Photography

非洲动物摄影图片 - YOUNG GALLERY

2007-06-02 11:17:56

Elephant with Exploding Dust, Amboseli 2004

Cheetah and Cubs, Maasai Mara 2003

Lioness Looking Over Plains, Maasai Mara 2004

Lion before Storm #1, Maasai Mara 2006

Lion Portrait, Serengeti 2000

Elephant on the Move, Amboseli 2006

Portrait of Two Zebras Turning Heads, Ngorongoro Crater 2005

Lion Family Portrait, Maasai Mara 2004

Giraffe Looking Out over Plains, Serengeti 2002

Rhino in Dust, Lewa Downs 2003

Crater Lioness, Ngorongoro Crater 2000

Elephant Family Portrait, Amboseli 2005

Sitting Giraffe, Aberdares 2000

Two Rhinos, Lewa Downs 2003

Portrait of Grevy's Zebra, Lewa Downs 2002

Cheetah Looking Over Plains, Maasai Mara 2004

Elephant Herd, Serengeti 2001

Windswept Lion, Serengeti 2002

Chimpanzee Posing, Mahale 2003

Elephant Exodus #1, Amboseli 2004

Elephant Exodus #2, Amboseli 2004

Elephant Mother with Baby Holding Leg, Serengeti 2002

Elephant Ghost World, Amboseli 2005

Portrait of Kudu, Laikipia 2003

Giraffes in Evening Light, Maasai Mara 2006

Wildebeest Crossing, Maasai Mara 2003

Giraffes Triptych, Maasai Mara 2005

Close-up of Old Mara Bull, Maasai Mara 2002

Elephant Mother and Two Babies, Serengeti 2002

Buffalo Group Portrait, Amboseli 2006

Big Tusk, Ngorongoro Crater 2000

Zebras Crossing Lake, Ngorongoro Crater 2000

Sitting Lioness, Serengeti 2002

Hippo River, Maasai Mara 2002

Cheetah in Tree, Maasai Mara 2003

Giraffe Fan, Aberdares 2002

Lionesses Crossing Lake, Ngorongoro Crater 2000

Giraffe and Baby in Trees, Maasai Mara 2002

Giraffe under Blue Moon, Serengeti 2001

美丽的风景图片

2007-05-22 12:38:52

The 4th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

2007-05-22 12:20:05

John Cleary Gallery - Rodney Smith

2007-05-21 12:06:47

Three Men with Shears, No. 1
Reims, France, 1997

Man with Canoe on Head
Saranac, New York, 1994

Man with Hat over Face
Long Island, New York, 1995

Skyline
Hudson River, New York, 1995

A.J. Chasing Airplane
Orange County Airport, NY, 1998

A.J. Looking Over Ivy-Covered Wall
Harriman, NY, 1994

Alan Leaping from 515 Madison Avenue
New York City

Bernadette Twirling
Burden Mansion, New York City, 1997

Danielle in Boat
Beaufort, South Carolina, 1996

Deanna and Eva, No. 1
The Cloudroom, New York City

Don Jumping Over Hay Roll, No. 1
Monkton, Maryland, 1999

Gary and Henry Chasing Butterfly
Beaufort, SC, 1996

Jonah with Head in Hedge, No. 1
Vienna, Austria, 1998

Superslow Exercise
New York City, 2001

Twins in Tree
Snedens Landing, New York

Woman on Bicycle
Oheka Castle, New York

Fourth of July
Piermont, New York, 1992

Couple
San Francisco, California, 1996

Lucia Seated in Garden
Snedens Landing, New York, 1989

Untitled, Leaning House
2004

Two Men on Sea-Saw No.2
Bear Mountain, New York, 2000

Untitled, Man with Pitchfork
2004

Guys with Boxes on Head
Brunswick, GA, 2001

Untitled, Man Leaning on Hay Bale
2004

Caroline at Window No. 1
Snedens Landing, New York, 2000

Man on Ladder
2002

Landscape No. 1
Parc de Sceaux, 1995

Woman with Chihuahua on Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills, California, 1998

Untitled, Magnified Eye
2004

Trees
Cumberland Island, Georgia, 1991

Interior with Bulb
Mouries, Provence, France, 1995

Untitled, Door
2004

Untitled, Silhouette
2003

Samuel from Behind No. 1
Reims, France, 1997

Grove Dordogne
France, 1985

Pears
Clinton, Connecticut, 1974

Black & White Spider Awards 获奖摄影作品

2007-05-20 11:23:48

Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures

2007-05-16 13:12:23

Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures

Do you wish you were a better photographer? All it takes is a little know-how and experience. Keep reading for some important picture-taking tips. Then grab your camera and start shooting your way to great pictures.

1. Look your subject in the eye
2. Use a plain background
3. Use flash outdoors
4. Move in close
5. Move it from the middle
6. Lock the focus
7. Know your flash's range
8. Watch the light
9. Take some vertical pictures
10. Be a picture director

Look your subject in the eye

Direct eye contact can be as engaging in a picture as it is in real life. When taking a picture of someone, hold the camera at the person's eye level to unleash the power of those magnetic gazes and mesmerizing smiles. For children, that means stooping to their level. And your subject need not always stare at the camera. All by itself that eye level angle will create a personal and inviting feeling that pulls you into the picture.

Learn more about adjusting your angle of view

Too high

Better

Use a plain background

A plain background shows off the subject you are photographing. When you look through the camera viewfinder, force yourself to study the area surrounding your subject. Make sure no poles grow from the head of your favorite niece and that no cars seem to dangle from her ears.

Distracting background

Better

Use flash outdoors

Bright sun can create unattractive deep facial shadows. Eliminate the shadows by using your flash to lighten the face. When taking people pictures on sunny days, turn your flash on. You may have a choice of fill-flash mode or full-flash mode. If the person is within five feet, use the fill-flash mode; beyond five feet, the full-power mode may be required. With a digital camera, use the picture display panel to review the results.

On cloudy days, use the camera's fill-flash mode if it has one. The flash will brighten up people's faces and make them stand out. Also take a picture without the flash, because the soft light of overcast days sometimes gives quite pleasing results by itself.

Subject is dark

After

Move in close

If your subject is smaller than a car, take a step or two closer before taking the picture and zoom in on your subject. Your goal is to fill the picture area with the subject you are photographing. Up close you can reveal telling details, like a sprinkle of freckles or an arched eyebrow.

But don't get too close or your pictures will be blurry. The closest focusing distance for most cameras is about three feet, or about one step away from your camera. If you get closer than the closest focusing distance of your camera (see your manual to be sure), your pictures will be blurry.

Good

Better

Move it from the middle

Center-stage is a great place for a performer to be. However, the middle of your picture is not the best place for your subject. Bring your picture to life by simply moving your subject away from the middle of your picture. Start by playing tick-tack-toe with subject position. Imagine a tick-tack-toe grid in your viewfinder. Now place your important subject at one of the intersections of lines.

You'll need to lock the focus if you have an auto-focus camera because most of them focus on whatever is in the center of the viewfinder.

