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clipped from www.cnn.com Polar bear attacks woman at Berlin Zoo BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A polar bear attacked a woman at Berlin Zoo Friday afternoon after she climbed a fence and jumped into its habitat during feeding time, police said Saturday. One adult polar bit her several times after she plunged into the moat, police said. Zoo workers tossed rescue rings toward the woman to hoist her out and distract polar bears swimming nearby, said Goerg Gebhard, a Berlin police officer. "They saved her life," Gebhard told CNN. The woman was severely injured and was being treated at a hospital, police said. Watch polar bear attack woman » It's unclear why the woman entered the bear habitat, but police issued her a citation for trespassing.

17-year-old claims responsibility for Twitter worm

clipped from www.bnonews.com 17-year-old claims responsibility for Twitter worm Brooklyn, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Mikeyy Mooney, the 17-year-old creator of StalkDaily.com from Brooklyn, has admitted responsibility for the Twitter worm that rapidly spread through Twitter on Saturday, stating in an email to BNO News, “I am aware of the attack and yes I am behind this attack.” Twitter users were infected by simply visiting an infected users Twitter page. Following being infected, users began tweeting about stalkdaily.com with messages such as "Dude, www.StalkDaily.com is awesome. What's the fuss?" Mikeyy described how he carried out the attack:

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The Beauty of Infrared

clipped from www.wrotniak.net The Beauty of Infrared Here are some of my pictures taken in the infrared, the invisible hue of light, providing radiant, shining greenery, dark skies, and wondrously soft shadows. You also may be interested in a technical article: Infrared Photography with a Digital Camera. Grayson County and Mawbry Mill, Virginia (Olympus E-300) The Kings Canyon and Yosemite, California; Olympus C-5060WZ (1,2) and E-20 (3) Horsehead Wetlands Center on the Maryland Eastern Shore; Olympus E-20 A pond in Crofton, Maryland, where I live; Olympus E-20 Ocracoke Island, NC; Washington, DC, and Krakow, Poland; Olympus C-5050Z West Virginia (2x) and Maryland's Eastern Shore; Olympus C-5050Z

Infrared Photography with a Digital Camera

clipped from www.wrotniak.net Infrared Photography with a Digital Camera What's so different about IR? The camera SLR — the second choice Going IR all the way The IR filter IR filter summary Image preview Exposure setting Fogging Focus Postprocessing Retaining some color information Image noise Almost infrared: a deep-red filter What to shoot in IR Web resources Related articles at this site: Digital SLRs for Infrared Photography Waiting for a B&W IR camera Image samples from Olympus cameras: E-510 with Hoya R72 E-500 with Hoya R72 E-300 with Hoya R72 and Tiffen #87 E-10 and E-20 with Hoya R72 C-5050Z with Hoya R72 C-5060WZ with Hoya R72 C-3000Z with the Wratten #70 Olympus C-5060WZ, Hoya R72 filter What's so different about infrared? The camera SLR — the second choice? Going IR all the way The IR filter IR filter summary Image preview Exposure setting Fogging Focusing Postprocessing Retaining some color information The red layer from an IR image combined with green and blue ones from a visible-light picture. Image noise

Infrared Photography

clipped from www.photographysavvy.com Infrared Photography One of my favorite techniques for landscape photography is shooting infrared. Digital cameras lend themselves very well to infrared photography because the imaging sensors are very sensitive to infrared light. Most camera manufacturers place what's called a "hot mirror" over the sensor to filter undesirable wavelengths of light, including infrared, so it does not ruin regular photos. Even though this hot mirror blocks infrared light, it is still possible to shoot in this unique light spectrum. This tutorial will explain my process of shooting infrared photography. Here are the results: Reference Photo Nikon D50, 35mm f/2, 1/160 sec @ f/11, ISO 200 Color Infrared Using Custom White Balance Nikon D50, 35mm f/2, 1.6 sec @ f/11, ISO 200 Black & White Infrared Converted in Lightroom Nikon D50, 35mm f/2, 1.6 sec @ f/11, ISO 200 Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Infrared Color Mode 5 Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Infrared B&W Mode 2