Pin-Up Picture (52 pics)

clipped from www.listal.com Pin-Up Picture Scarlett Johansson

A Guide to Wildlife Camera Phone Photography

clipped from www.lightstalking.com Apr 13, 2009 A Guide to Wildlife Camera Phone Photography Photographing wildlife is perhaps one of the most difficult things you can attempt with a camera phone. Image elements such as proximity, light and movement are going to pose massive problems for equipment that limits your photographic options. On the other hand, many people manage to get some pretty good images of wildlife with their camera phones. Here are a few things you will need to think about if you want to emulate their success. Turn Off the Sound - If you camera phone allows it, remember to turn off the camera sound and make it silent as you shoot. This means you can avoid startling wildlife and hopefully take a few shots after that inital capture. It’s also far less annoying! Note - If you click through to the original sources of the above image you will be able to see a suggestion for cropping of this image which would make this good image great.

HDR tutorial: how to create HDR photos with free Qtpfsgui and GIMP

clipped from garmahis.com HDR tutorial: how to create HDR photos with free Qtpfsgui and GIMP In this HDR tutorial you’ll find out how to create HDR photos using Qtpfsgui and GIMP (you can use Photoshop as well). Both Qtpfsgui and GIMP are free, open source and available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. With free Qtpfsgui you can get more impressive HDR photos than with paid HDR software competitors. Though Qtpfsgui interface is not so sllick as in commercial HDR products and this app is not fast by tone-mapping, the main drawback from my point of view is its ridiculous name which no one could remember. Before start with Qtpfsgui and HDR processing you should have at least 3 so called bracketed photos, i.e. photos taken with different exposures. One photo should be underexposed (EV-2), one photo with normal exposure (EV 0) and one overexposed (EV+20). If you don’t right bracketed photos right now you could download samples of photos for this HDR tutorial

clipped from www.instructables.com HDR photos with the GIMP introHDR photos with the GIMP A tutorial on making High Dynamic Range photos using the GIMP or similar software. This instructable is aimed at a range of people, so you can skip to the bits relevant to you with the information below. I apologise for the verbosity of the main instructions, but I figure you can skip parts you already understand, and I may as well put in the detail for people who don't. If you are familiar with the interface of the GIMP and just want a quick set of instructions on how to make HDR (for instance if the theory bores you and you just want to make some HDR images), go to the recap stage in step 10. The details of each step are in... the relevant step.

clipped from www.digitalpicturezone.com 25 Truly Stunning HDR Pictures Applied carefully, High Dynamic Range-technique (HDR) can create incredibly stunning pictures which blur our sense of the difference between reality and illusion. “In computer graphics and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. ( photo by klados25 )

3 Minutes with Photographer Trey Ratcliff (HDR)

clipped from digital-photography-school.com 3 Minutes with Photographer Trey Ratcliff If you spend any amount of time online you’re likely to have been exposed to the work of Trey Ratcliff, who is also known as Stuck In Customs. Having developed a unique approach and style of HDR he’s developed a rabid following, resulting in his work being viewed over 16 million times on Flickr. Trey has a wealth of knowledge to share in regard to his well received approach to using HDR and he’s been kind enough to take part in this weeks “3 Minutes with…” Describe your photography in 100 words or less I have my own interpretation of HDR photography, as you might detect from my work.  My history is a strange combination of growing up blind in one eye and then majoring in computer science.  I’ve always thought about the brain, the eye, and the manipulation of light in terms of algorithms.  I give deep thought into how we store scenes and emotions in our mind’s eye, and I seek to achieve, photographically, a palpaple sense to the world around us.

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk 'Gay writing' falls foul of Amazon sales ranking system Online retailer blames reduced profiles of Winterson, Hollinghurst, Vidal and others on glitch in new family-friendly charts The internet retailer Amazon has found itself at the centre of a censorship row after it decided to remove a number of so-called adult books from its online charts. Over the weekend, thousands of books have lost their sales rank – the number that Amazon uses to show how well one title sells compared with another – as the company apparently seeks to make its bestseller lists more family friendly. But thousands of users have voiced concern after the seemingly random application of the new rules not only affected a number of high-profile authors, including Annie Proulx, EM Forster and Jeanette Winterson, but also led to thousands of gay and lesbian titles being stripped of their sales rank, regardless of their sexual content. Amazon blamed a "glitch" in its system, which it said last night was being fixed.

Nuclear Explosions (88 photos)

clipped from izismile.com Nuclear Explosions (88 photos) A big selection of the horrible though beautiful nuclear tests. There is the story about the first 4 pictures. We can see the explosion of the first H bomb. The tests were photographied in French Polynesia in 1968. The bomb was very powerful: 2.6 megatons. It was something huge.

Water sculptures. Amazingly beautiful! (27 pics)

clipped from izismile.com Water sculptures. Amazingly beautiful! (pics) A high-speed photography, the mixture of paints and a little bit of patience result in a fabulous water sculptures.

Great photoworks of Arthur Steel (28 pics)

clipped from izismile.com Great photoworks of Arthur Steel (28 pics) Amazing and beautiful pictures. They worth to be seen!

Sinister houses (28 pics)

clipped from izismile.com Sinister houses (28 pics) A series of gloomy houses which were abandoned. Some of them may be haunted ;) A great place to shoot horror movies ))

Silent Beauty from Michael Kenna (143 pics)

clipped from izismile.com Silent Beauty from Michael Kenna (143 pics) I’m speechless. I’m so admired by these beautiful pictures. You should absolutely see it, especially if you’re a photoart lover!!!

Great photographs from Jean-Yves Lemoigne!

clipped from izismile.com Great photographs from Jean-Yves Lemoigne! These pictures of a French photogropher Jean-Yves Lemoigne amused me a lot. They are very creative, interesting and funny. Take a look at them and they will make you smile. You can visit Jean-Yves Lemoigne’s siteto see more of his works.

clipped from www.webanddesigners.com 20 sites for free stock images Back again with websites that will help designers and other people find free stock photography,this will definitely save your time and money. Photos contained in these sites are sorted in a handful of categories and subcategories which will make your life easier. Read the license on each site before using any of the photos, even though photos can be download for free there are some copyright issues for using it.

Great computer wallpapers (40 papers)

clipped from izismile.com Great computer wallpapers (40 papers) Fantasy landscapes, computer graphics and games scenes. Well, everyone will find something that he likes.

Great photos of Robert Doisneau (72 pics)

clipped from izismile.com Great photos of Robert Doisneau (72 pics) Robert Doisneau, one of France's most popular and prolific reportage photographers, is known for his modest, playful, and ironic images of amusing juxtapositions, mingling social classes, and eccentrics in contemporary Paris streets and cafes. Among his most recognizable work is ‘Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville’ (Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville)