Dear Apple…

By On 27/07/2012

Mountain Lion is a great new operating system, but the new Reminders application is almost as poor as the one for the iPad. On the iPad one cannot even add a due date for a reminder. You either have to specify a specific time, or no date at all. The Reminders application in Mountain Lion [...]

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Super wide angle shots

By On 20/07/2012

Working on my 360° panorama photos anyway, gave me a chance to also use the images to create some super wide angle ‘normal’ photos, by stitching three or four of the eight shots. The new ‘Adaptive Wide Angle’ filter in Photoshop CS6 gave me the chance to straighten the results, [...]

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Giraffe twins?

By On 13/07/2012

Apparently, giraffes seldom have twins, but it does happen occasionally. On our latest trip to South Luangwa, Zambia, we may have seen giraffe twins in the wild. Two young giraffes of the same size we taken care of by one female all the time. The two young were always together, and when there was [...]

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Full screen panoramas

By On 11/07/2012

I’ve added a special option to the 360° panorama photos for those people who view this site with a browser that supports flash (like most browsers on desktop and laptop computers). If your browser supports flash, you will see a full screen button in the upper right corner of the panorama. Click on that and [...]

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360 degrees panoramas online

By On 09/07/2012

Today I placed nine examples of 360 degrees panorama photos online. All these photos were taken with a combination of techniques, to get the 360 degrees rotating effect and to keep the extreme contrast of indoor and outdoor under control. You can select the images from the overview page.

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Panasonic: ‘mirrorless’

By On 05/07/2012

In an effort to create more confusion, Panasonic has decided to call Compact System Cameras (CSC) from now on ‘DSLM’ cameras. DSLM stands for ‘Digital Single Lens Mirrorless’. I think Panasonic should use ‘FSLM’ (Filmless Single Lens Mirrorless’) if they are consistent, because digital cameras also do not use film. Or perhaps ‘FSLMC’ (Filmless Single [...]

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