M a d . P h o t o . W o r l d's blog

Finally the print arrived. Im happy with it :)

You can read part 1 here www.ipernity.com/blog/madphotoworld/49723

This is the print:

Of this one:

4 more with other subjects are on its way :OD

Go check it out at www.hdrsoft.com

 

I have just reopened my photo site (www.madphotoworld.com) and already i have sold a couple of prints :)

The larges print i have ever done will be at 106cm x 65cm. Its going to get delivered during this week, so im pretty excited. Its two copies and they are going to be featured in Copenhagen and in True, a little town outside Aarhus.

The site, MadPhotoWorld, is build around the blog system, moveable type. Everything is changed so it supports a photoblog with emphasis on photo and i have build it in a way so i can upgrade when a new version of movable type available.

So everything is really going good and im really, really happy :)(

Since every body seems to more or less wear black and the fact that black just sort of matches everything, maybe we should designate Love as the new "Black" :)

 

www.hdrsoft.com will release a new beta (no. 7) of their tonemapping software, Photomatix later this week.

Im really looking forward to it.  I've been a die hard user of their software from (almost) the beginning. I love the simplicity of their program and also the stability. On my mac (and windows machine) it has never crashed once! Wish i could say the same for Photoshop... .. .

I know they are going to fix a couple of bugs (since i reported them) in version 7.

 

A friend of mine (kenneth) saw this and thought of me. Oh yes, i use emacs :)

From: xkcd.com

A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

This technology is so "cool". It's never ending. Its 2+2=5! (not a typo, i really ment 5)

Watch until the end, when they start to play with metadata.

So now they just need to make it available on other platforms, than windows...

So i broke my old Holga 120N a few months back. Its not the first time i broken it, but this time not even more tape would hold it together. I really been missing it.

So i decided to buy a new one. A Holga 120CFN. Found a starter kit with books and everything. The idea of a "Holga starter kit" was simply more than i could resist. I think its such a funny idea. I have only been reading on the box and it looks like one piece in the kit is .... TAPE

Can't open it until sunday .... it my very own first sunday in december gift

 

So if you wanna know whats it the box, you'll have to check back on sunday.

Check it out here My Third Holga

Here's a couple of shots taken with my old Holga

Also, i have updated My Equiment list

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Have you noticed that when you visit a "doc" after the first time, it will display a line saying: "You saw this doc for the first time X ago"  ?

If ipernity begins to track this, maybe we can begin to have better stats and not just the visit count. Maybe if they also could track where a visitor came from, like a group, explorer or by tag...

 

"With each exposure I make - I realized im moving futher away from the one I want."

 

Nikon has "just" released new versions and ViewNX is free and will be shipped with all nikons digital products.

Why used Nikon Transfer, after all its just a copy/paste thingy .. right ? Yes and no

It has the possiblity to synchronize your camera's clock to that of your computer and since im using and <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol">NTP</a> service, my clock is always correct.

Second it can backup your photos to a second device. I like that, it saves me time.

 

Why use ViewNX? ... I like the fact that it just file explore, no fancy stuff. You can still add labels, ratings, metadata and such stuff ... but you can't really search on it :( The rating and color labeling do work within a folder, but not across folders.

But for my workflow it works better than Adobe's Lightroom (and my trial is over) and maybe i can set up smart folders on my mac to do the grouping ... maybe, or write some perl scripts to do the searchs for me.

 

The above sentence is from the movie: "C'era una volta il West", but most of you will know it under the name "Once Upon a Time in the West". Its a classic! and its based on classic westerns.

If you havn't seen it, go out and get it right away - and watch it. Never mind the simpel story line, but watch each frame, each single picture. Sergio Leone was a true master with the camera. Try to pause the movie when you think there's not a great composition - and be amazed. Each single "photo" is a master piece.

 

 

9 min. BBC Documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pjh-inoaeE

 

Im looking forward to seeing this "little" baby. Not that i will update my D200 to a D3, since the price seems to start around $5000... Read more here...

I’ve been following the life of this “little” spider. My friend. My son has named it: ole

Spider Macro

 

Its seems like it really likes to hangout in my garden. Last time i saw it i got a couple of shots, but it was just sitting there doing nothing. This time while i was setting up, it caught a fly. At first the fly didn’t move, so the spider waited. Sitting and feeling its web. Then the fly move a bit - so did the spider, but still waiting. The fly began to move more and the spider quickly jumped it. Span its web around it and sunk its teeth’s into it. At this point i was done setting up and getting my macro lens focused. Everything was over. The spider took its pray to the middle of the web and started its own private party. Out of 29 shots, only one was worth keeping.

Spider Caught A Fly

Enjoy :)

So im back from vacation. Just spent 5 days in Berlin. What a wonderful city, so many things to see. I have no idea how many kilometers if have walked, but i carried my Sony GPS all the time, so i can calculate it :)

I have done alot of experiment with HDR, especially handheld HDR. Also different kinds of shooting mode, letting the camera bracked by shutter time but also trying to let it bracket by changing the aperture... .. that  gave some interesting results.

Did a couple of stitching photo with my sons olympus fe-230 camera and he shot some too. Mostly cars :)

So you can expect a lot of photos being uploaded very soon.

 

So im off for a week or so. Im going on vacation

The theme, my own private one, for this year is: Think more. Shoot less.

 

Have a good summer all!

Yet another on from my visit to Barcelona, Spain.

Im still wondering if ‘parking’ is more important than ‘police’ or maybe the blue ‘P’ sign means ‘Police’. If thats the case - i’m gonna be more careful when i park my car.

Police Or Parking?