Boring

Better

Lock the focus

If your subject is not in the center of the picture, you need to lock the focus to create a sharp picture. Most auto-focus cameras focus on whatever is in the center of the picture. But to improve pictures, you will often want to move the subject away from the center of the picture. If you don't want a blurred picture, you'll need to first lock the focus with the subject in the middle and then recompose the picture so the subject is away from the middle.

Usually you can lock the focus in three steps. First, center the subject and press and hold the shutter button halfway down. Second, reposition your camera (while still holding the shutter button) so the subject is away from the center. And third, finish by pressing the shutter button all the way down to take the picture.

Subject not in focus

Better

Know your flash's range

The number one flash mistake is taking pictures beyond the flash's range. Why is this a mistake? Because pictures taken beyond the maximum flash range will be too dark. For many cameras, the maximum flash range is less than fifteen feet—about five steps away.

What is your camera's flash range? Look it up in your camera manual. Can't find it? Then don't take a chance. Position yourself so subjects are no farther than ten feet away. Film users can extend the flash range by using Kodak Max versatility or versatility plus film.

Watch the light

Next to the subject, the most important part of every picture is the light. It affects the appearance of everything you photograph. On a great-grandmother, bright sunlight from the side can enhance wrinkles. But the soft light of a cloudy day can subdue those same wrinkles.

Don't like the light on your subject? Then move yourself or your subject. For landscapes, try to take pictures early or late in the day when the light is orangish and rakes across the land.

Good

Also good

Take some vertical pictures

Is your camera vertically challenged? It is if you never turn it sideways to take a vertical picture. All sorts of things look better in a vertical picture. From a lighthouse near a cliff to the Eiffel Tower to your four-year-old niece jumping in a puddle. So next time out, make a conscious effort to turn your camera sideways and take some vertical pictures.

Be a picture director

Take control of your picture-taking and watch your pictures dramatically improve. Become a picture director, not just a passive picture-taker. A picture director takes charge. A picture director picks the location: "Everybody go outside to the backyard." A picture director adds props: "Girls, put on your pink sunglasses." A picture director arranges people: "Now move in close, and lean toward the camera."

Most pictures won't be that involved, but you get the idea: Take charge of your pictures and win your own best picture awards.

Boring

Better

Cambridge Photography Gallery

2007-05-14 02:20:59

- CAMBRIDGE GALLERY -

The PopSci How 2.0 Blog - High-Dynamic-Range Photography: A Guide

2007-05-14 02:14:36

If you've seen a particularly eye-popping, out-of-this-world night photograph of a city skyline, or a particularly apocalyptic cloudscape with cartoonish color saturation making the rounds on blogs lately, there's a good chance it was made using high-dynamic-range imaging, or HDR software. And while these images may look like the work of a pro photographer, or at least a seasoned digital-imaging or special-effects expert, the tools to easily make your own amazing HDR images are widely (and in some cases freely) available.

So what exactly comprises an HDR image? Basically, more information per pixel. When you take a photo with your digital camera, the colors are converted to accommodate the limited palette of your display or a piece of photo paper. The human eye, however, is capable of taking in far more color and light information at any given time. This is why it's necessary to take a photo with the correct exposure settings—what your eye sees as a uniform scene with a balanced brightness and color range needs to be regulated to fit within the more limited range of your camera's sensor, or else the image will appear under- or overexposed (too dark or too light).

HDR provides a way to combine a range of exposures of the same scene into one image, adding significantly to the amount of data held per pixel (most digital images hold 8 bits of color information per pixel; an HDR image has 32). The result is an image with more "dynamic range"—in other words, the brights are brighter, the darks darker, and there's much more variance in between.

For a step-by-step guide to creating your own HDR images, continue reading below:

To get started, you'll need to shoot the same scene with a range of different exposures [above, my subject is the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City]. Scenes with uneven lighting really bring out the best of HDR (in my case, the bright lights of the bridges in the distance and the dark shadows of the cargo crane at left and the sky above). You can use the bracketing function of your digital camera (better point-and-shoots and almost all digital SLRs have it) to fire off three frames every time you squeeze the button—one with the correct exposure, one overexposed, and one underexposed. You want the difference to be as dramatic as possible, so if the three images look too similar, you can use the manual-exposure setting of your camera to take a series of exposures with a tripod (like I did here). The more exposures the better. And if your camera can shoot RAW images (an unprocessed format like a “digital negative” with greater flexibility), use that, as your images will have more detail.

Now, the magic. To combine them, you'll need software capable of doing the job. If you're using Photoshop CS2, you're in luck—HDR capabilities are built in. If not, there are alternatives. A cross-platform application calledPhotomatix Prois a specialized HDR processor that costs $100 ($83 if you use the coupon code foundhere; there's a free bare-bones version just for Windows that I haven’t tested) and does an amazing job; since it only does one thing, it does it very well, offering specialized controls and batch-processing options that Photoshop lacks. There is also a rapidly improving, free, open-source alternative calledqtpfsgui(great name, right?)—it doesn't have as many options yet for tweaking your HDR output, but you can't beat the price, and it's great to get started with. Venerable open-source Photoshop-alternative the GIMP has yet to incorporate HDR support.

Using whatever software you settle on, you'll need to combine your batch of variable exposures into a master HDR image. If you used a wobbly tripod (or worse, handheld your shots), you can have the software attempt to align them automatically—if they're not too far off, this usually works fairly well. The resulting image might take a while to generate and look a little weird when it does; this is because your screen isn't capable of displaying HDR images. To get the eye-popping HDR color effect, you'll need to downsample the image back to 8 or 16 bits per pixel, but in a way that blends the high dynamic range of your HDR composite image into one that still retains the increased detail and color range of HDR but fits comfortably in the viewable range of your monitor or paper. This process is called tone mapping.

Tone mapping is where the serious bit-crunching comes in, and each of the software tools detailed here has a different way of doing it. Photomatix provides a fairly straightforward dialogue of sliders that regulate the brightness, white and black points, and numerous other aspects of the resulting image—you can get some wild effects just by tweaking them and seeing what happens in the live preview. Photoshop gives you four tone-mapping choices. But the hands-down best is "Local Adaptation," which gives you control of the image via the "curves" control. I recently learned how to use curves, which are the basis of almost all digital-image processing, and I'm still not good enough to really explain them. I learnedfrom here, though, and if you use Photoshop, your life will be better for learning as well. Anyway, this gives you great control of the image's color and exposure, and again, simply playing around and observing the live preview can yield some fun results. Qtpfsgui has all kinds of crazy-sounding tone-mapping functions to choose from (Drago logarithmic mapping! Durand fast bilateral filtering!); since no one but the mathematicians who invented them have any idea what they mean, trial-and-error is again your friend.

After you've found some settings that work (it's amazing the range of output you can get), voila, you've got your first HDR image. As you can see below, the difference between the correctly exposed normal image and the tone-mapped HDR output is marked: richer darks in the water, less blown-out whites in the lights, and more vibrant colors.

