Dragon
Pentax K10D, SMC Pentax 50-200mm HD WR @ 180mm (270mm equiv.) f5.6, ISO 200, no flash, hand-held
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Write Less, Say More: The Power of Brevity
Although this article aims at cover letters for resumes, all writers can read it with profit.
When it comes to great writing, less is more. But even if you’re familiar with the mantra to “omit needless words,” tightening your writing is harder than it looks….
http://lifehacker.com/5909543/write-less-say-more-the-power-of-brevity
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Sea Grape Jungle
This is what the interior of a Florida coastal Sea Grape jungle looks like. Imagine what the first explorers must have thought when they came across the beach and walked into this! Beats a mangrove swamp, anyway. There are only a few extremely small stretches of this habitat left, the rest having been cleared for development. This one is in Ocean Ridge, maintained by the Palm Beach County Parks Department. It was preserved from development by the Nature Conservancy.
Pentax K10D, 1/50th, f 5.6, ISO 100 no flash, 75mm
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ARE YOUR PHOTOS JUST A LITTLE BORING?
If you need to brush up on composition, here’s an invaluable resource:
Photography Composition Articles
I like this one, a reproduction of an old Kodak webpage, best:
http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition.html
And finally, why?
A nice snapshot from an HTC phone camera
Some Cropping, and…
A little cloning in the background (see below)
…and we end up with a pretty nice little portrait of my lovely wife Michele, in the midst of an avid conversation with one of our daughters. Bringing the image in close makes her eye, the focal point, off-center and about 1/3 of the way from the top and right upper corner, so that our eyes go to it naturally. It also gets rid of a lot of clutter. The counter top (the only thing I really planned about this otherwise casual shot) emphasizes the intensity of Michele’s gaze and concentration. Finally, getting rid of the visual clutter intensifies the effect even more, but does eliminate the sense of place. Some folks might prefer to leave the background alone. Some might even like the original better. What do you think?
All editing was done with Faststone Image Viewer, a free editing program. I didn’t use any fancy software on purpose, and this whole thing took about 20 minutes, including preparation and resizing of all three images. I didn’t even bother to do a really careful job with the cloning. A phone shot, and 20 minutes with free software. Composition is the name of the game in all successful images, whether photographic or done by hand.
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Église Saint-Nicolas in Civray (Dennis Aubrey)
Civray in the Vienne is a thriving market town almost sixty kilometers south of Poitiers. I lived in the area for two years growing up but never saw Saint-Nicolas until October 2011. We came into the center of town on market day, which meant that every inch of space in the square was taken with vendors, vehicles and pedestrians. We despaired of finding a parking place close enough to the church to haul our equipment when a car pulled out in front of us a mere hundred yards from the center of the action.
Just wanted those of you who aren't familiar with this guy's work to have a chance to see it.
CISPA: AN ALTERNATE FUTURE WHERE YOUR PRIVACY NO LONGER EXISTS
You really REALLY need to read this!
CISPA: An Alternate Future Where Your Personal Privacy No Longer Exists.
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