BurningbirdThe weather actually cooled sufficiently to go outside on both Friday and Saturday. The humidity was high, but with the car windows down, driving was very pleasant. Now is the best time to take photos of butterflies in this area, and so I packed up the gear and headed to the Busch Nature Center on […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Nikon has released its new D80 digital SLR, and Digital Photo Preview has a first look. From the side by sides, the D80 is similar to the D200. However, the D80 is focused as a D70 replacement, not a direct competitor for the D200. The D200 has more exposure options and is […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. As part of my camera updating, I purchased a couple of new lenses. The first is the Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 super wide-angle lens. I’ve been wanting to experiment with a wide angle lens, but didn’t want to spend the thousand or so dollars on Nikon’s comparable lens. The Tokina is […]
For the first few decades of taking photos I was content to understand apertures and film speeds, the ‘rule of thirds’ and so on. It was while I was looking at possible lenses to add to my kit that I realized there’s a completely new world of photography mechanics I know nothing about. Mechanics of […]
Fascinating take on the Stolen Lollipop scandal that’s erupted between the world of photography and the world of weblogging. Thanks to 3 Quarks Daily for the link. At issue is a new gallery opening showing photographs of children obviously upset and crying. Several webloggers took umbrage at what they called ‘child abuse’. The photographer and her husband said it […]