Back in Nairobi

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 [...]

African Photography Adventure

Posted via web from Chris Parker’s posterous

Polar Panoramas: the Flickr Group

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.

140 Brilliant Polar Pictures

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

30 Amazing Photographs by Joe Holmes

Canon PowerShot S90 Review

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 Model Day at Disney: Tilt-Shift Video

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.

Some Photos from Hung Hom

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Hung Hom Skyline

Waiting

Hung Hom by Night

Hung Hom Rush Hour

Hung Hom KCR

Beasties

Low Light Point & Shoot Cameras

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 a Winner!

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!