We’ve had many less birds this year, after the loss of so much seed crop with last year’s bad weather. Our song birds are shy, too, preferring to hide among the brambles and brush. However, I spotting a pair of red tailed hawks […]
Photojojo has written a guide to time lapse photography that seems to be very comprehensive. I’ve not tried time lapse, other than perhaps a photo over a few seconds. It’s an interesting art form, and one that really does require some forethought — after all, typically you’re leaving a camera in one place. Even if you aren’t […]