So now what? As you might expect, there are countless groups on Flickr dedicated to HDR where you can show off your work, seek feedback, and learn more in the discussion forums. My favorite is the largest (simply called HDR), but there are many others dedicated to users of specific software, people who go for a more realistic look with their HDR imagery, and so on. As you'll soon see, some people really love HDR and some people really hate it, but as with most things dealing with the visual arts, a lot of it comes down to personal aesthetic. No matter what your feelings on the HDR look, though, it's still pretty amazing to see how the process works, and more amazing still that anyone with a camera and a computer can try it out for themselves. Viva la digital revolution! —John Mahoney

Peter Bailey Company

2007-05-14 01:41:57

Donna Eaves

j a v a j i v e :: photography from indonesia ::

2007-05-14 01:37:27

An American guy leaves everything for the island of Java, Indonesia. His experiences are related through stories and vibrant photography.

Scotland Photo Gallery by Neil Paskin at pbase.com

2007-05-09 11:43:23

Scotland

Animals in the depths of the sea (26 photo) / Biology / Science ReaDigg.COM

2007-05-09 01:50:51

Animals in the depths of the sea (26 photo)

The creature lived at such a depth, which could not physically get people. Photos made with special deep devices.

On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred metersthe height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and horizontal dimensions: with an average depth of 3800 meters, the oceans offer 99% of the space on Earth where life can develop. And the deep sea, which has been immersed in total darkness since the dawn of time, occupies 85% of ocean space, forming the planets largest habitat. Yet these depths abound with mystery. The deep sea is mostly unchartedonly about 5 percent of the seafloor has been mapped with any reasonable degree of detailand we know very little about the creatures that call it home. Current estimates about the number of species yet to be found vary between ten and thirty million. The deep sea no longer has anything to prove; it is without doubt Earths largest reservoir of life.

P 的建築心觀點: 春天的尾巴

2007-05-09 01:27:29

春天的尾巴

photos of Molluscs (nudibranchs, slugs, shells, bivalves, cephalopods)

2007-05-08 06:47:24

honey honey on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

2007-05-08 06:40:28

honey honey

Jason Hawkes: April 2006 Archives

2007-05-08 06:38:17

Aerial views from around the world

A selection of my favorite aerial photographs I've shot in the last few years. Images are from England, Ireland, Scotland, USA, France, Spain, Norway, Colombia, Israel.

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Aerial photograph of Ste-Croix Dam, Provence, France.

Aerial photograph of rows of red vans awaiting distribution, Oxfordshire, England.

Aerial view of trees standing on Lava flows, Pitchstone Plateau, Wyoming, USA.

Aerial view of pleasure boat on Loch Ness, Scotland.

Aerial photograph of Ben Bulden, County Sligo, Ireland.

Aerial view of Gweebarra Bay Estuary, County Donegal, Ireland.

Aerial view of Roar Rollercoaster, Six Flags, Baltimore, USA

Aerial photograph of Beach and sand dune, Western Isles, Scotland.

Aerial view of Chessil beach, Dorset, England.

Aerial view of Star Island Miami, Florida, USA.

Aerial photograph of shanty town, Medellin, Colombia.

Aerial photograph of Military fighter jets, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA.

Aerial view of birds on Bass Rock, Scotland.

Aerial photogrph of Longleat maze, Wiltshire, England.

Aerial shot of Washington Redskins Stadium, Washington DC, USA.

Aerial view of Seals basking on sand, Sound of Sleat, Scotland.

Aerial photograph of St Philip’s Island, Hilton Head, USA

Aerial view of waterpark, Devon, England.

Aerial view taken at night of City of London.

Aerial photograph of Flea Market, Barcelona, Spain.

Aerial photograph of Plaza Catlalunya, Barcelona, Spain.

Aerial photograph of Plaza Real, Barcelona, Spain.

Aerial view of blue parasols, Miami beach, Florida. USA.

Aerial photograph of Tidal Creek, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, USA.

Aerial view of tents at Reading Music Festival, UK.

Aerial photograph of Morris Island Lighthouse, Charleston, USA.

Aerial photograph of Bridge crossing water, Florida Quays, USA.

Aerial view of a palm tree plantaion, Sanai Desert, Israel.

Aerial photograph of hotel swimming pool, Cannes, France

Aerial view of Arctic Wind farm, Havosund and Barents Sea, Norway

Aerial view of canal linking Loch Oich and Loch Ness, Scotland.

Aerial view of shepherds hut, Provence, France.

Aerial photograph of Grand Prismatic Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park, USA

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2007-05-08 06:28:25

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2007-05-07 01:45:21

Limestone carved by the rain in Gran Sasso,Central Italy , 1998
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Snow covered trees on Macera de Morte, Appenino,Central Italy , 1999
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Wet stones in a river, Abbruzzo,Italy , 2000
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A hidden valley, Acquasanta Terme,Italy , 2000
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Sunset above the Tasman Peninsula,Tasmania , 2000
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Lhasa and the Potala (residence of the Dalai-Lama),Tibet , 2000
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A chinese biker below the Potala, Lhasa,Tibet , 2000
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Prayer flags up a mountain,Tibet , 2000
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A pilgrim giving a spin to prayer drums,Tibet , 2000
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Main street of the historical center of Katmandu,Nepal , 2000
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Kids playing with a kite near old temples,Nepal , 2000
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Burning bodies in Pashupatinah,Nepal , 2000
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Holy Cow ! Kathmandu,Nepal , 2000
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Frontispiece of a temple, Kathmandu,Nepal , 2000
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Wall of painted straw,Tibet , 2000
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Colored stone wall,Tibet , 2000
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Wall of mub bricks eroded by the weather,Tibet , 2000
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Anasazie pictograms,Utah , 2002
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What is it ? If you could figure it out, you would have won a picture...,Contest , 1996
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Corno Grande seen from Campo Imperatore,Gran Sasso , 1999
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Observatory of Campo Imperatore,Gran Sasso , 1999
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Iced up cross on the summit of Velino,Central Italy , 1999
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4th of July fireworks above Fort Collins,Colorado , 2002
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Anasazie house in Grand Gulch,southern Utah , 2003
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Anasazie dwellings up Canyon de Chelly,Arizona , 2003
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Anasazie dwellings up Canyon de Chelly,Arizona , 2003
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Anasazie village up Mesa Verde,Colorado , 2003
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The 'Collegiale' church,Briançon , 2006
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Bastille day fireworks above old town,Briançon , 2006
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Colored autumn leaves,Provence , 2006
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Sunset above the old watchtowers of Roccapina,Corsica , 2006
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Coffee meets Milk

2007-05-06 14:20:49

Very special buildings - Photography | Virango

2007-05-06 14:15:28

Very special buildings - Photography

CaSa-MiLa byA.B. van der Weide

Schachtanlage Rossenray, Kamp-Lintfort byA.B. van der Weide

A night at the power plant byMichel Guyot

Magic Mushroom byWilson Tsoi

Plaza 66 phase 2 byCharlie Xia

fountain byMercan Sarier

OddWeek - 10 Horrible Deep See Creatures

2007-05-01 12:07:44

10 Horrible Deep See CreaturesPublished 4/2/2007 - 00:00-Viper fish

Viper fish (Mesopelagic - found at 80-1600 meters - about a mile down) are some of the most wicked looking fish dredged up from the depths. Some of them are black as night all over with light organs (called photophores) in strategic places on their bodies, including one on a long dorsal fin that serves as a lure for the fish it preys upon. Some viperfish (and many other deep ocean fish species) don't have any pigment (color) at all - they're "see through".

