April 13, 2009
If you want to make the right decision when you buy a new digital camera, what are the things to look out for?
1. The physical size and weight of the camera
Let’s review the straightforward stuff first. [ article continues here ]
And is available as a free ebook in pdf format, which you can download here.
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April 10, 2009
Here are two of the photos I took at a farm in the Yorkshire Dales we went to where lambs were being born.
The story and the rest of the images are at Quillcards Blog.
Enjoy!


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March 13, 2009
For anyone who wonders what the tell-tale signs are that a llama is about to spit a mouthful of straw and spittle, ears back and head reared back are the things to look out for – as here.
Nikon D60 with 18-55mm lens at ISO400 1/125 second at f5.6

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January 21, 2009

The rose on the right is a duplicate of the one on the left. I used Displacement Map in Photoshop to alter it.
Go to Distort > Displacement Map, and it will ask you for an image to use as a displacement map. Which means you need an image to use for that purpose. I recommend something that has ‘dramatic’ lines to it, such as the black and white image below. I made the image totally in Photoshop by drawing black lines and then copying and re-copying sections of it across the image.

And the following shots of Big Ben show what using that displacement map can produce.

And now, abracadabera:

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