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1. To (post) process or not to process... is it real or not?

With the advent of digital photography and Photoshop, it has become much easier to process and manipulate images. While darkroom processing, in the analog days, was a necessary step to actually get the images - be it in film or in print - digital technol…

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2. Serendipity - or how do I take pictures

A friend of mine made a remark about the fact that many of my photos have some kind of (sometimes hidden) inner pattern; her remark was made about this image (it is harder to see in this small size...),but could be made about many others. (In particular,…

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3. Nice software to browse pictures on the Web

A friend of mine gave me this tip, which I'd like to share with all of you, photo enthusiasts. Take a look at this sofware, which works with several browsers both on Windows and on the Mac: www.piclens.com. Try it on any page with several photos on it…

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4. Is it real?

While discussing the issue of processing or not a photo on an earlier blog post, I touched upon the issue of how "faithful" (or not) a photo is to "the real thing". This has been an ongoing debate for some time already, pre-dating the era of digital photo…

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5. Experimenting with my new Panasonic DMC-FZ50.

I have finally started to upload photos taken with my new camera in September. You can see them in my Athens and Hydra albums. It is a great camera, with an incredible amount of features and controls; I must confess I haven't managed to use most of the a…

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6. Happy 2008

To all my friends at Ipernity, a Happy 2008, full of accomplishments and health to enjoy them! Happy photographing!

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7. Groups are coming!

Groups to me will be a way to meet new people (and see new work) that don't already belong to my "extended" network. Whether they are awards, contests, etc..., I don't care. Let each group define their rules, each one can join according to his (or her) ow…

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8. Back home and online again

Hello all, as you may know, January and February are the summer vacation months in the southern hemisphere. I have been away for the most part, travelling to the other side of the world (Australia)... Because of intermitent Internet connection, I have n…

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9. US: Sad state of afairs...

I've been travelling for professional reasons for the past 2 weeks. My last trip was to Houston, Texas. Evidently, the first chance I had I went out to grab some pictures of skyscrapers and window reflections, which are all over the place there (I'll be p…

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10. Spamming in comments

Every once in while someone posts a comment to one of my photos with a photo and a link of their own - occasionally even medium sized! I personally feel that the only image in a photo page should be that photo. Posting another photo, even if somehow rela…

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