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Infrared/visible hybrid photograph taken before modifying the camera:

Warning: If you try this and get zapped, it is your own fault! Large capacitors are dangerous!

I enjoy infrared photography. I have experimented with film and digital IR photography over the past few years. I usually use a D70 with a good IR filter. This works well, but [...]

Extreme Ice Survey

I’ve enjoyed James Balog’s photography for several years. I’ve been looking forward to seeing the results of his Extreme Ice Survey, were he installed cameras on several glaciers around the world. Since the last time I checked, EIS has posted several high-quality time-lapse movies of glaciers! Go to the EIS site to see more.

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Swallow Falls

I was able to spend a little time at Swallow Falls State Park and Potomac-Garrett State Forest in western Maryland last week. There are three waterfalls in the park: Muddy Creek Falls, and Upper and Lower Swallow Falls. At 53 feet tall, Muddy Creek Falls is the highest in Maryland. Parts of the Upper and [...]

Pinhole day

Yesterday was Worldwide Pinhole Photography day. I submitted a picture this picture from a local nature preserve. I also shot with my medium format camera. Close-ups with a TLR are hard to frame, I hope I got some good shots.

Amazing eclipse pictures

I found this picture linked from APOD. The 2008 eclipse pictures on Miloslav Druckmüller’s site are by far the best use of HDR type photography I have seen. Most of the time people overdo the processing. This is perfect.

Praesepae, Mercury, Moon, Comet and Corona up to 20 solar radii(© 2008 Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol, Vojtech [...]

Insects and lenses

I have an old Nikon 24mm f/2.8 lens. I haven’t used it much recently, so I decided to play with it on Sunday. I borrowed a D70 and Nikon’s shortest extension tube. I wanted to test the sharpness of the lens, and to play with wide-angle close-ups. The lens is good for bees, but other [...]