They also have enlarged eyes, presumably for gathering as much light as possible where there is little or no light at all. The light organs create lights by using a chemical process called bioluminescence. Other deep ocean fish, such as the the gulperDeep ocean anglerfish eel have a hinged skull, which can rotate upward to swallow large prey. They also have large stomachs which can stretch to accommodate a fish much larger than itself. The gulper eel is particularly well-known for its impossibly large mouth - big enough to get its mouth around (and swallow!) creatures much bigger than itself. Fish that live down here must adapt to a very low food supply, eating only "scraps" that sink down from above, or sometimes eating each other.Fangtooth

The fangtooth, aslo known as Anoplogaster cornuta, is a menacing looking creature that inhabits the deep waters of the ocean. Although it may look like a monster, it only grows to a size of about six inches in length. It has a short body and a large head. The fangtooth gets its name from the long, sharp, fang-like teeth that line its enormous, over-sized mouth. Its gruesome appearance has earned it the name, "ogrefish".

The color of the adults ranges from dark brown to black. Juveniles look completely different. They are light gray in color with long spines on their heads. The fangtooth is an extreme deep-water species that lives at depths of about 16,000 feet. The pressure at these depths is intense and the water temperature is near freezing. Food here is scarce, so the fangtooth will eat just about anything it can find. Most of its meals probably fall from the upper depths of the ocean. The fangtooth is found throughout the world in temperate and tropical ocean regions including the waters off the coast of Australia.Dragonfish

The deep sea dragonfish, or Grammatostomias flagellibarba, is a ferocious predator in spite of its small size. It is one of many species known to inhabit the deep oceans of the world. This fish grows to about six inches in length. It has a large head and mouth equipped with many sharp, fang-like teeth. The dragonfish has a long barbel attached to its chin. This barbel is tipped with a light-producing organ known as a photophore.

The dragonfish uses this organ like a fishing lure, flashing it on and off and waving it back and forth. Once an unsuspecting fish gets too close, it is snapped up in the dragonfish's powerful jaws. The dragonfish also has photophores along the sides of its body. These light organs may be used to signal other dragonfish during mating. They may also serve to attract and disorient prey fishes from deep below. Dragonfishes live in deep ocean waters at depths of up to 5000 feet (1,500 meters). They are found in most tropical regions around the world.Angler

The deep sea angler, known also as Melanocetus johnsoni, is a grotesque-looking fish that lives in the extreme depths of the ocean. Its round body resembles a basketball, and indeed, it looks like it could easily swallow one. It has a large mouth likes with sharp, fang-like teeth. Its appearance has earned it a second name of "common black devil". Despite its ferocious appearance, the angler only reaches a maximum length of about five inches. The angler gets its name from the long, modified dorsal spine which is tipped with a light producing organ known as a photophore.

Like many other deep-water fish, the angler uses this organ like a lure to attract its prey. It will flash its light on and off while waving it back and forth like a fishing pole. When the prey fish gets close enough, the angler snaps it up with its powerful jaws. A strange fact about the deep sea angler is the fact that the male is smaller and different in appearance from the female, which is pictures above. The male of the species is about the size of a finger and has small hook teeth, which it uses to attach itself to the female. Once attached, its blood vessels join with that of the female and it will spend the rest of its life joined to her like a parasite, getting all of its nourishment from her body. If the male is unable to attach to a female, it will eventually dies of starvation. The deep sea angler is found throughout the world at depths of over 3000 feet.Gulper Eel

The gulper eel, known scientifically as Eurypharynx pelecanoides, is perhaps one of the most bizarre looking creatures in the deep ocean. Its most notable attribute is the large mouth. The eel's mouth is loosely hinged, and can be opened wide enough to swallow an animal much larger than itself. The hapless fish is then deposited into a pouch-like lower jaw, which resembles that of a pelican.

In fact, it is sometimes referred to as the pelican eel. The gulper's stomach can also stretch to accommodate its large meals. This giant mouth gives the eel its other common name of umbrellamouth gulper. The eel also has a very long, whip-like tail. Specimens that have been brought to the surface in fishing nets have been known to have their long tails tied into several knots. The gulper eel grows to a length of about two to six feet and is found in all of the world's oceans at depths ranging from 3000 to 6000 feet.Giant Squid

The elusive giant squid, known to science as Architeuthis dux, is one of the world's largest animals, reaching a length of up to 60 feet. It is the largest known invertebrate in the world. The giant squid is a mollusk and is member of the cephalopod class, which includes the octopus and other squids. Very little is known about these mysterious animals because none have been seen alive in the wild. Most of what we know about them comes from the bodies of dead squid that have washed ashore or been pulled up in fishermen's nets. These animals are carnivores, and will eat just about anything they can catch. During World War II, stories from the survivors of sunken ships tell of shipmates being eaten by these creatures in the dark of night. There have even been reports of giant squid reaching out of the water and pulling men off small boats. None of these reports have been officially verified, but they paint a picture of a powerful predator. The squid's eight long tentacles have strong suction cups, which they use to hold on to their prey. A sharp, powerful beak finishes off their helpless victim with eerie efficiency. The giant squid appears to be a favorite meal for the sperm whale. They have been found in the stomachs of dead whales and many these whales bear scars from the squid's suction-cupped tentacles.Giant Isopod

The giant isopod, known scientifically as Bathynomus giganteus, is the largest known member of the isopod family. It is very closely related to the small pillbugs that you can find in the garden. It is a carnivorous crustacean that spends its time scavenging the deep ocean floor. Food is extremely scarce at these great depths, so the isopod has adapted to eat what ever happens to fall to the ocean floor from above. It will also feed on some of the small invertebrates that live at these depths.

