We’re back in Nairobi after a week at Shela, on Lamu Island, Kenya. There was no internet access at Shela, so we’ll be uploading photos like mad when we get home.
In the meantime, here’s a small selection:
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Lamu Ferry
Lamu Beach
Shela [...]
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Little Planet Light House, originally uploaded by Jeremy_Schultz.
More on mini-worlds, or polar panoramas as they’re known. I’ve just found a flickr group for them.
These are wonderful images. I’ve tried making images like this, in fact there’s a MiniWorlds page on this site with my five.
I found the instructions in the 27 February 2009 edition of MacUser UK. In short, the instructions are:
Start with a panoramic image
In Photoshop, resize it to a square image (I’m using 5000×5000)
Invert the image [...]
30 Amazing Photographs by Joe Holmes
Canon have recently announced the PowerShot S90. It’s a small point & shoot (“P&S”) with a 10 megapixel sensor and full control modes i.e. aperture priority, shutter priority etc.
Canon S90
It looks like a very promising camera – a direct competitor to the excellent Panasonic Lumix LX-3, released a year ago, which I own and [...]
A tilt-shift lens produces a very shallow depth of field which makes the images look like a toy set. This video combines tilt-shift and stop-motion to produce a lovely effect.
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Hung Hom Skyline
Waiting
Hung Hom by Night
Hung Hom Rush Hour
Hung Hom KCR
Beasties
Thinking about getting a new P&S? Read David Pogue’s New York Times article on the latest offerings from Sony, Canon and Fuji and why they’re so much better than last year’s models.
The bottom line: buy the Sony DSC-WX1.
Karen’s Winning Photo: Spinnaker Tower
We’ve just heard that Karen’s photo of the Spinnaker Tower has been chosen as the best photo of the Portsmouth (UK) photowalk. It now goes forward as the Portsmouth entry in the WorldWide Photowalk competition! Well done Karen!
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