Canon 200-400mm lens

By On 15/05/2013

Canon has finally announced the 200-400mm lens with built-in 1.4x converter. This unique lens promises to be a dream for wildlife photographers, giving you a fast f/4 200-400mm lens, with an option to change it into a 280-560mm f/5.6 with just a switch. It’s very costly (12,000 euros), but very tempting nevertheless. Watch out for [...]

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Lava flow in Hawaii

By On 10/05/2013

There are many active volcanos all over the world, but most only erupt from time to time. Kilauea on the big island of Hawaii has been erupting since 1983. At the southern coast the lava flows into the Pacific Ocean, making a boat trip to this point possibly the most spectacular boat trip a photographer [...]

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Handheld night shot

By On 30/04/2013

Only a few years ago, taking night shots could only be done from a sturdy tripod. The image quality of digital cameras has improved tremendously however, especially at high ISO settings. This shot of Hong Kong was taken handheld at 6400 ISO, using a Canon EOS-1D X camera.

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 beta

By On 23/04/2013

Adobe has released a ‘public beta’ of Photoshop Lightroom 5. As with the introduction of Lightroom 4, the changes are not earth shattering, but interesting nevertheless. My favourite new feature must be that the clone/healing tool is now a real brush. It still works the same as in previous versions, but you can now brush [...]

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Quick Tip: Aperture adjustment

By On 01/04/2013

If you took images in dull weather conditions, it’s often nice to make a small adjustment to make them look a little bit more sunny. If you use Apple Aperture, you can set the white balance slightly higher, but that will introduce a visible yellow color cast if you go too far. An alternative that [...]

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Photo exhibition

By On 31/03/2013

Most readers of the English version of my site probably live outside of The Netherlands, but if you do live here or if you plan to visit this country in the coming two months, you may be interested to learn that I have an exhibition of my African animals photos in ‘De Schaapskooi’, a [...]

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