Giant isopods are known to reach a size of over 16 inches in length and are one of the largest members of the crustacean family. These animals are very prehistoric in appearance. When threatened, the can roll themselves into a tight ball where they are protected by their strong, armor-plated shells. They have complex mouths that contain many components that work together to pierce, shred, and disembowel live or dead prey. Giant isopods are all over the world at depths of over 2000 feet.Coffinfish

The coffinfish (B.melanostomus) has a flabby body and long tail that are both covered with small spines. It h

The HDR Pool

2007-04-25 12:16:23

Montreal Photo - PhotoBlog of Julien Roumagnac : All

2007-04-25 02:11:35

The Photo Crazy Blog

2007-04-24 12:30:51

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Fresh Pics: Kelvin Murray's Creative Photography

2007-04-24 12:26:13

Funny pics, Fresh Pictures, Funny Stuff, Cool Pictures, Hot Sexy Celebrities, Crazy Pictures and Weird Pictures updated daily

In The End by *ageofloss on deviantART

2007-04-24 12:21:27

...after the hurricane-force winds, there would be vertical updraft. A large mushroom cloud would rise, containing dust and smoke, and firestorms would begin. The day would darken to night as the atmosphere was obscured... late global fallout located in the stratosphere, lasts for years. It produces nuclear winter with no sunlight, no rainfall, and a drop in temperature. Nuclear winter would blacken the atmosphere and obscure the sun, moon and stars...

Storm Weather by *Pixydream on deviantART

2007-04-24 12:19:33

I love how your skies always lok so fierce and angry. Nice job on the highlights in the trees. I'm unsure about the composition though. I know it's not following the 'rule of thirds' but I think the fence posts are just pushing the limits too far. It's always a pleasure to watch your work come in.

APOGEE PHOTO MAGAZINE: The Photo Contest: "Cats"

2007-04-24 12:13:16

Apogee Photo Magazine Bi-Monthly Contest

guided by angels

2007-04-24 03:21:58

2007 Pulitzer Prizes-FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY, Works

2007-04-20 13:41:59

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

Прикольные картинки (45 картинок) » Приколы :: Картинки, �

2007-04-18 13:44:29

Уважаемые читатели, теперь комментарии от незарегистрированных пользователей будут отображаться серым цветом (т.е. еле заметным). Так что если Вы действительно хотите писать нормальные комментарии,

Photo

2007-04-18 13:28:03

一张不错的照片

Powerful images from time

2007-04-18 13:25:24

Jade and Gary, welcome to the real world. If you’re so appalled and critical, then do something. Yeah, that’s what I thought. It’s terrible, and it happens all the time, and it’s been happening since the first animals walked this Earth. Human nature, go figure.

Photo of the Day: February 2007 Archives

2007-04-18 13:21:07

Photo of the Day: February 2007 Archives

2005 - World Press Photo

2007-04-18 13:19:21

O'Reilly was at an emergency feeding center, and was himself feverish and resting in a chair when he saw Alassa's hand reach up from his mother's lap and rest on her nose. As the little hand slid slowly down her face, O'Reilly shot a few frames.

Damn Cool Pics: Urinal Sculptures

2007-03-22 11:39:59

Clark Sorensen has created some of the most amazing and beautiful urinals one is likely to ever see. Each is meticulously hand built and one of a kind - formed from high fire porcelain and fired to cone 10 (2300 F). These pieces are magnificent works of art but they are also fully functioning vitreous porcelain fixtures that can be plumbed and used in a bathroom. They are made of the same material as a commercial toilet but the similarity stops there.

Tilt-Shift Photography

2007-03-22 11:34:26

Or make your own Tilt-Shift photography for free using photoshop like this one or this one.

PHOTOGENIUS » Blog Archive » Nick Brandt Photography

2007-03-22 05:54:41

C’est amusant justement que tu nous mettes maintenant Nick Brandt, parce que justement quand tu as mis Gregory Colbert, je m’etais dit que la suite logique etait justement ce tres tres grand photographe. Bon evidemment, il est difficile d’ajouter quoique ce soit d’autre, tant les photos parlent par elle-mme. Tout y est, la qualit photographique autant que l’motion, des clichs absolument superbes et en plus monochrome, bref tout pour me plaire. J’adore totalement… mais j’imagine aussi les heures de patience a attendre le bon moment pour en arriver a ces clichs.

BBC - A Digital Picture of Britain - How to Take Good Photos

2007-03-17 02:20:05

shows you how to get the most out of your digital camera. Choose a subject and use the dropdown menu to browse his tips and tricks.

Photography Composition Articles Library

2007-03-13 03:08:00

Perfect examples for beginners, and intermetiate photographers. Composition rules: Simplicity, The Rule of Thirds, Lines, Balance, Framing, Avoiding Mergers.

Cambridge in Colour - Digital Photography Tutorials

2007-03-13 02:31:50

Digital Camera Sensor Sizes: How Do These Influence Photography?

Utata: Tribal Photography

2007-03-13 01:55:45

Utata is a collective of photographers, writers, and like-minded people who share a compelling interest in the arts. We began (and continue to exist) as a salon-style gathering of photographers who came together on flickr. As a group we are continuously evolving; Utata is more of a process than a final product.

lens culture: Blake Fitch

2007-03-11 14:34:43

It documents, over the course of ten years, the growing-up of two cousins less than a year apart in age, seen only during large family reunions in the same two timeless settings of their grandparents’ ornately decorated New England home or the family’s summer place on the water.

Ueba - HDR Photography

2007-03-09 09:57:40

一些很漂亮HDR摄影的图片

World Photo Adventure - Home

2007-03-08 13:59:44

(WPA), you'll probably know that WPA is the most exciting develpoment in the photographic world for a long time, WPA is here to help build a photo community with information and images about what's available if you are interested in going on a photo workshop, trek or tour. It is now so easy to search the web and find that special photo trip or workshop you want to take that will help improve your photo taking skils. How do you find out information about the company and if it

The New Portrait: A Study in Three Parts

2007-03-07 10:08:54

The portrait, formal and otherwise, has been a staple of photography since the daguerreotype made it cheap and relatively easy to capture someone's likeness. The 19th-century French writer Charles Baudelaire lamented that the burgeoning photographic industry had become the refuge of failed painters with too little talent. Photo historian Naomi Rosenblum explains that the daguerreotype portrait struck a particular chord in America. In the conjunction of uncanny detail, artless yet intense expression, and nave pose, Americans recognized a mirror of the national ethos that esteemed unvarnished truth and distrusted elegance and ostentation, she writes.

How to Create High Dynamic Range Images

2007-03-07 10:07:07

The sample images in this tutorial were takenone evening in Charleston, South Carolina. I really wanted an image that showed some of the beautiful colors of the waterfront mansions along East Battery. The problem: the houses on East Battery face east, the sun was setting in the west, and the mansions were all in shadows. There were some nice sunset-colored clouds on the eastern horizon, but the exposure difference between the house (to achieve a nice, vivid pink) and the twilight sky was at least 5 full stops apart. If I exposed for the mansion, I'd lose the sky. If I shot for the sky, all but the sky was a silhouetted mess of shadows. Splitting the distance between the two extremes did neither dramatic element justice.

How to Get 'Real' B&W Look from Color Photos

2007-03-07 10:04:55

Do your black-and-whites look flat? The best monochrome prints have a dirty little secret: color. To get that real black-and-white look, use Adobe Photoshop's Channel Mixer to go monochrome, then add tone with Variations. Soon your friends will be wondering why your bw photos look so much better than theirs do.

Eugenio Recuenco - Vogue Novias

2007-03-07 09:47:04

Eugenio Recuenco - Vogue Novias

Apple MP3 ?

