Photography


smile or duck

Each time I go through the images I have from animals I notice this portrait of a female mallard duck. I think it follows every rule on taking good portraits.

  • slightly bend down head pose
  • focus on the eyes
  • perfect depth of field
  • uncluttered background
  • appealing colors

 

It was one of the first photos I took after I bought the Sigma APO 70-300mm DG lens a few years ago.

 
posing hare

This young hare was posing in my garden one morning. Living in a small holiday cottage has its advantage. It makes a great shelter to photograph wildlife from. As long as the wildlife is kind enough to visit the garden of course.

So far only this young hare spent 20 minutes in the garden.

 
lightroom grain option

Finally found the time to play around with lightroom 3.

Still need to try out all the new features, but I like my first quick result. Took me less then 10 minutes to create this art impression of a dutch landscape. I really like the effect of the new grain option in lightoom.

dutch farm land

What do you think? What is your favourite new option in lightroom?

 
Lightroom 3 is here!!!

Adobe released lightroom 3 today, simplify photography from start to finish!

New in this release

  • superior noise reduction
  • accelerated performance
  • support for DSLR video files
  • image watermarking
  • Flickr integration
  • Tethered shooting
  • film grain simulation

 

Check the adobe website for all the details about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

get 30% off lightroom 3

You get a 30% discount on lightroom 3 when you purchase it simultaneously with Photoshop CS5, Photoshop CS5 Extended, or Creative Suite* containing Photoshop CS5 or Photoshop CS5 Extended.

 
Why is it called Cape Verde?

lush green mountain on Cape Verde

Have you ever wondered why the small country for the western coast of Africa is called Cape Verde?

Answer is easy of course, the ten islands in the Atlantic Ocean offer everything your looking for. Blue waves for surfing, empty beaches and lush green mountains if you like walking. The photo above is taken on Sao Nicolau high on the mountain ridge surrounding Ribera Brava.

Oh and I lied...

 


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