2007-03-07 09:41:53

Apple MP3 ?

Diving Dice

2007-03-07 09:40:42

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current work

2007-02-20 11:19:07

This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics tend to feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or $12.5 million spent every hour on the Iraq war. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs.

YOUNG GALLERY

2007-02-20 11:15:26

Paul studied anthropology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. After completing his studies in the United States, he returned to Southern Africa to work on a land conservation project in Bophuthatswana.

Red Panda (Ailurus Fulgens) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

2007-02-15 04:46:13

The Red Panda, despite having a digestive system more suited to a carnivorous diet, subsists primarily on bamboo. Like the Giant Panda, it cannot digest cellulose, so it must consume a large volume of bamboo to survive. Its diet also includes fruit, roots, acorns, and lichen, and Red Pandas are known to supplement their diet with young birds, eggs, small rodents, cheese, and insects on occasion. Captive Red Pandas readily eat meat. Red Pandas are excellent climbers and forage largely in trees. The Red Panda does little more than eat and sleep due to its low-calorie diet.

Images by Year 2004

2007-02-14 05:45:36

photos from Kerala

2007-02-14 05:41:58

photos from Kerala

Pictures of Nature

2007-02-07 10:59:17

This gallery is a selection of nature photos you can find in the country-related galleries of earth-photography.com. The most beautiful sceneries covered by these galleries are probably Norway's stunning fjordlands (including Geirangerfjord and the Jostedal glacier), Slovakia's frozen High Tatra mountain range, Croatia's Adriatic Sea and its islands, the Swiss mountains and England's Peak District.

Great Photos

2007-02-01 13:32:21

Congratulations - beautiful, brave, and sensitive imagery.

Free Online Photography Course

2007-01-28 17:30:52

Jodie Coston is a freelance photographer who lives in northwestern Montana. She has exhibited her work in gallery exhibitions around the world and has won numerous international awards for her images.

Great Photos in Crappy Locations

2007-01-28 17:20:35

cityrag: Camera Toss

2007-01-28 17:19:03

It is about trading risk for reward in the pursuit of art. It is not about being a photographer, it is about enabling the photography that happens naturally when you let go of the process, give up control, and add a hell of alot more variables. It is about physics, gravity, angular momentum, acceleration, direction, chaos, and timing... most of which you have tenuous control of at best!

Mexico Photo Gallery

2007-01-22 15:01:07

Mexico Photo Gallery - Large Format Landscape Photography

Transitions: Photographs by Robert Creamer

2007-01-19 04:08:41

Display photo

2007-01-16 04:51:02

Love the interesting work with the face you guys are doing. Here is an interesting tidbit. There are serious studies about the right and left side of a face. Looking at the Mark C. rendition.... According to research, the face on the right is how you try and project yourself to the world..Your facade..if you will. The left face/side is the true you...your hidden self. The research was done with subjects/analysis/using a mirror to divide the face and analyize what emotions/effects it presents. Try it on a photo of yourself and you'll be amazed how true it is. Back to the image. Powerful, emotional. I like the effect of the iridescence in the hair. Great detail for handholding a lens of that size. Really great. I also find the story an interesting addition to the image. To catch an uncontrived/natural expression on a stranger in the street is either a stroke of luck...or a connection. Judging by the explination I do believe a connection was made. Penetrating and wonderful image and the cropping is fine by me. If I had to pick on anything at all (and it is a very small detail)...I would like to see the shadow opened up just a tiny bit as I find the darkness almost like a cloud of grey over his face. Re: the background... As someone who almost exclusively shoots with big zooms... and as a point for newcomers to photography: Even in full sun...If the background is in shade or is a dark color it will appear dark and blurred with the lens he used. That is desireable and the point of using fixed or zoom lenses from 105 to 200mm for portraits. This way your subject stands out with no distracting backgrounds. Congrats on the POW..

Display photo

2007-01-16 02:50:23

So glad I found this - a wonderful laugh to start the day with. I think the front seagull is important because he is one of a group of seagulls who seem to be forming an admiring audience. If you follow the line of gawping seagulls you will see that they form a curve that encircles the pelicans. You could clone out the fourth pelican and the bored unmusical seagull at bottom far left and performer/audience effect would be enhanced.

Display photo

2007-01-16 02:47:07

You have a perfect eye when it comes to capturing the zebras - your artistic use of the striping is magnificent - thanks for sharing your work with us!

Display photo

2007-01-16 02:41:54

I think the blue shirt may be edited due to it's relatively greater luminosity compared to the pants but then again I won't dismiss the possibility that this effect was caused by real lighting...great job Rarindra...you've got us all wondering.

Photos by Robert Farnham

2007-01-09 05:09:16

A very fine folder, crisp and clear, not only in the imagery but in the messages portrayed. There is tremendous attention to detail, composition and harmony, all of which independently need a photographers attention. However good a technician one is however, it is not enough, and what characterizes this work for me is the manner in which the artist relates to his subjects. He gives us the impression of not being a spectator but a participant in all his photos. The nude figure studies are particularly striking in their obvious respect and admiration for the female form. It is good to see them here together as a body of work, because each one truly gives the impression of being a part of a whole. I have rarely seen such intimacy portrayed with so little displayed. I wish I had that talent.

c h r o m a s i a / fine art photography / Blackpool, UK

2006-12-29 02:24:11

Chromasia are a Blackpool based photographic company specialising in fine art photography; including the provision of stock imagery, commissions, limited edition photographic prints, and photoshop tutorials.

Boy meets Girl

2006-12-28 07:45:10

Мне думается, что в этой фотосессии от Mert Alas и Marcus Piggot принимала участие одна девушка.

self-portraits Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir

2006-12-24 10:19:27

self-portraits Rebekka Guleifsdttir

Digital Camera Magazine Photographer of the Year 2006

2006-12-24 10:14:53

This year’s competition has been the most successful ever, with tens of thousands of photographers from more than 70 countries taking part.

yvonne taylor photographer

2006-12-21 15:19:15

yvonne taylor photographer

New Zealand Photo Gallery

2006-12-16 11:24:15

Land of the Long White Cloud, which disappears so quickly, and surprisingly as it happens. Days after are full of rain and very long waiting on the decisive and non-repeatable moment, for which I proceed step by step (I really do not now how many times I did it) through the night jungle over thousand meters elevation with 25 kilos of my equipment on my back.

African animals

2006-12-16 07:30:37

He started photographing in December 2000 in East Africa, beginning the body of work that is his signature subject matter and style. He no longer directs, devoting himself full time to his fine art photography now.

How to Photograph Fireworks

2006-12-14 08:11:55

- Probably more important to get right than aperture is shutter speed. Fireworks move and as a result the best photographs of them capture this movement meaning you need a nice long exposure. The technique that I developed when I first photographed fireworks was to shoot in ‘bulb’ mode. This is a mode that allows you to keep the shutter open for as long as you hold down the shutter (preferably using a remote shutter release of some type). Using this technique you hit the shutter as the firework is about to explode and hold it down until it’s finished exploding (generally a few seconds).

Birder's World - Photo of the Week

2006-12-12 14:16:40

Every two months, we'll award a Denali 8x42 or 10x42 PC binocular to the person who submits the Photo of the Week we like the most. We'll announce the winners in the magazine. Then, at the end of the year, we'll give a Denali 60mm spotting scope and Radian tripod to the bimonthly winner that our judges deem the best.

Nikon Small World - Gallery

2006-12-12 14:12:43

Division of Cell and Developmental Biology

Photos from hs_yin

2006-12-11 04:20:22

Photos from hs_yin

ORIGINAL PEARL HARBOR PHOTOS

2006-12-08 16:42:53

Never seen these before----must be somebody 's private pictures they saved all this time.
These pic's are so clear....very sad....but, good that we can see them......
THE FELLOW WHO SENT THESE RECEIVED THEM FROM AN OLD SHIPMATE ON THE USS QUAPAW
ATF-11O. INTERESTING AS HE'S NEVER SEEN THEM ANYWHERE ELSE.
I THINK THEY'RE SPECTACULAR.
PEARL HARBOR December 7th, 1941

big Alba photography

2006-12-08 16:37:34

A photoblog exploring the landscape of Scotland with a new photograph posted every other day.

Concert Photography

2006-12-06 03:11:15

I have been lucky enough to have been allowed to bring my 15 year old son to a few of his favorite bands; SlipKnot, Shadows Fall, Lamp of God, Unearth, As I Lay Dying, when I was hired to shoot some concerts. The first concert was at the Xcell Center in St Paul Mn. The security was way cool for this one. They let me shoot for the first three songs, but since they laughed that it’s hard to tell when some of their songs are finished, they were relaxed on how long I was there. I also was allowed to take more pictures from around the arena. I use my small built in flash on my Nikon D70 only when the concert lights are in flash mode. Kind of blurs the fact whether I actually used my flash. The same for when I did SlipKnot at the Roy Wilkens Center in St Paul, also. There security was pretty strict. After 3 songs I was out of there and they stopped me when I tried to take more pics around the arena. That’s cool, that’s part of their job. I shoot 1600 ISO using the small flash when needed. Grain is not a problem if there is lots of color contrast. Usually for the first three song, they keep the lights down low, kinda sucks, but wait until the light hits your subject and shoot away.

Aaah Paris!

2006-12-05 02:19:41

Aaah Paris! - a photoset on Flickr

green

2006-12-04 05:29:48

绿色主题摄影图片,很不错的网站设计

Top Ten Digital Photography Tips

2006-12-04 02:29:27

I am using a sony DSC- V1 wich Im sure is similar to the on you are using. When taking pitctures with no flash the slow the shutter speed is the more light you will get in the picture. Practice this at home in a dimly lit room and without a flash change the shutter speed settings on your camera. The manual you got with the camera should explain this more in detail. As an example while at the carlsbad cavers in NM i found that my flash was useless because the cavern walls were so far away it would not reflect off of them. I found that slowing the shutter speed down and playing with my settings a little bit I could adjust the light absorbtion to what ever level I wanted. The only downside to this is that if you move the camera at all the picture is blurred, so it is very important to either use a tripod or rest yourself on something. In a museum the lighting problem is not near as drastic as in a almost pitch dark cavern so you will not need to hold the camera still as long. just remember to light a room in your house as you think a museum would be lit and practice on your favorite wall hanger till you get the settings down. Also remember to write yourself notes for each picture you take. This comes in very handy when trying to remember what settings you used in different light situations. Take a pic, take a note, and so on. It seems like a lot of work but once you get the hang of it you wont need the notes anymore and you will be able to shoot a good picture in any lighting situation, flash or no flash. I hope this helps. Any questions for me feel free to email me at danboy_21@hotmail.com

How to Photograph Sunrises and Sunsets

2006-12-04 02:26:21

Another technique to try to get the right exposure is ‘bracketing’ where you look at what the camera suggests you take the picture at and then take a few shots at both under and over that mark. ie if your camera says to shoot at 1/60th of a second at f/8 you would shoot off a shot at 1/60 at f/5.6 and then at f/11. In doing so you end up with a series of shots at different exposures which will all give you slightly different results and colors. Most DSLR’s and some point and shoot digital cameras have a built in bracketing feature so you don’t need to do this manually - learn how to use it!

O'Reilly -- Tasteful Food Photography

2006-12-03 04:32:41

I inquired about the lighting conditions in the kitchen way ahead of time. My Canon 10D has a nifty White Balance option that will let me adjust for various lighting conditions on the fly, but film users must be aware of the perilous lighting conditions they can encounter on a shoot. In my case, two large rows of fluorescent lights with plastic diffusers were mounted directly overhead, providing plentiful, even illumination. Fluorescent lighting, however, will tint an image an unsightly shade of green. To retain the all-important natural colors in my images, I switched my camera's White Balance setting to fluorescent, activating the 10D's built-in color compensation mode. Film users should use a magenta filter to compensate for fluorescent light, or if shooting with stationary indoor lights, switch to tungsten-balanced film. More information about this topic can be found in ephotozine's

small budget photography

2006-12-03 04:32:13

Lenses may or may not be an issue for you. If you're shooting the way I do, they shouldn't be at all. If you get a non-SLR camera you won't have to worry about this at all - if you do have a camera on which you can change the lens just know that for most situations you're only going to need one. A 17.5-45 mm (35-90mm regular camera equivalent) will do just about anything you need for regular shooting, so unless you plan on doing all close-up photography (macro lens) or all wildlife photography (killer zoom lens), you're probably only going to need one lens. Multiple lenses are for people who A. Need them because they shoot a bunch of different things in a bunch of different ranges B. Want to buy a bunch of lenses just because they can and they need to be able to show people that they're professional by being conspicuous consumers or C. Don't realize they really don't need a ton of different lenses or think they do because professional photographers do.

The Thrilling Wonder Story: Vintage Miniature Cameras

2006-11-30 11:22:57

This is the famous Brownie camera from Kodak. The Brownie popularized low-cost photography and introduced the concept of the snapshot (first model dates from 1900)

The Thrilling Wonder Story: Autumn in Japan

2006-11-26 11:22:24

). During the months of October and November, they gathered thousands of pictures, of which these are only a few examples. Witness the supernatural beauty of Japanese landscape and the sublime quality of Autumn in Japan.

bokehdo - a photoset on Flickr

2006-11-19 11:43:08

WebПарк.ру: Мир сверху (55 фото)

2006-11-18 10:15:03

Физиогномика - это учение о существовании взаимосвязи между внешним обликом человека и его характером. Изначальными корнями эта дисциплина восходит к древнекитайским учениям. Физиогномика служила предпосылкой многих типологий характеров, однако никогда не имела научных оснований.

London by moonlights

2006-11-12 23:07:23

It could almost be a stairway to heaven. This remarkable picture of the full moon was taken by photographer Alisdair Macdonald from the South Bank this week after 20 years of trying. It is not a montage but one picture exposed 10 times.

Liquid Sculpture and Water Art

2006-11-08 09:34:33

We hope you enjoy the fun, whimsy and wonder of these selected works from Martin Waugh. Please take a moment and see where your imagination takes you.

Kenneth Parker Photography

2006-11-07 10:25:08

Kenneth ParkerAll Use and Reproduction Rights Reserved

It's my turn to torture you BIG sister! - How'd They Do That?

2006-11-02 08:20:59

So I moved the closer together, got away from the white line and tried again. I only took a couple of more shots trying different poses finally choosing the one where Ellie is finally getting her revenge on big sister. My focal point was on the grass between the girls so that one would not appear out of focus or if your camera has an infinite manual setting you could use that also.

Come Fly with Me!

2006-10-28 08:50:49

At first I was very disappointed. The butterfly wings were not all in the frame. The depth of field is so shallow that major portions of the butterfly, especially the wings,were ruined. I like my butterflies in sharp focus. Actually, I'm lucky to get anythingat all before they dart off. Butterfly photography is hit and miss. They are generally hand held macros set at a relatively fast shutter speed with wide open lenses so therefore have shallow depth of field. You don't get second chances. Mostly you just chase them around a lot.

Travel Photography Tips

2006-10-23 08:18:57

Travel Photography is a topic close to my heart and is something that I know many others get excited about also. Here are a few tips that might help get the best out of your digital camera while on the road.

Hamid Sardar

2006-10-23 08:04:57

(peuple des rennes - Mongolie) (16 photos)

The Wonderful World of Early Photography.

2006-10-20 10:14:23

The earliest American attempts in duplicating the photographic experiments of the Frenchman Louis Daguerre occurred at NYU in 1839. John W. Draper, professor of chemistry, built his own camera and made what may be the first human portrait taken in the United States, after a 65-second exposure. The sitter, his sister Dorothy Catherine Draper, had her face powdered with flour in an early attempt to accentuate contrasts.

How to Create Professional HDR Images

2006-10-16 09:31:42

First off, you need to take the photographs. Because you are attempting to create a high-dynamic-range image, it makes a very good deal of sense for you to set your camera so that it shoots your photographs in your camera's RAW mode. The reason for this is that the RAW format captures more dynamic range data than is available in the alternative, the JPEG file. It also gives you a great deal of color temperature latitude -- you can set the color temperature of all of your photos very easily after the fact. You also need to set the camera to manual exposure mode. Tripod your camera so that it doesn't move, then compose the scene you want to shoot. Note that, like long-exposure photography, HDR works best when your subject isn't moving. Also, if your camera has a changeable ISO setting (most do), set it as low as possible to avoid noise. Meter your scene. Select the aperature you wish. The object here is to

Wierd pictures

2006-10-11 11:26:54

Weird Pictures Weird News Strange Bizarre Unusual Sexy Girls

Zoo Photography

2006-10-11 10:09:07

- there’s nothing worse than trying to shoot through the wire or bars of a cage. On occasions you’ll be able to find a wider opening (look for the bigger gaps around gates) but when you have to shoot through cages get up as close as you can to them, use a longer focal length, choose a wider aperture and wait for the animal to move back from the cage. In many instances when you do this you’ll not even notice the distraction of the cage at all. But what if you are using a point and shoot with no control over aperture? Try switching to portrait mode which is a mode that uses a wide aperture and should narrow your depth of field.

High Speed Photography

2006-09-18 10:58:58

Knuttz's Stuff - High Speed Photography Part 2 of 6

dg28.com - photographer education

2006-09-18 10:53:25

A lot of news photographers don't think that they are allowed enough time to light pictures, so they rely on their hot shoe mounted flash or on moving their subject into the daylight. If your kit is lightweight and well planned, if it's reliable and quick to assemble then you can light as much of your work as you want to. I tend to specialize in editorial portraiture, so that is the area of work that I'm going to talk about. My basic kit is one Lumedyne 200 joule pack, one standard head, two regular batteries, one stand, an umbrella, a Chimera softbox and a Pocket Wizard kit - all in one sling bag. In October 2003 I have added an

All Macro Stuff Photo Gallery by Eric Delmar at pbase.com

2006-09-15 02:05:17

I tend to like macro work because people say, Wow, I never realized it looked like that. Also, it's somewhat technically challenging with less need for an artistic component. Those requirements fit me well. Also, for a lot of this stuff, I don't need to travel farther than the backyard or the kitchen sink. Much easier than getting to a National Park or a Himalayan sunset.

Amazing cloud photos

2006-09-15 01:39:22

Strange Clouds known as lenticular clouds but also known as flying saucer clouds, angelship clouds, cloudships, clouds of heaven...These clouds and clouds of similar kind have been reported as UFOs in cloud disguise.For others these cloud formations can be completely different things or simply... just clouds. Each and every one, who observe these multi layers of clouds, has right to have own opinion about what they are and what causes the phenomenon. However for many these are not natural formations, but something not of this world, from higher dimensions rather...In the Bible there is much written about cloudships. The Bible is referring to some type of flying craft that possess an ability to hover in one place for a longer time and appears in the sky surrounded with clouds.Ancient texts describe how pilots could using correct proportions of certain chemicals give their flying machine the appearence of a cloud

Snowflake and Snow Crystal Photographs

2006-09-14 09:05:03

These pictures show real snow crystals that fell to earth in Northern Ontario, Alaska, Vermont, the Michigan Upper Peninsula, and the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. They were captured by Kenneth G. Libbrecht using a specially designed snowflake photomicroscope.

5 Steps To Being More Photogenic - Digital Camera University

2006-09-13 12:26:26

Models are taught to change state by developing a ‘trigger.’ So when they are about to have their picture taken, even if they are in a crummy mood, they can go from level 1 to level 5 in a heart beat. Firing a trigger is a reminder to do the things that make you look good. Believe it or not, THE most successful trigger we found over the years was called the ‘rear cheek squeeze.’ It’s really cool because it’s inconspicuous. Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like; you squeeze the cheeks of your rear end together. Don’t make fun of it until you try it. To see it’s effectiveness try this experiment. Ask someone to sit on a chair and then ask them to squeeze their cheeks together. I have not met ONE person who doesn’t immediately smile and say something like, okay, now what?

10 questions to Rinko Kawauchi about photography

2006-09-13 12:22:13

When I put together a book, I actually I have a conversation with myself. To be more specific, I begin by printing simply everything that I have recently taken and which interest me for what ever reason. And then I spread everything on my floor at home and start by taking an image in my hand. I then choose the next image, as if I were playing an image association game. I have moments where I say to myself, “I don’t know why but only this image can be next to this one”, or “this is a bit too well-coupled”. It’s almost like having some kind of discovery. In fact, photography is a succession of discoveries. When you take the photo you have a discovery. Then when you print you have another discovery. It is as if I am pressing the shutter a second time, because I notice things, I wasn’t aware before.